Continuous Web harness or other

[Michael Kazma]

I personally would never use a continuous webbing harness. Let me ask you this: If I had to provide you with a surface rescue where I had to remove your equipment before pulling you onto the boat would you like to have a quick release on your harness or me have to take out my knife and spend the time to cut through your webbing?

 

[ScubaSteve]

I personally would never use a continuous webbing harness. Let me ask you this: If I had to provide you with a surface rescue where I had to remove your equipment before pulling you onto the boat would you like to have a quick release on your harness or me have to take out my knife and spend the time to cut through your webbing?

Speaking for myself.......if you need to cut my harness to provide an effective rescue....cut away. I can replace the $10 worth of webbing.

 

[ScubaSam]

I personally would never use a continuous webbing harness. Let me ask you this: If I had to provide you with a surface rescue where I had to remove your equipment before pulling you onto the boat would you like to have a quick release on your harness or me have to take out my knife and spend the time to cut through your webbing?

All you have to do is undo the buckle and it loosens the harness and the crotch strap on the rig. If you do end up cutting the webbing it's not expensive to buy new webbing.

 

[sabbath999]

My wife and I use simple continuous strap harnesses on our backmount bp/w rigs.

 

[sabbath999]

I actually have thought about keeping a spare continous strap in my dive gear in case we have to cut a rig off... but then I thought "If we get to the point where we have to cut a rig off then we are probably done with diving for the day anyway"...

 

[DevonDiver]

I personally would never use a continuous webbing harness. Let me ask you this: If I had to provide you with a surface rescue where I had to remove your equipment before pulling you onto the boat would you like to have a quick release on your harness or me have to take out my knife and spend the time to cut through your webbing?

Well...my BP&W would probably float away....and my reel would drop.... and my mask would sink....

So, the cut harness would be the least of my worries..

As long as I woke up afterward, I really wouldn't start shouting at you

 

[sabbath999]

If you had to rescue me, I couldn't care less that you cut a $10 piece of harness. Not one little bit.

 

[on_two_wheels]

I personally would never use a continuous webbing harness. Let me ask you this: If I had to provide you with a surface rescue where I had to remove your equipment before pulling you onto the boat would you like to have a quick release on your harness or me have to take out my knife and spend the time to cut through your webbing?

Either you've never cut a harness or something was done wrong. The time it takes to cut one is pretty minimal. Hell, you could probably cut one away faster than undoing the other guy's sternum buckle, waist buckle, cumber bun (jacket bcd). Yep, cut it. Hopefully you inflated my bc at the surface like one should so my rig will float. I'll replace the harness and buy you a case of your favorite beer.

 

[Cave Diver]

I personally would never use a continuous webbing harness. Let me ask you this: If I had to provide you with a surface rescue where I had to remove your equipment before pulling you onto the boat would you like to have a quick release on your harness or me have to take out my knife and spend the time to cut through your webbing?

I'd rather you cut the harness than spend time fumbling with buckles and catches that may or may not be the one that actually releases me.

However, it is possible to have the best of both worlds. I have seen a harness set up with a continuous one piece harness with one shoulder strap longer than the other. A plastic buckle was threaded onto that strap, allowing the diver to snap it together and take up the slack (the excess couple of inches was tucked back under the strap when it was snapped together.) This gave him a little extra wiggle room to get in and out of the harness due to mobility issues in his shoulder, yet still maintained the continuous harness in the event of a buckle failure. And yes, they can fail - I know someone who used a harness with a buckle and had to exit the cave using one hand to hold their harness together after it broke.

 

[fnfalman]

Is the Halcyon Infinity's system considered to be "continuous"?

It is "continuous" but it's also adjustable.