Backplate/wing questions

[keithbt]

I have the Dive Rite classic/basic set up. Not the transpac... How are people securing Dive rite weight pouches on the 2" webbing? I really only figured out 1 way to SECURE them in the Horizontal position (I attach a belt slide to the rear of the weight pouch very close to the plate) but not the Vertical position that I wish to have them in. Pictures always help! I was also told that there are plastic belt slides that are large enough to secure the weight pouches.

 

[fnfalman]

Either big plastic sliders or zip tie.

 

[cool_hardware52]

I have the Dive Rite classic/basic set up. Not the transpac... How are people securing Dive rite weight pouches on the 2" webbing? I really only figured out 1 way to SECURE them in the Horizontal position (I attach a belt slide to the rear of the weight pouch very close to the plate) but not the Vertical position that I wish to have them in. Pictures always help! I was also told that there are plastic belt slides that are large enough to secure the weight pouches.

I've never been a fan of weight pouches on the waist belt, or of having all the required ballast on the rig for cold water diving. Having said that if your are confident of the location you can always melt a hole through the pouches and the webbing with a soldering iron and use a 1/4" SS machine screw and nut.

Tobin

 

[decompression]

As Tobin says or the plastic belt locking clips from DGX. They're under a dollar each.


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[geoff w]

The previous style had two thinner pieces of webbing for vertical mounting, so you could put a belt slide in between to keep it from sliding. I never figured out why they changed it. I usually use a belt slide (tri-glide) to keep the weight pockets from sliding around and it works OK, but hard to get it snug enough so there's no wiggle in the weight pocket. I dive a TransPac harness here, but it should be pretty much the same as the Basic continuous webbing (which I have for my tropical setup with the travel weight pockets). I push the weight pockets as close as possible to the backplate

For horizontal mounting, the weight pockets have a little tab on the bottom that slides into the 2" webbing, and you can put a tri-glide up against that to keep it from moving. Personally, I like the vertical orientation because it takes up less space on my waist strap and when I'm diving, it puts the weight pockets horizontal instead of facing down (I think that's why they changed the design a few years ago to add the velcro in addition to the plastic snaps)

In case you didn't realize it, there is a left and right side weight pocket, the right hand pocket has the Dive Rite logo patch, the left side is plain

 

[JohnN]

I've never been a fan of weight pouches on the waist belt, or of having all the required ballast on the rig for cold water diving. Having said that if your are confident of the location you can always melt a hole through the pouches and the webbing with a soldering iron and use a 1/4" SS machine screw and nut.

Tobin

Exactly what I did, except I used some aluminum "sex-bolts". I used the XS Scuba quick release pouches to hold the weights

 

[cool_hardware52]

Exactly what I did, except I used some aluminum "sex-bolts". I used the XS Scuba quick release pouches to hold the weights

Nothing says you aren't *ever* moving like fine threaded aluminum fasteners in a marine environment.

Tobin