wstorms
Contributor
Hi all,
Over the weekend I was playing with my kit and I attached a bungee to my backplate and a sliding D ring to the left side of the harnas. This allows me to take a stage and carry it like a sidemount cilinder, in near horizontal position. It is not as perfectly horizontal as in my actual sidemount setup (because the distance armpit - waist is shorter), but it seems to be way better than the traditional stage with the but upright and the top dangling below the chest.
I have tested it with a single stage and that works really well, and it feels like I could carry a couple of stages like that (like in sidemount). So now I am wondering why I don't see more people rigged like that. I can't imagine I'm the first one to have that idea, so there must be a downside I'm not seeing?
What are the thoughts? Why is this setup not more common?
Thanks for your replies!
Over the weekend I was playing with my kit and I attached a bungee to my backplate and a sliding D ring to the left side of the harnas. This allows me to take a stage and carry it like a sidemount cilinder, in near horizontal position. It is not as perfectly horizontal as in my actual sidemount setup (because the distance armpit - waist is shorter), but it seems to be way better than the traditional stage with the but upright and the top dangling below the chest.
I have tested it with a single stage and that works really well, and it feels like I could carry a couple of stages like that (like in sidemount). So now I am wondering why I don't see more people rigged like that. I can't imagine I'm the first one to have that idea, so there must be a downside I'm not seeing?
What are the thoughts? Why is this setup not more common?
Thanks for your replies!