Bolt Snap Pic

[tflaris]

Greenwood thanks for the pic. Just what I was looking for.

[tflaris]

If you're asking me about attaching to the exhaust T, I admit that I only tried for one day attaching a stage reg to the hose or metal fitting. I found that when the stage reg was stowed on my right shoulder D ring it interfered with my long hose second stage, also clipped to the same D ring. The long hose second stage has its clip attached at the metal fitting. Also, having differing configurations of exhaust T's as I do, the stage seconds tend to sit at least slightly differently when stowed, making them feel less one on top of the other, and making retrieval by feel a little easier. Finally, if the clip or exhaust T became hopelessly entangled and would otherwise need to be cut away, I have removed each of those exhaust T's by hand so many times that I can do it blindfolded, or in a siltout, if necessary.

Distance the reg hangs from the body is the only advantage.

[floridabob]

Greenwood thanks for the pic. Just what I was looking for.

Really? Cause thats not a bolt snap.

[Michael.guerrero]

I think I'm still confused. If you're using a stage, you're breathing it right? If you're not using the stage, and on back gas instead, then your long hose should be in your mouth and you can clip the stage off so they're not in each other's way. If you're done with the stage and on deco you re-stow the hose.

It seems like having the bolt snap on the T would bring it closer to the body. Is that an advantage? It seems like it would be harder for your buddy to breathe it off your chest if air was needed immediately.

What am I missing?

[Rhino]

I think I'm still confused. If you're using a stage, you're breathing it right? If you're not using the stage, and on back gas instead, then your long hose should be in your mouth and you can clip the stage off so they're not in each other's way. If you're done with the stage and on deco you re-stow the hose.

It seems like having the bolt snap on the T would bring it closer to the body. Is that an advantage? It seems like it would be harder for your buddy to breathe it off your chest if air was needed immediately.

What am I missing?

Multiple stages. For example, starting a dive with 3 stages, I prefer to have all my second stages deployed and attached to my right shoulder D ring. The long hose reg is closest to the center of my body. The next-to-be-used reg is on the outside. After turn, I usually exit on main tank gas as much as possible, but I'll usually deploy at least one stage reg and leave it clipped off, just in case. If the cave is particularly small, after turn I'll deploy each hose as its stage is retrieved, to help avoid getting a reg or hose caught squeezing through small stuff.

[Michael.guerrero]

Interesting.

[Greenwood_60]

Not my pic, but one I saved because I liked the technique. Not abolt snap, don't remember the name. Use one with the fixed eye, not the swivel. Combined with a bent or fixed d ring, they're really easy to clip off.

[gsxr1997]

The snap pictured is called a "boat snap" for anyone interested....

[MORGAN]

The snap pictured is called a "boat snap" for anyone interested....

Or a "suicide snap" among wreck divers.

[kensuf]

Stage regs should be parked on the bottle when you're not breathing them to avoid confusion. If you're wearing stages of bottom gas, you should be breathing them instead of your back gas so that you can jettison the empty stage bottles to make your exit faster in an emergency.