Why SPG on hip and not arm?

[Adobo]

between the absorption delay of caffeine into the bloodstream, its transport across the blood-brain barrier and the recepter association half-time and the triggering of second messenger systems it takes way too long for it to hit my brain...

fixed.

note, however, its better to PM me about moderator mistakes that i make rather than to litter a thread with discussion like this...

You should try I.V.. Absorption delay may be minimized.


I didn't know which moderator to PM. I thought Lynne and Rtodd were the moderators. Feel free to delete the non-relevant clutter (including this reply).

 

[DIR-Atlanta]

given that the SPG hose routes down the left, what is the advantage of clipping it off as opposed to just laying it in the small of your back under your tank(s) thus eliminating a potential entanglement?

I don't think that the most commonly used DIR hose configuration and routing strategies would allow it to go there. But even it could, how would you ever be able to check it during a dive?

 

[RTodd]

Sorry if I was obtuse. What I was asking, maybe not clearly enough, was given that the SPG hose routes down the left, what is the advantage of clipping it off as opposed to just laying it in the small of your back under your tank(s) thus eliminating a potential entanglement?

Because that space is already filled by the body bag and spare poodly jackets.

 

[Thalassamania]

I don't think that the most commonly used DIR hose configuration and routing strategies would allow it to go there. But even it could, how would you ever be able to check it during a dive?

Actually most routing will, the routing is exactly the same except instead of coming forward and clipping the SPG goes back and under the cylinder(s). To check it: left had back, bring it out, read it, replace it. Not very different, you read it in much the same position, under the left arm.

What I'm inquiring about is what purpose, beyond preventing a dangle and making it easy to locate, securing the SPG with a snap clip serves?

Because that space is already filled by the body bag and spare poodly jackets.

Take three deep slow breaths, it really will help.

 

[RTodd]

What I'm inquiring about is what purpose, beyond preventing a dangle and making it easy to locate, securing the SPG with a snap clip serves?

Well, I am not sure what the DIR answer is, but I don't do it this way because I don't like to store equipment by stuffing it in my butt.

 

[Bismark]

What I'm inquiring about is what purpose, beyond preventing a dangle and making it easy to locate, securing the SPG with a snap clip serves?
Take three deep slow breaths, it really will help.

Do you mean why securing the spg with a boltsnap as opposed to not securing with a boltsnap? (eg- leaving the spg on the hose behind you but not secured to anything) Or is your question about why on the left hip d-ring as opposed to the left shoulder d-ring? I am not quite sure I understand completely.

 

[Adobo]

... preventing a dangle and making it easy to locate...

Hmm... those seemed like good reasons to me. Having it unsecured seems to set you up so that when you do need it, it will not be where you think it should be.

 

[Thalassamania]

Well, I am not sure what the DIR answer is, but I don't do it this way because I don't like to store equipment by stuffing it in my butt.

With all the practice you seem to have had in that area I'll have to take your word for it.

Do you mean why securing the spg with a boltsnap as opposed to not securing with a boltsnap? (eg- leaving the spg on the hose behind you but not secured to anything) Or is your question about why on the left hip d-ring as opposed to the left shoulder d-ring? I am not quite sure I understand completely.

If you are going to attach it the left hip seems to make much more sense (at least to me). I always hated dangles and similary dislike creating entalglement loops, so many years ago (maybe my second dive with an SPG, so that'd be sometime in the late 1960s) I found that I could just tuck into the small of my back and, low-and-behold, it stayed there. It was easy to find, easy to replace and solved both my problems with SPGs, dangles and creating entanglement loops.

Hmm... those seemed like good reasons to me. Having it unsecured seems to set you up so that when you do need it, it will not be where you think it should be.

It has been passing rare that I've reached back and found it not there. But trust me ... it was never gone, in everyone of the four or five occasions that my SPG was not safely and neatly tucked into the small of my back, it was still attached to the end of it's hose making me look foolish by dangling.

 

[Adobo]

It has been passing rare that I've reached back and found it not there. But trust me ... it was never gone, in everyone of the four or five occasions that my SPG was not safely and neatly tucked into the small of my back, it was still attached to the end of it's hose making me look foolish by dangling.

That might be true for you or for anyone who reaches some level of proficiency. I doubt the same would be said for those just getting into the game.

Additionally, bubble checks would have to include the "pull out your spg so i can see it" step.

Edit: And actually, if it is tucked away, I wonder how easy it would be for your buddy to work out when your SPG has sprung a leak.

 

[Thalassamania]

Honestly, I'm sitting here with my reg, a snap and twine wondering why (or why not) attach it to my SPG. I'm not trying to argue or say one way is better than another. So far, it seems, that I'll leave it the way it is.

Right on about bubble check though.