My weight belt lies under the ocean,
my weight belt lies under the sea,
My weight belt lies under the ocean,
Please bring back my weight belt to meeeeee.....
I was reading a Spanish spearo magazine called Pesca Submarina #16 and one of the tricks it showed was to take a cord, tie it to the back of the weight belt, pass it between the legs and then attach it to the front of the belt. They said that this way one didn't have to tighten the belt so much, making it easier to breath up, as well as while keeping it in place when inverted. I thought cool! But then I started thinking about the safety issues and thought that the cord might interfere in a situation where you had to drop the belt quickly. Especially for monofin users.
I drilled a small hole in the lower edge of the buckle, (A) - (make sure it's filed and smooth) and then passed the cord through it, in this case a handy shoe lace, afterwards closing the buckle with the cord pressed between the edge and the buckle's flap, which keeps it in place. (B) When I need to drop the belt and open the buckle there isn't any more pressure against the cord and it slips out without any resitance.
An alternative may be to not to drill anything. Just take the cord and close the buckle on it from the top. (C) The only drawback here is that if you snag it on anything it might pop your belt buckle open. This won't happen if you pass it through the drilled hole because any pull will come from below, the direction in which you close buckle.
I'm going to try it next time I'm in the water. I think it will be nice not having to worry about finding your belt around your armpits even if you did have it snug around your hips to start off with!
Any suggestions?
Adrian
my weight belt lies under the sea,
My weight belt lies under the ocean,
Please bring back my weight belt to meeeeee.....
I was reading a Spanish spearo magazine called Pesca Submarina #16 and one of the tricks it showed was to take a cord, tie it to the back of the weight belt, pass it between the legs and then attach it to the front of the belt. They said that this way one didn't have to tighten the belt so much, making it easier to breath up, as well as while keeping it in place when inverted. I thought cool! But then I started thinking about the safety issues and thought that the cord might interfere in a situation where you had to drop the belt quickly. Especially for monofin users.
I drilled a small hole in the lower edge of the buckle, (A) - (make sure it's filed and smooth) and then passed the cord through it, in this case a handy shoe lace, afterwards closing the buckle with the cord pressed between the edge and the buckle's flap, which keeps it in place. (B) When I need to drop the belt and open the buckle there isn't any more pressure against the cord and it slips out without any resitance.
An alternative may be to not to drill anything. Just take the cord and close the buckle on it from the top. (C) The only drawback here is that if you snag it on anything it might pop your belt buckle open. This won't happen if you pass it through the drilled hole because any pull will come from below, the direction in which you close buckle.
I'm going to try it next time I'm in the water. I think it will be nice not having to worry about finding your belt around your armpits even if you did have it snug around your hips to start off with!
Any suggestions?
Adrian
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