Dive bottle holders
Submitted by spinksy on Mon, 2011-02-14 07:28
Had a bit of a dilemma with where to put some dive bottle holders forward in the boat without drilling into my seat boxes. Found these suction cups on the net they are rated to 50kg and solved my problem they work great... I bought the cups on their own and attached my own tank holders.. Check out their website these things have a heap of uses wihout fixing on your boat www.seasucker.com I bought 4 and it cost me about 50 bucks postage...
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till
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They're ok, but the best tank
They're ok, but the best tank racks ever are called Roll Control. I have a spare pair too!
Lastchance
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Excellent Install
Who would have thought - Till has a better idea
till
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Well excuse me for having a
Well excuse me for having a little more product experience than yourself! The suckers are interesting but Alfred replaced the blue ali/plastic racks on his boat because they were a pain.
Ryan C
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TILL
yes Jamie you don"t KNOW everything!!!LOL!!! I KNOW SOMETHING YOU DON"T BUT I'M NOT TELLING YA!!!LOL
till
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Let me guess, something about
Let me guess, something about the caps lock key ;)
Ryan C
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sir james einstein
your so smart, one day they will probably sing songs around campfires about you!!!LOL!!!
barneyboy
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haha,
this is good stuff!! please dont let me interupt you though!! haha
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
Ryan C
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sir james
for any of you who aren't aware this is only fun no malice intended to the oracle of fishing knowledge!!!
alfred
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You guys crack me up! But
You guys crack me up! But Jamie is right in this case.
The racks are great for use in a low bounce and vibration environment such as in an ambulance, for which they were originally designed. On a boat however, I could never get them tight enough to maintain tension and straps kept slipping and the bottles would eventually fall over. The fix was to replace the fixed strap with a lacky - this enabled the tension to be constant and then they held much better, but the design of the curved holder didn't allow a thick band which would have worked even more effectively. It was also designed to hold only the bottle, which means that you can't prerig your kit.
I searched the web and eventually found the Roll Control racks that Jamie mentioned. These worked much better and would hold a rigged bottle. Wll worth every cent in IMO.
http://www.ecpdb.com/rollcontrol.htm
I must admit that I like the suction cups and I can see a use for them on my boat, for temporary bottle racks, hhmmm.............. maybe even in conjunction with another 2 Roll Control holders.
Oh but please continue, it's entertaining.
allrounder
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This looks to be the thread to watch tonight
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
alfred
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Wish my boat had enough space
Wish my boat had enough space to do that. It's just right up to 6 bottles, but with 8 it's pushing it.
allrounder
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Your whole boat is a glorified esky Alfred
all it need s is a lid
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
alfred
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LOL! How true actually!
LOL! How true actually!
Cammos
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Sweet idea. I use the
Sweet idea. I use the blue/black holders and have no dramas. I reckon Alfred needs to put some work into his guns
alfred
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Yeah, you may be right.
Yeah, you may be right.
scotto
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howa mucha?
i like allrounders approach. some of those tank holders are worth more than your tanks....
my tank holders cost me less than $14 to whip up. a couple of stainless steel strap brackets screw fixed to the gunnels, and spring-loaded tie-down straps to match, and you got yourself cheap, adjustable tank holders that hold up to 3 tanks each side (6 in total). they can hold pre-rigged kits, fully adjustable, they havent failed in 3 years, and if they do, it will cost me less than $10 to fix.
Brock O
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We need some Pic's
Photo's Please, put ya bottle holders up.