* Three Hours??!! You beat me by an hour!
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22060&highlight=the+assimiliation+continues
* Mech is right - its actually easier to clip and un-clip with the shoulder rings higher. I had to make several adjustments until I got them high enough, but not too high
* The BAUE site has a really cool pic of the crotch strap tucked through the front D-ring. When I was diving a light cannon, that's where I clipped it (AFTER entering the water...
) Now, that D-ring is unused, and it makes more sense to tuck the crotch strap through it...much cleaner, no dangling ring, etc.
* Thumbs in the D-rings make it easier to slip off and over the shoulder dump valve. Another reason (had I known then what I do now) I would have gotten a wrist dump
* Load the ACB's before donning. Seems like a "duh"...but a lot of people tuck in the weight pockets after the have it on. That works on some BC's where the weight pocket is a straight entry - as you see, the ACB is curved...way tough to get in after its on.
* I ended up putting Bike Innertube over the straps at the BP contact points - as I experienced fraying after my first dive trip. Here's a pic, for reference. No problems, since.
http://www.pbase.com/image/12733382
* I'm still doing the squat-in-back-up-stand-up into the rig don. Not pretty, but it works. I need to be sure to not fasten my long hose into the wasteband - its happened a few times. last weekend was the light cord in the waste band trick...
You're gonna love the rig. be sure to come back and post some thoughts and info after your first dives.
