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I just hope I will find a way to store these on my harness without them getting in the way of the front counterlungs, and while also being easy to access.
Good luck with that, if you work it out let us know... I've tried on the counterlung to waist harness attachment and they don't really fit.
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Regarding the under counterlung d-rings, I just can't see them being able to work without mounting them so high (to avoid hitting my arms when I reach across my chest) that I would then not easily be able to clip anything onto them with one hand.
Bingo. I dive a Prism, not a OWW2PITA, but couldn't get the UCL D-rings to work. Either too high to reach, or low and getting in the way. So I ditched them, and the shoulder straps from the harness, and just use the counterlungs
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I also think I am going to put one inch webbing around the tank neck, clipping this to my chest d-rings rather than using the bungee setups.
See above - I now use the bungy for two reasons - 1: it holds the tank necks back/higher, and 2: I don't have any chest D rings, just small rings at the bottom of the counterlungs. If you use rings at the bottom of the counterlungs the tank necks hang too low.
Tip - use thick bungy (thanks JDZ). I tried with 6mm bungy and it is too stretchy, use 10mm+
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I am coming from almost straight Hogarthian style diving.
Good luck - It doesn't work so well with OTS counterlungs. I tried, but it get's too busy. I've spent hours trying out different approaches, and ended up with the sidemount / bungy approach with some advice from friends.
BTW - Tobin's solid D-rings mounted on the waist strap with the D-ring part pointing backwards seems to work OK to clip off the sidemounts, plus it was suggested that the UCL D-rings would also work OK here.
Edit: I just do one DSMB through two loops of bunggy at the bottom of the backplate, and run two crotchstraps around to connect to the same attachment that the counterlungs connect too. Seems to work OK.
Mike