Freedom Plate Divers Roll Call: show us your rig!

[Jcp2]

Finally finished. The thin red webbing is all molle. View attachment 675315 View attachment 675316

How much did the tailor cost, and what is the stiffness of the yellow webbing?

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

How much did the tailor cost, and what is the stiffness of the yellow webbing?

Yellow is regular stiffness. Red is softer. Tailor cost $100. Molle accessories were another $20 on Amazon. The fit is great. I find that, as a portly person, having split shoulder straps keeps them out of my armpits.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Miscalleous hardware is from Piranha.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Thank you, @Eric Sedletzky. It dives like a dream.

 

[Whitrzac]

Apart from the Molle strip, it looks a lot like the diverite deluxe harness.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Apart from the Molle strip, it looks a lot like the diverite deluxe harness.

Yup.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Miscalleous hardware is from Piranha. View attachment 675320 View attachment 675321 View attachment 675323

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Very cool and innovative.

 

[rx7diver]

Yup.

Interesting, what you've done here, @BoundForElsewhere .

FWIW, my very first harness was a (the original?) DiveRite Deluxe Harness, which I purchased new ca. 1994 with a (the original?) DiveRite Al backplate and a couple of neoprene shoulder sleeves/pads, and (the original?) DiveRite [Classic] Wings.

From the beginning, with each successive dive over the next couple of weeks, I modified this harness a bit, and then a bit more, and then, finally, ended with a simple, single-piece harness, with straps crossed behind my head--somewhat like the Hogarthian rigs I was learning about at that time. By the end of that very first dive season, because I had decided against wearing a crotch strap, I settled on adding a single shoulder release (a weight belt buckle) to this otherwise single-piece harness, and wearing my shoulder straps more snug than taught by the DIR folks (who do NOT cross their shoulder straps, and who wear a crotch strap) do.

I wore this "final", simple configuration for several years, unchanged, completely satisfied.

All this is to say: Remain flexible with your setup. You might discover that you will want to modify things a bit--despite the seemingly nifty setup you now have.

FWIW,

rx7diver

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Interesting, what you've done here, @BoundForElsewhere .

FWIW, my very first harness was a (the original?) DiveRite Deluxe Harness, which I purchased new ca. 1994 with a (the original?) DiveRite Al backplate and a couple of neoprene shoulder sleeves/pads, and (the original?) DiveRite [Classic] Wings.

From the beginning, with each successive dive over the next couple of weeks, I modified this harness a bit, and then a bit more, and then, finally, ended with a simple, single-piece harness, with straps crossed behind my head--somewhat like the Hogarthian rigs I was learning about at that time. By the end of that very first dive season, because I had decided against wearing a crotch strap, I settled on adding a single shoulder release (a weight belt buckle) to this otherwise single-piece harness, and wearing my shoulder straps more snug than taught by the DIR folks (who do NOT cross their shoulder straps, and who wear a crotch strap) do.

I wore this "final", simple configuration for several years, unchanged, completely satisfied.

All this is to say: Remain flexible with your setup. You might discover that you will want to modify things a bit--despite the seemingly nifty setup you now have.

FWIW,

rx7diver

Thank you. Great advice. It was and definitely will be a process.

 

[Soloist]

Finally finished. The thin red webbing is all molle. View attachment 675315 View attachment 675316

Integrating the MOLLE system into the harness was very clever. However, for some strange reason every time I look at it I start salivating…