Car boot lip and twinsets....

[Mikael]

I am in the market for a car and of course I would like to make that car practical for hauling my gear around. Ideally I would like a completely flat boot so I can slide my twinset in and kit up / dekit with ease. Trying to kit up and dekit when there is deep boot lip is PITA and does my back no favours. Unfortunately flat boots tend to appear on family estates, SUVs and mpv / van esque models. Given other competing requirements of the car and my budget I may unfortunately need to accept the fact that I will get something like hatchback which means a boot lip.

What DIY solutions are there to get around the boot lip problem?

One diver I know has short plank with a pair of legs screwed to one end. He rests the unsupported end on the boot lip and the legs on the ground. This gives him a kitting up bench. Twinset gets hand lifted onto it, kit up, throw assembly into the boot. For dekitting simply reverse the process.

Another option that has occurred to me would be to build a simple wooden frame that fits in half the width of the boot and its the right height to match the boot lid. When not diving this can be lifted out and stored at home.

Any tips or suggestions welcome.

[Tel]

Depends on the car, but a simple and less invasive solution that i've seen is a couple of low plastic crates with a plywood lid that goes
across the two and has a couple of plywood battens underneath that locate to stop it moving. The lid had a lip all round on three sides
and a slightly smaller one at the front which stopped anything moving around and retained the odd drip etc.



Created a flat kitting up area and even storage underneath for other kit.

[Turbanator]

These seem quite popular, it'd solve the kitting up issue, although it doesn't really address the leaning over a lip to get the set in and out.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aluminum-P...-/361336390630

Things fit in around diving, not the other way around in our house, so I have an estate - even my dad took the piss when I got an "old man's car"

[notdeadyet]

Buy an Impreza estate. No lip, proper old man's car too...

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[drysuitdiver]

Volvo V70 that's an old mans car . Get the r design and it goes rather well . No lip either .


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[Turbanator]

Volvo V70 that's an old mans car . Get the r design and it goes rather well . No lip either .

It even comes with a Terry Clip on the dashboard to keep your dole pole handy.

[nigel hewitt]

My rebreather sits on the back seat and wears a seatbelt.
A twinset could do that too?

[ziggi]

I built a wooden frame, not quite high enough to make the boot flat but at least less of a drop and can be left in at all times without reducing the boot capacity too much


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[mark weaver]

I have a ford focus with a flat boot, perfect for twinsets. I put a sheet of 6mm plywood in the back when I put my dive gear in there.

[Mikael]

I have a ford focus with a flat boot, perfect for twinsets. I put a sheet of 6mm plywood in the back when I put my dive gear in there.

Is that special variant or an older model? I was under the impression that the focus had the standard hatchback hot lip arrangement.

If I can get a flat boot focus then that would be of interest to me as I have driven fiestas before so familiar with the brand.