I have a stainless version which was owned and dived by Eric. It was the last one he had several years ago. Fortunately for me he decided to sell it.
I had no idea he made Aluminum versions. What is the thickness of the material?
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I had no idea he made Aluminum versions. What is the thickness of the material?
OP
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Can anyone who dives one speak to its buyoency characteristics? I assume it's not as negative as a full on SS backplate. I'm wondering how much extra weight I would need when diving a FP, Alu80, and a 3 mm wetsuit.
I believe it's slightly over four pounds. I didn't change anything when I switched from a Halcyon plate.
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Question for you...
I'm about purchase a freedom plate and just wondering how to configure it to the oxycheq mach V. Is the wing sandwiched in between the plate and the rail/sta? Or is the wing just placed over top of the rail? I've seemed to read about people to doing both. What do you do?
Ours are placed over the rail. We use two cam bands to tighten the tank.
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There's been many different variants to the design, specially to the tank rail/support. There's also been a few aluminium plates, and different finishes for the SS ones. I've had 2 different models, sold one and kept the version with a "U" shaped tank rail bolted to the SS plate. I sandwich the wing between the plate and rail. Setup with the tank is very fast as nothing moves, and the rails stabilize the tank more than if the wing was in between.
IMHO, it's the most comfortable backmount single tank BCD. For travel it's a bit heavy, as it is stainless, but still reasonable. With a 3mm wetsuit I dive it without any extra weights in salt water.
I only dive sidemount now, and my gf will dive my small custom made aluminium BP for traveling, so I don't use it anymore. Still, it's so nice I might have a hard time to sell it!
IMHO, it's the most comfortable backmount single tank BCD. For travel it's a bit heavy, as it is stainless, but still reasonable. With a 3mm wetsuit I dive it without any extra weights in salt water.
I only dive sidemount now, and my gf will dive my small custom made aluminium BP for traveling, so I don't use it anymore. Still, it's so nice I might have a hard time to sell it!
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