Get that strap off my crotch!

[Genesis]

I had a belt come loose last year at 105'. I caught it - fortunately.

I have since gone to a steel tank, and now need a grand total of 2lbs of weight with my BP+Wing+STA+Steelie with a 3 mil jumpsuit.

Works great, and I love it.

If I have to ditch at the surface, I will ditch the KIT. With the wetsuit on I'll be a dozen pounds positive, and I don't need the tank and reg on the surface.

Ditching underwater, IMHO, it not an option, and accidentally ditching is a recipe for disaster.

 

[victoriawtx]

because it makes the BP/W fit better. I don't even know it's there. But I do always wear a wetsuit, since I get cold so easily in the water, no matter what the temperature is.

I also feel more secure at the surface; I don't have that feeling of it riding up and around my ears.

 

[blackice]

tampascott once bubbled...
Chose your poison. The one thing I am not particularly fond of with a BP/Wing set-up is the need to use a weight-belt. I could use the weight pockets now sold by Halcyon, but that would clutter up space I like for d-rings and other gear. Some feel that by putting the croth strap over the weights will catch a belt that unexpectantly falls off during a dive. I could get my belt off in pretty good shape even with it under the strap.

I have used a weight belt and thought that it was kind of a poor method when the MC/BP system is so refinded.

I bought the ABC 20 weighting system and have found it easy to use and very streamlined.

Now my rig in a single piece, neat and compact.

The ACB comes with a D'riing so you wont be missing one on the left, but on the right if you use a canister then maybe you need to modify it for a second buckle or go for the ACB 30 which comes with a buckle for the canister.

=-)

 

[Dryglove]

blackice once bubbled...

The ACB comes with a D'riing so you wont be missing one on the left, but on the right if you use a canister then maybe you need to modify it for a second buckle or go for the ACB 30 which comes with a buckle for the canister.

=-)

or you could do this

http://www.giddins.net/scuba/canister_light/canister_acb.htm

courtesy of scubaroo

 

[blackice]

lal7176 once bubbled...


or you could do this

http://www.giddins.net/scuba/canister_light/canister_acb.htm

courtesy of scubaroo

I truly look forward to the day when I have to do that, as it would mean that I have3 a cansiter light ... dreaming ... ut:

 

[SM Diver]

Genesis is right, and wearing the weight belt under the strap makes ditching not an option. I am proberly weighted and with the 9 pounds neg FredT plate that I have combined with the steel 120, I don't have to wear much weight at all, especially in the summer. Once I kicked myself up 10 ft I'd be on a rocket ride to the surface with the weight belt, assuming I didn't let any air out. I see a weight belt falling off as a far more likely risk than the need to ditch, especially if your prudent and check your gauges and have redundant gear when diving deep.

 

[Dyno Bill]

OK, another silly question. The harness rig that the wing uses, can it easily be taken off while in the water and put back on? I do a lot of kelp diving and I have on a number of occasions had to remove my rig and swing it around my shoulder to remove an entanglement. This has proven easy with a Dacor Rig due ti the way it hooks up. Could it be done with a BP? Thanks, still in the considering mode.
Bill

 

[MechDiver]

Dyno Bill once bubbled...
OK, another silly question. The harness rig that the wing uses, can it easily be taken off while in the water and put back on? I do a lot of kelp diving and I have on a number of occasions had to remove my rig and swing it around my shoulder to remove an entanglement. This has proven easy with a Dacor Rig due ti the way it hooks up. Could it be done with a BP? Thanks, still in the considering mode.
Bill

If adjusted correctly if should be fine.

 

[diverlady]

Well this has been an educational and interesting thread. I was wondering about trying a split straddle harness for my Zeagle bc and now, based on what has been said here, I think I will.

Diverlady

 

[rds4640]

Not a big fan of the Zeagles any more (because of how bouyant they are) but the crotch strap on them makes a world of difference. It allows you to loosen the shoulder straps to position the bc where you want it.