Hi, current BP/w comes in at 7lbs. I was interested in suggestions for a light weight backplate. Current plate is aluminum and I would guess 1.5-2lbs. Appreciate any suggestions, don’t want soft. Thank you
Rigid lightweight travel,plate?
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DeepSeaExplorer
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I have a Halcyon carbon fiber plate for travel. It weighs next to nothing, but it’s still a plate.
MichaelMc
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Aluminum hardware (d-rings and buckles) can cut your travel weight over steel. If you have lead, you're just replacing steel for lead that way, though the lead is on the dive boat and the steel/aluminum in your luggage.
A shorter corrugated inflator hose will prevent that hanging as far below you, and be slightly lighter with a shorter LP hose as well.
Cut out steel will be slightly more weight efficient than aluminum plate. Aluminum density (3g/cm cubed) is close enough to waters density (1g/cm cubed) to no contribute much toward underwater ballast, while steel is enough denser (8g/cm3) than water that it contributes more meaningfully to ballast.
A shorter corrugated inflator hose will prevent that hanging as far below you, and be slightly lighter with a shorter LP hose as well.
Cut out steel will be slightly more weight efficient than aluminum plate. Aluminum density (3g/cm cubed) is close enough to waters density (1g/cm cubed) to no contribute much toward underwater ballast, while steel is enough denser (8g/cm3) than water that it contributes more meaningfully to ballast.
scrane
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I have an original flat backplat for Vintage Double Hose that works great for single hose and double hose diving. The nearest thing available now is from subseasports:
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