> > Has anyone  *successfully*  improvised holding brackets
> > (perhaps of velcro straps) that improves on plastic straps
> > provided with extinguishers?
> > Something secure, but quickly released in emergency.
>
>I use the thinnest slotted wire ties that will securely hold the bottles in
>place. They are cheap, available at any hardware/FLAPS, and in an emergency
>tear away quite nicely.

In my own experience the nylon wire ties (if we are talking about the same
things) get very brittle with age.

Former Navy EM

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