Dive Rite Voyager as First Wing

[felixcurtiss]

I'm planning on buying my first BP/W so I can get more dives in. I dive primarily cold water with a drysuit (in the good old NE). I currently am an AOW diver, but eventually would like to move towards tech and later wreck penetration/cave. My plan is start with a single tank BP/W while doing recreational diving, and then later upgrade to doubles when I start moving into tech (and maybe try sidemount eventually).

I was looking to start with aluminium backplate with a Dive Rite voyager wing, which seems like a good balance between lift, cost, and weight. I would like my rig to be somewhat travel friendly though most of my diving would be local.

For the record I'm 5'8 and 60 kgs, hence why I think a lighter backplate would make more sense. I did my AOW with a steel backplate and was still a bit overweighted without any additional weight.

Any advice regarding my choices would be appreciated. In particular would 35 lbs of lift be sufficient?

 

[rhwestfall]

In particular would 35 lbs of lift be sufficient?

for just about all of us it is....

keep in mind, the lift should be enough to float your rig (not you in it) at the surface...

 

[felixcurtiss]

And a follow up on lift, would 25 lbs from the dive rite travel be sufficient for recreational diving in the NE then?

 

[rhwestfall]

And a follow up on lift, would 25 lbs from the dive rite travel be sufficient for recreational diving in the NE then?

That is getting a little small for my taste...​

 

[happy-diver]

I'm diving this 25lb wing at the moment, it'such a beautiful thing

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Backplates backplates backplates wow!

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[rhwestfall]

I'm diving this 25lb wing at the moment, it'such a beautiful thing

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In warm water...

I too dive an 18# wing in bath water...

 

[happy-diver]

A bloody freezing 17c between 20-35m last week 5mm suit with undersuits and hood
15l and 3l steel, a 5kg steel plate with extra weight and no floating rigs on the surface

As I just don't subscribe to the contents of that floating rigs wth no one in them tome

Just a wing for diving not floating deflates on a whim and at depth barely has air at all

I must be guessing something right

Rarely do things dual purpose well...

So is the rig for for floating, rescuing people, getting into RIBs, saving gear for family

Or is the rig for diving


Yeah 18 for bathwater 15l and 3l steels freedom plate with extra lead and shorts shirt

 

[Ontwreckdiver]

I'm planning on buying my first BP/W so I can get more dives in. I dive primarily cold water with a drysuit (in the good old NE). I currently am an AOW diver, but eventually would like to move towards tech and later wreck penetration/cave. My plan is start with a single tank BP/W while doing recreational diving, and then later upgrade to doubles when I start moving into tech (and maybe try sidemount eventually).

Any advice regarding my choices would be appreciated. In particular would 35 lbs of lift be sufficient?

A 35 lb wing is to big for single tank diving, I recommend you get a 30 lb wing. I don't like the Dive Rite wings because you need a single tank adapter with them and instead of a gusset in the middle, there are just 2 straps.
I would look at the Dive Gear Express single tank package.

DGX Custom - DGX Gears Singles Harness / Backplate / Wing Package

A basic DGX backplate/wing/harness package for single tank diving at a value price.

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