BP/W users: Which side for waist buckle and why?
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fbk
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Buckle on right too, I pass it thru the CS loop from the left. No other reason than thats how I am used to it. I like that once the buckle is passed through the CS loop it stays there unless you feed it back out.
eelnoraa
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I am lefty. My buckle is still on the left side. Like Devon said, right side is free of any hardware allowing canister light to be mounted.
Dr. Lecter
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Buckle left, can light right, generally all deco/stages to the left. Annoyed that I have to add a right side d-ring for a specific class, which makes getting the can light off a bit of a PITA, but if the buckle were on the right it would be a real ​PITA.
No such problem.
Buckle, canister and a D-ring on the right. I clip the 100% deco on my right and the 50% goes to the left.
Dr. Lecter
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And you easily remove the can light, while attaching it securely in the first place...how?
Right now I have the can against the plate on the right, then the can retaining buckle, then the 'rich right' d-ring, which has to be unthreaded to remove the rest of it. I suppose a jet cut d-ring that doesn't need a triglide would be a bit easier, but I'd much prefer to keep my 80 or 100 on the left and rely on proper gas switch technique than clutter the right side/complicate can removal.
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The D-ring go in first and is about 3" from the plate.
The size of my canister is under 3" in diameter and I use a small glide instead of a buckle to secure it.
Plenty of room left for the waiste buckle mount on my right.
I am not a cave diver so I don't need any big canister.
^^^^ This.
lucca brassi
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same ..... and knife is on left side of crotch strap near middle
I think something is being misunderstood in the wording people are using. When most people, myself included, say the buckle is on the left, at least some of them mean that the buckle is on the left strap, HOWEVER, in use, the buckle passes through the crotch strap loop and is actually on the right side, way too the right in fact. Some divers use the buckle to restrain the can light which is also on the right side. I do not not put my can light on my waist strap but I still set the buckle so that when properly tight, the buckle is nearly fully right on the waist.
These two rigs do not exactly represent my current set ups but they show the typical rigging.
The orange SeaTec wing can be spread to accommodate small doubles or closed for single tank diving. I bought one of these in about 1984ish and dove it many years. The inflator elbow ripped out and I mentioned it on the boards. And, a few days later, this one showed up. I still use it, usually on the Hammerhead plate as shown. From 1976 until 1984 I dove a similar Scubapro wing. The Freedom Plate is usually teamed with the Oxy Mach V as shown here.
What has changed, I have been experimenting with weight integration with the Freedom Plate and Mach V, DiveRite 16 pound pockets. But, they come off pretty easy if I want a weight belt.
In the 70s and 80s, right down in SoFla, I was denied being able to use my "back inflate" rigs which we now call a back plate and wing. Odd that now it is the rig de jour. Padi said they would not float an unconscious diver face up, well, I do not think the laws of physics have changed. Strange how thinking changes with time. Of course, just a few years ago on this very board I was told that independent doubles were obsolete but I guess that has changed now as well, they just call it side mount and now it is cool again. But I digress.
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These two rigs do not exactly represent my current set ups but they show the typical rigging.
The orange SeaTec wing can be spread to accommodate small doubles or closed for single tank diving. I bought one of these in about 1984ish and dove it many years. The inflator elbow ripped out and I mentioned it on the boards. And, a few days later, this one showed up. I still use it, usually on the Hammerhead plate as shown. From 1976 until 1984 I dove a similar Scubapro wing. The Freedom Plate is usually teamed with the Oxy Mach V as shown here.
What has changed, I have been experimenting with weight integration with the Freedom Plate and Mach V, DiveRite 16 pound pockets. But, they come off pretty easy if I want a weight belt.
In the 70s and 80s, right down in SoFla, I was denied being able to use my "back inflate" rigs which we now call a back plate and wing. Odd that now it is the rig de jour. Padi said they would not float an unconscious diver face up, well, I do not think the laws of physics have changed. Strange how thinking changes with time. Of course, just a few years ago on this very board I was told that independent doubles were obsolete but I guess that has changed now as well, they just call it side mount and now it is cool again. But I digress.
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