Help with Diver Halloween Costume

Descant · 10-22-2015, 10:13 AM

I think you could make a tank out of sonotube, either from building supply store, or maybe a left over piece from a local contractor. Pretty lightweight. Tubing from a C-pap machine, mouthpiece from sports mouthguard (or a binky!). You won't be able to sit or maneuver in a crowd with a tank on your back. Maybe the snorkel and the association with other cast members is enough to complete the image?

AC2717 · 10-22-2015, 12:23 PM

take two 2 liter bottles put top to top tape theren then use a piece of cardboard to hide that section and tape the up in all Gray Duct Tape
whoa la air tank

winni83 · 10-22-2015, 01:00 PM

I have been scuba diving for years and I can tell you that you do not want to try and wear an actual tank as part of your costume. While slighltly negatively or positively bouyant in water, they are quite heavy on land and on top of that you would need to wear a harness or BCD to hold the tank. You could possibly use a so called "pony bottle", a type of small tank, but I think your best bet is something homemade and light to resemble a tank An actual regulator might work as an accessory. You might try contacting a dive shop to see if they might have some mock ups that they would be willing to lend you.

10-22-2015, 10:13 AM	#1
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,413 Thanks: 1,364 Thanked 1,636 Times in 1,068 Posts	Tanks I think you could make a tank out of sonotube, either from building supply store, or maybe a left over piece from a local contractor. Pretty lightweight. Tubing from a C-pap machine, mouthpiece from sports mouthguard (or a binky!). You won't be able to sit or maneuver in a crowd with a tank on your back. Maybe the snorkel and the association with other cast members is enough to complete the image?

10-22-2015, 12:23 PM	#2
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,582 Thanks: 755 Thanked 355 Times in 267 Posts	take two 2 liter bottles put top to top tape theren then use a piece of cardboard to hide that section and tape the up in all Gray Duct Tape whoa la air tank __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"

10-22-2015, 01:00 PM	#3
winni83 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 435 Thanks: 17 Thanked 213 Times in 135 Posts	I have been scuba diving for years and I can tell you that you do not want to try and wear an actual tank as part of your costume. While slighltly negatively or positively bouyant in water, they are quite heavy on land and on top of that you would need to wear a harness or BCD to hold the tank. You could possibly use a so called "pony bottle", a type of small tank, but I think your best bet is something homemade and light to resemble a tank An actual regulator might work as an accessory. You might try contacting a dive shop to see if they might have some mock ups that they would be willing to lend you.