BP/w Grab Handle?

[lowviz]

That's him man, I'm gonna have to break out my asbestos and chainmail dive gloves

Dude, we use Kevlar now. Asbestos is old school...

 

[divezonescuba]

I have those on both my single and double backplate. Mine are sold by ist. It is handy for a number of different things besides lifting up the bp/w. I also use it to secure my waistbelt and crotch strap for transport with a double ender bolt snap. You can also use it to hold accessories you don’t want on the floor when you are not wearing the rig.

 

[Seaweed Doc]

For actual transporting the assembly I found a very sturdy handle that attaches to the tank itself. I bought a few in Spain to test. After loving them, and a long on line search I think I ended up with a supplier in Israel.
They are solid, as opposed to some models found in the US that hinge supposedly out of the way made of flimsy thin material.

I know you're asking for backplate handled but I guess for me, the BP assembly is not that difficult to carry when not attached to the tank.

Can these be purchased in the US?

 

[dmaziuk]

Dude, we use Kevlar now. Asbestos is old school...

And probably illegal in most jurisdictions by now too.

 

[Sam Miller III]

(AMF) Voit
Santa Anna California
One of the major diving companies of the 1950s & 1960s
Handle designed under the direction of Fred Roberts of "Basic SCUBA" fame

1862. ( 2019-1962 === 57 Years ago )

Catalog # 262d
Page 2 Picture "Handy carrying handle"

Page 5 Picture "Back pack with " carrying handle"
Page 6 Picture and description " Back pack with " carrying handle

Page 6
Part # DS225
Carrying handle $3.00
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Aqua Craft
San Diego California
The first diving accessary company established by the late Bob Michell
And the first commercially produced "Tank Handle" as a universal handle

Page 5 1963 ( 2019-1963 === 56 Years ago )
Tank Handle catalog # A-58
$1.95
"For caring any tank or tank assembly mounts easily under most pack straps"

~~~ NOTE not mentioned in the catalogs ..They also fold flat ~~~

What is old is now NEW...to the modern diver

So much diving history is lost to the modern diver..
I suppose, i was told, I think , I believe
All devoid of diving history facts

Check diving history

Sam Miller, 111

 

[Mike Walker]

Totally in the DIY realm (and just throwing out ideas..) but I recently set one of these up with paracord and bolt snaps for my camera housing and it worked far better than I even expected. Comfortable handle to grip and it is slightly negative allowing it to settle nicely while underwater and not get in the way.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07553L96Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There's a whole bunch of options with different shapes and sizes marketed towards kayaks and canoes.

 

[Ana]

Can these be purchased in the US?

I haven't found them in the US.
But I stopped looking few years ago when I found a source in Israel, took a bit for shipping but eventually arrived.

 

[Scuba Lawyer]

The old plastic backpacks had a handle, but they don't get any weight off your belt, and the size doubles that can be used is rather limited.
Bob

I use my old blow-moulded backpack with built in handles with my single hose regs all the time. I even added built in releasable weight pockets that hold up to 13 lb each. Don't even need a separate weight belt. Very comfortable.

 

[happy-diver]

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

I heard, I think, I suppose...
People used to fill those blow moulded packs with lead shot.
Don’t know how much weight that added but seems like a good idea.