Recon SS Backplate?

[NightWish]

I purchased a genesis recon bc 75lbs lift, is there any advantage to buy the ss backplate if you dont intend running doubles? Is the backplate also to make the bc more rigid?
I would like to think I purchased a little better than average bc. or should I pack it up and send it back?

 

[gfisher4792]

Here's a thread that may interest you: http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?threadid=44603&s=

Personally, I have no experience with this BC, but it caught my eye where it sounds like it provides 75 lbs of lift for a single tank. Just sounds like a lot of lift for a single. People sound they like the BC, though.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

The Recon is very stable and very comfortable without the plate. It is also extremely durable and well made.

75 lbs is a lot of lift for a single tank (and for many doubles configurations) but the Recon does an exceptional job with a single tank. You get none of the air trapping or instability you would expect with a large u shaped wing used with a single tank.

The Recon's downsides are that it requires a plate for doubles and that it is a little bulky to pack and consequently not travel freindly. The other potential downside is that the Recon is not DIR and violates a lot of accepted maximums in the current view of things, so Recon owners often find them selves defending it against accusations and negative comments made by divers who have never used it who assume it has faults that it does not actually possess.

 

[NightWish]

The other potential downside is that the Recon is not DIR and violates a lot of accepted maximums in the current view of things,


Not to sound stupid, still learning some of the slang, but what does the (Dir) stand for?

 

[gfisher4792]

DIR = Doing It Right. If you're curious, there's a whole forum dedicated to this philosophy of diving: http://www.scubaboard.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=166&s=

 

[NightWish]

Much thanks to all...