Harness

[=C=]

Greetings,

I have been diving this setup for several months now setup according to the Halcyon manual, I can reach my valves without assistance, and by the second dive of the day everything is perfect, however I find I spend most of the first dive "getting settled." Is this common? I'm thinking of going to an adjustable harness as I think this will help...



Thanks for any feedback,
-C

 

[Mayor]

"getting settled."

Do you mean you must make adjustments all through the dive?

 

[=C=]

Do you mean you must make adjustments all through the dive?

about the first 15 min... shifting it around on mu back... adding a little air to the dry suit... tightening the crotch strap... shifting the battery canister...

 

[RJP]

You'll settle in. Adding air to suit/wing has nothing to do with the type of harness. Nor does tightening the crotch strap - which I'd love to know how you adjust DURING a dive - or shifting the light cannister.

These are things that will not be FIXED by an adjustable harness, but in fact will probably be WORSENED!

Once you get yourself squared away and properly adjusted, you won't really need to mess with it any more.

 

[johnkendall]

about the first 15 min... shifting it around on mu back... adding a little air to the dry suit... tightening the crotch strap... shifting the battery canister...

The Battery canister should be tight against the backplate, and held in place with a buckle. Not sure how you tighten the crotch strap duing the dive, but the waist band should be tight before you get in the water. It shouldn't be possible to shift it around on your back.

Very difficult to see what you are doing wrong without being in the water with you though.

HTH

John

 

[ivobj]

I use my canister about 2 inches from the backplate hold by a buckle (I use with this distance from the backplate because it helps my a great deal to reach the switch), but I adjusted my harness once some years ago and never had to adjust it again, dificult to visualize what you mean.