Northwest Dive Club

if you use a lock washer, there's no need for a nylock nut. personally I don't bother with even that since my plate and wing comes off the doubles very frequently. the only time I've seen a nylock being used was on a singles kit with padding and the plate and sta would almost never be seperated. My...

Part TWO to the question above... I was looking at the tank bands on my wing and there is a tri-glide on each band. Do you guys use them on your tank bands? If so, do you put them on before the STA or after? I was thinking before the STA to keep the band from slipping thru the STA when tightening t...

I was thinking about putting a set of those airplane nuts with the nylon insert in them in place of the wing nuts. I was thinking those would hold well and not back off. I think they are nylocks (spelling?). I don't have any plans of changing my wing anytime soon so having those type of nuts on the...

You got it. Bolt--STA--WING--PLATE--Washer--LockWasher--WingNut the curve and angle of the plate wont let it be a bother for your drysuit or wet suit or bare back even Cool, thanks Koos, that's what I thought but I wanted to be sure. I paid a lot for my Bullet and I don't want to wear a hole in the...

I figured out another question to ask. I got an STA for my Hollis S38 tonight and I am wondering about threading the bolts thru the STA and the backplate & wing. The bolts are round headed with the squared off section underneath the head, a flat washer, a lock washer and a wing nut. From what I...

Rockfish wrote:My buddy and I were talking about this yesterday and in addition to putting our names on our cameras we are also going to create a word and text document with name and contact information on the sd card.

Mike

I like that idea. That's is pretty smart thinking.

It was an old style, to "stuff" the long hose. It causes a number of problems, not the least of which being that it makes it very difficult to practice air-sharing drills, since you cannot restow the long hose after deploying it. For the same reason, you cannot verify that it is free and ...

I have never seen nor heard of the "rubber band" style of routing, and seems like it defeats the purpose of having seven feet of hose if you're trapping 2-3' of it. Down the right side, under the can light canister (or other item to hold the hose in place), up across the chest to the left...

And another question... This question is about hose routing. My instructor who is a wreck diver says he runs his 7 footer down his right side using rubber bands (not the office type) that are attached to his tank to keep his hose in check. He says he has seen people get hurt by wrapping the hose ar...

Next question... I would like to add a pair of shears to my gear. How do others attach their shears? Is it a waist belt attachment? I have been wondering if using the clips one of the other guys mentioned on another thread would be good for the shoulder straps to hold the shears sheath in place. Or...

If anyone is interested, Dive Right in Scuba has the new HOG Zenith second stage on sale for $93.75 not including shipping. I ordered one and it should arrive on Monday. Everyone says that HOG's are great reg's so I am going to find out for myself. I am hoping to dive it next weekend. I will post b...

I am at once intrigued and yet horrified at the prospect of a close encounter with our tuxedo-ed friends and yes I fear it would require a change of underwear and a through decontamination of my drysuit. Once when I arrived at point Hudson so people came up to me and told me I was to late the kille...

The grommet makes life easier if you are using doubles or an STA. It's not at all necessary if you are doing neither. Anti-chafing material is unnecessary, unless your plate is poorly finished. And even then, it's better to deburr the plate than to fuss with the harness. My singles rig has probably...

Okay...change 2000 and 15. Danee has decided that she does not want to dive the Hollis Elite II but instead the Aqua Lung Lotus i3. Okay...no worries, I will dive the Hollis Elite II, no biggee. So, I went to adjust it to fit me following the posts that all of you have been kind enough to put on he...

I am by NO means an Scuba expert of any type but I can pass on my own experience with a ScubaPro Air2. I just ordered a HOG Zenith second stage reg to run on a 22"-26" hose setup in leu of the Air2. My reasoning is much the same as a few of the others in this thread. During my OW training...

Thanks Cap and Koos...I appreciate the tips, that will help out a lot. Koos - The only reason I bought her the Elite was the price. I got it used from our LDS for $300 and only used ~5 times so I figure I got a good deal for it. The one thing I have wondered since buying it, is, should I replace th...

Thanks Koos...I bet you are absolutely right. My only question at this point would be....what is the right fit? I have heard that you want the shoulder straps to have about a three finger gap between your shoulder/chest area and I have heard that the straps need to be snug. Not sure which way to go...

Thanks Koos...I bet you are absolutely right. My only question at this point would be....what is the right fit? I have heard that you want the shoulder straps to have about a three finger gap between your shoulder/chest area and I have heard that the straps need to be snug. Not sure which way to go...

Great info...thanks everyone!!! I got my wife a Hollis Elite II but she is still undecided as to whether she likes it or not. I think it is just an adjustment issue. If she does decide she doesn't like it then I have a newer BP&W that is a 38# lift. If she does keep I will definitely be looking...

I am looking at getting a BP&W and was wondering how you determine what size wing and plate to get? I am 6'2" ~240lbs, I dive dry using a Fusion Bullet. I was looking at a wing that is listed in the for sale section but when I looked it up on the manufacturers website it said that the 45lb...

Sorry to hear this Laura...too bad it is so easy to get by with polluting rather than doing the right thing. So depressing! I recently was looking into fishing (never had the patience for it as a kid, so I essentially know nothing about it...other than I like to eat fish). Between the extensive and...