Crotch strap for BP/W......

[Mark IV]

I'm wondering specifically about strap thickness, what most people prefer,and why. It's been decades since I sold my dive rite rig,and cant recall what I used at the time, but I suspect it was a 2in width.
Now I'm leaning towards the thinnest 1in width, and I'm wondering if there are any reasons to avoid this and go with the thicker 1.5 or 2" straps.

 

[Dark Wolf]

Divers that use DPV's seem to prefer 2". One of my plates has 1.5" and the plate I normally use has a 1" strap.

For reference, I use the 1" strap with steel tanks and trilam drysuit.

DW

 

[divad]

Now I'm leaning towards the thinnest 1in width

These are the bee's knees.................(I've heard)
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[divad]

I'm wondering if there are any reasons to avoid this and go with the thicker 1.5 or 2" straps.

Yes to the 2" strap provided it is very pliant, like a seat-belt, so that it will bend in the middle (length-wise, like a roof rounded over at the peak, say) and cause no abrasion to the suit.

 

[Anthony A.]

I have 1" and 1.5". Both disappear once in the water (not literally though )

 

[Barnaby'sDad]

Yes to the 2" strap provided it is very pliant, like a seat-belt, so that it will bend in the middle (length-wise, like a roof rounded over at the peak, say) and cause no abrasion to the suit.

That’s why I went with a 1.5”. I didn’t see any 2” at the time that weren’t fairly rigid. I do a fair amount of walking in mine (shore diving), so I didn’t want to risk screwing up my wetsuit.

 

[divad]

That’s why I went with a 1.5”. I didn’t see any 2” at the time that weren’t fairly rigid.

I had a ridged 2" one that abraded my drysuit, then found a super-pliant 2" one (Halcyon?) that did not make me look like a "lady-boy".

 

[Degenerate]

When scootering I prefer to spread out the pressure on my nads over 2 inches of strap rather than 1.
If it's a rigid strap it will be a pain as divad says though, my current Halcyon straps don't give me any issues.

 

[SandyRobinson]

I have a 1" and a 2" on two different BPs. When I get off my rear end, I will replace the 1" strap with a 2". The 1" strap uses a plastic buckle to attach and I would prefer the "loop" of the 2".

 

[divad]

The stiff one I refered to was "made" by me using a tri-glide in the front instead of sewing.