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Stowage of diffusers/strobe accessories during dive

Started by joncroweucl ·

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Stowage of diffusers/strobe accessories during dive

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  1. I have a pair of Retra Pros (not bragging) with bayonet mount wide angle diffusers, reduction rings etc. Each strobe accessory has a small loop of cord for attachment/stowage.

    How do others in the community attach or store strobe accessories during a dive so they can be easily donned and doffed? I'm looking for a solution that is suitable for tropical and cold water diving. I've though of a few ideas but am paralyzed by indecision!

    In order of preference:

    1. Store in BCD/Suit pockets. Sub-optimal when wearing gloves. I already have plenty in the pockets - don't want to risk losing diffusers when deploying SMB.

    2. Decide what to shoot before dive. Mount appropriate accessories and leave on. No plan for removal. Zero flexibility, worries, task loading or risk of loss.

    3. Loop of bungee through accessory cord loop, hook bungee over body of strobe. Potentially very flappy and annoying, might get blown off back of strobe in current.

    4. Carabiner / double ender snap on multi-purpose clamp shackle in middle of arm segment. Easy access, secure, not flappy around strobe. Requires extra clips/snaps, potentially frustrating with gloves. Fiddly to operate with one hand.

    I do have a habit of overthinking things! Any insights or advice from the community would be welcome!

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    Each strobe accessory has a small loop of cord for attachment/stowage

    I use a doubler ender clip for both diffusers and strap them to a chest D-RING on my BCD (Left one). Works fine so far. My camera is neutral enough for me to use both hands and not seeing it drop into the abyss (or float up to the surface) !

    Edited by waterpixel
  3. I do something similar to waterpixel. I’ve also got the LSD and masks clipped on to it too  - and sometimes the reflector.  
     

    I did find that adding 4mm shackles on the Retra cords made it easier to clip acccessories on to a caribiner which forms the strap on to my BCD. 

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