BP/W fans...anyone heard of these guys?

[N.E.Diver]

Well I got an email from the owner and it seems "times are tough" as he said to me. It seems he has gone back to work outside of the diving industry so I am not going to hold my breath. I was interested in a Harness and Backplate and I was going to use my own wing. Price was the main reason I was intially attraced to the site.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

You need to start higher off the surface of the H2O to achieve proper penetration


Tobin

So the truth comes out. We use steel tanks and backplates for those icy backrolls.

 

[ae3753]

Well I got an email from the owner and it seems "times are tough" as he said to me. It seems he has gone back to work outside of the diving industry so I am not going to hold my breath.

That sucks. He has great prices: the wing, bp, cam straps and hog harness runs about $220.

Here's a previous thread on Jet Harness with Jeff going into detail on his design: The Jet Harness

 

[Azza]

There's an off-season for diving? Uh... OK.

Never heard that one before either...

 

[vjongene]

I was wondering if anyone has heard of or used this system. Looks interesting.

http://www.jetharness.com/

I have been diving a Jet Harness since last September. After a little fiddling with the position of the tank and of the waist strap, I am very happy with the plate as well as with the harness. The comfort and trim are great, once you get everything right (I had early problems with the tank valve hitting my neck). The wing is OK for diving dry, but too small to compensate for the compression of a 7 mm wet suit. I will probably order a larger Dive Rite wing for this.

One negative with the Jet Harness is that the webbing is so thick (and double-stitched in many places) that it is very difficult to thread through the plate, rings and buckles, so if you want to change configurations it is a real pain. Also, the plate is not made to accommodate a standard wing with grommet holes.

Jeff, the guy who makes the rigs, has been extremely helpful and responsive. No complaints on that score. I wanted to order a second rig for my son, but he had run out of steel plate... So my son is now diving a standard BP/W, bought "locally" in Italy.

 

[drbill]

Jeff of JetHarness is a former Catalina diver (well, he does still come to visit). I have a few friends who dive his gear and really like it. I'm considering getting his travel wing. It does differ from the Dive Rite and ScubaPro travel wings in several ways, but is a nicely manufactured product.

I've seen his products on E-Bay for the last few months (and saw him a few weeks ago).

Dr. Bill

 

[James S]

That stinks about the hard times, his harness is about the most heavy duty/bomb proof one out there. His small wing is still available on E-bay, I use one and love it. Someone should buy one to help the brother out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16053&item=7158505418&rd=1
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James

 

[ShakaZulu]

I don't get it, the top slots should be angled, and the bottom ones vertical. Why is no-one getting this right. You only have to wear the plate and harness to see at what angles they leave the plate......

 

[SeanQ]

ShakaZulu: Wouldn't that cause the harness to slip off you shoulders?

 

[halocline]

I recently bought the jet harness plate and wing, and threaded a dive-rite harness through it. I've only had it in the pool so far, but it appears to be very well made and the price is right; about $250 for plate, wing, harness, cam straps.

I also have an issue with the regulator hitting the back of my head; I need to do a little more adjusting to get it right. If I can't get the vertical adjustment to fix the regulator issue, I'm going to make a couple of small spacers to fit where the cam straps go to get the tank a little off the plate; sort of like an STA. Probably this won't be necessary, and I really like how tight and secure the tank is on my back.

Regarding the shape, it's my understanding that the whole original purpose of backplates was to securely hold doubles; they were never intended for single tank diving. Am I wrong about that? Okay, so divers got used to the nice things about using a plate, and wanted to do so with single tanks as well, hence the STA. But, remember, the entire reason plate were shaped with the center channel was to mount doubles, correct? So, why wouldn't a flat plate be better for single tank use?

The main reason I got the plate was to get the trim and weighting benefits of a BP for recreational, single tank diving, especially for use with aluminum 80s, which is exactly the intended use of the jet harness stuff. I suspect he's not going out of business; there were a few plates and wings/straps on ebay last time I looked, although it does say that his store is closed. The stuff is listed as individual items on the BC category.