Stages and sidemounting

[aainslie]

Looks really sweet.

Billy, could you explain exactly how your connections work?

Thanks all. This is really useful to me. Thanks a lot for the advice on carrying them under. I'm going to give both methods a try - both changing the upper connections and slinging on the bottom.

[billyf]

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I use Large SS clips, cam bands (not those crappy pipe clamps)

When clipping the stage on; I clip it on the 2nd d-ring on my shoulder (the top one) then swing the back of the tank around and clip to the d rings used for my sidemount tanks.

I have 2lb weights on my rig so I slip the bungee between the weight and my neck, kind holds it in place

well be at the CDS social at JB if you want to see

[aainslie]

Thanks! Very helpful. And very different to my setup.

Regards,

Andrew.

[Walter Pickel]

Andrew, you can always add 3# weights to the cam band...or use Walter Kiddie tanks

[aainslie]

Yeah, but that means swimming in with waaaay too much air in my BC. I like the relatively neutral AL's.

Billy's method looks great. I'd been using a "cheater" bolt snap, i.e. 2 snaps in series, which helped on the way into the cave and then took one snap out on the way back to tighten up a bit. Billy's method of using a bit of bungee adjusts this automatically. He also stretches out the tank more than a conventional stage - the lower snap is very low. I'm going to try these adjustments and see what happens.