Where/how to hang your gear on harness?

[jasondbaker]

Following up on Ethan's thoughts...

You can get boots that are designed to fit around pressure gauges. A good brass pressure gauge is very strong though. My gauge has been abused but still works perfectly. The guys diving in salt water don't like boots on their gauges or tanks because they trap water and encourage rust.

In my experience a compass is easier to use on a wrist versus a console.

I dislike coil retractors. Every single retractor I tried eventually stopped working properly. Either the springs rusted or debris got trapped inside them. Snap bolts and cave line are a cheaper, simpler, far superior solution in my mind. You could mount a snapbolt to your light with some cave line. Then use a lanyard when you unhook it to use the light.

Mount your shears/knife on your backplate waist webbing. This becomes a handy place to wrap your longhose if you don't have a canister light.