Having learned to dive late in life I made up for it in my first year by clocking up 120+ open water dives in places from the UK to Australia. I went from a non diver to a technical deco diver in 9 months and loved every second of it. Since having kids not been able to travel as much so spend my time watching videos and reminiscing, hope you enjoy my site as much as I have making it.
I love it, but can I make a suggestion? I have a very similar setup with a bungee loop and a bolt snap but with one difference: I cut the velcro straps off of the SMB and use the bungee loop to keep the SMB rolled up when I'm diving. That is, the bungee loop passes through a hole in the reel (like how you do it) but then I stretch the bungee loop around the SMB instead of around the bolt snap. This way the bungee is both keeping the SMB rolled up and holding the reel securely against it – it keeps it really compact and it's very easy to pull the bungee off of the SMB when deploying – no need for a plastic tab on the bungee loop, even when you're wearing thick gloves!! I'm happy to see your set up though! This is the closest I've seen to my set up!
What do you do with your double-ender? I keep mine on my shoulder D-ring and use it as a tank banger until my DSMB is deployed.
Just have the line connected all the time on the smb – so you can use it in 3 seconds.
I love it, but can I make a suggestion? I have a very similar setup with a bungee loop and a bolt snap but with one difference: I cut the velcro straps off of the SMB and use the bungee loop to keep the SMB rolled up when I'm diving. That is, the bungee loop passes through a hole in the reel (like how you do it) but then I stretch the bungee loop around the SMB instead of around the bolt snap. This way the bungee is both keeping the SMB rolled up and holding the reel securely against it – it keeps it really compact and it's very easy to pull the bungee off of the SMB when deploying – no need for a plastic tab on the bungee loop, even when you're wearing thick gloves!! I'm happy to see your set up though! This is the closest I've seen to my set up!
What do you do with your double-ender? I keep mine on my shoulder D-ring and use it as a tank banger until my DSMB is deployed.
Nice, but a bit too complicated.