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Guinness is in the "special" fridge
Tomorrow is car bomb Thursday. Wanna attend?
Guinness is in the "special" fridge
Tomorrow is car bomb Thursday. Wanna attend?
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The funny thing is, what you are asking for is how it was before the backplate was invented. History of the Backplate by its inventor (and DiveRite founder) Greg Flanagan.plankspanker:Me neither! Imagine how much easier it would be to control buoyancy if you could actually see your BC (buoyancy controller). Why must they make it so complicated?
Doh!Jason B:Knowing plankspanker, I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic....
Close... the technical diver of the future will tuck a tank under his mask strap, one on each side of his/her head. The tanks will be inverted and if they are manifolded, the manifold should be run underneath the chin. Viola, no more fumbling blindly to shut down posts.DiveGolfSki:If I follow both of your thinking, then we should be carrying our tanks also up front ...
JeffG:I'm not sure. I can see the advantage of moving the plate to the front.
Think of a weeble...they wobble, but don't fall downBlackwood:To me it seems that you would become inherently unstable if you did that.
If your lift is coming primarily from under your chest, any surge, current, bump, etc. that caused a minor rolling moment would flip you over.
Think about it... Imagine a pendulum. When it's hanging down, weight at the bottom, support at the top, if you swing it, it will return, eventually, to its initial position. Now flip it over. Balance it so that the weight is above the support point. Push on it at all and it's going to swing over and down.
Were you that pendulum, you'd now be inverted with very little chance of righting yourself.
Tristessa:The single largest category you can save money in is by using a single piece webbing harness, often referred to as a "Hogarthian" harness. It is probably the least flashy piece on the PB/W system, but in my book the single most important piece if your desire is to be more streamlined and have a less "bulky" rig. The single piece harness is both cheaper and better, in my opinion.
Mark Vlahos
I totally agree