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Old 23-03-08, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Digger
For regulators I tend to use a different (non DIR) method, just take the second stage off the hose, and then loop an O-ring over the hose, through the boltsnap, then back over the hose. You need a fair size O-ring for this, around an inch diameter hole, to use this method. But it makes the regulator in a real real emergency available to a panicked diver. It works fine for the rest of the time anyhow.
But to be fair, the long hose is only going to be clipped off when you're breathing a deco gas, which is what the panicked diver is going to go for.

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