purbeast
Contributor
Okay I will play around with it a bit more later. It "feels" okay the way it is but then again I don't know what "okay" is supposed to really feel like lol.I was referring the the excess after threading the buckle. You don't need a lot, but it can lay all the way over to the left hip D-ring without being in the way if you want. I think mine is a few inches shy of that. You can raise the back plate by loosening the waist belt and shortening the shoulder straps, while lengthening the crotch strap. The waist belt will lie above your waist, but the crotch strap will still secure it. It just looks too low on your back the way you have it now. It will be interesting to see what other posters have to say.
When you say move off my shoulders, you mean like just pull forward? If so I'd guess like 2 inches maybe.Hard to see from the last set of pictures, but can you move the shoulder straps around 2-3 inches off your shoulders without the crotch strap attached to the belt? The crotch is what should be locking down your shoulder straps to your body.
Also, just loop your crotch strap through the slot and use the slider beneath the plate to fix the return flap. Only the material of the crotch strap is going through the slot on the plate.
As for the crotch strap, that is all that I have going through the slot on the plate. I just have it hooked up a bit different than what I've seen.
The ways that I've seen thus far is like this video here:
However, as I mentioned, doubling back is REALLY tough with the sliders I have and if I don't HAVE to do it that way I'd prefer not to. But if that is "the way" to do it then I'll figure it out.