Setting up BP/W for first time

[jwalko]

Ok...I got my new wing and BP and think I have it adjusted right.

W/ wet suit on, I can fit two fingers under shoulder straps, where it comes down across the side of chest. Crotch strap has about 2-3" room.

I will be diving a singles wing with a STA and I think I understand how to attach it, but want to make sure. I assume the STA attached directly to the plate, and the wing is sandwiched between the STA and the plate. In this case, the slots on each side of the wing aren't used (in the sense that the cam bands don't go through those slots). Is this correct?

Any suggestions or pictures would be appreciated.

Thanks;

John

 

[cool_hardware52]

Ok...I got my new wing and BP and think I have it adjusted right.

W/ wet suit on, I can fit two fingers under shoulder straps, where it comes down across the side of chest. Crotch strap has about 2-3" room.

I will be diving a singles wing with a STA and I think I understand how to attach it, but want to make sure. I assume the STA attached directly to the plate, and the wing is sandwiched between the STA and the plate. In this case, the slots on each side of the wing aren't used (in the sense that the cam bands don't go through those slots). Is this correct?

Any suggestions or pictures would be appreciated.

Thanks;

John

Sounds like you have your harness adjusted well enough to try it. You will likely adjust it after each of the first few dives. Dring placement takes a few tries also. You want the drings positioned where clipping off is a natural motion.

If you are using a STA you have the assembly order correct, the cambands do not pass through the wing or backplate when using a bolt on sta.

Enjoy your new gear.

Tobin

 

[jwalko]

Sounds like you have your harness adjusted well enough to try it. You will likely adjust it after each of the first few dives. Dring placement takes a few tries also. You want the drings positioned where clipping off is a natural motion.

If you are using a STA you have the assembly order correct, the cambands do not pass through the wing or backplate when using a bolt on sta.

Enjoy your new gear.

Tobin

Tobin:

Thanks. Another silly question. The webbing material is so stiff that I am having a hard time working with it. I tried moving one of the D Rings yesterday and after about an hour of fighting w/ the webbing to get it to set right, my hands were so cramped up I had to give up. Any tricks???

 

[H2Andy]

i've never had that trouble before...

you may want to try dunking the webbing in water and getting it wet

 

[scarefaceDM]

Wet the harness with warm water. works on stiff webbing.

It does take a few tries...but who said setting up dive gear was fun.

 

[robertarak]

I will be diving a singles wing with a STA and I think I understand how to attach it,

The webbing material is so stiff that I am having a hard time working with it.

I can tell by that post that the BP/W in not a DSS (the DSS has no STA). It must be made from that weight belt webbing and not Tobin's Soft Edge Webbing.

See how much I am learning from this site?

 

[cool_hardware52]

Tobin:

Thanks. Another silly question. The webbing material is so stiff that I am having a hard time working with it. I tried moving one of the D Rings yesterday and after about an hour of fighting w/ the webbing to get it to set right, my hands were so cramped up I had to give up. Any tricks???

A couple tricks;

Bend the webbing 180 degrees withthe center of the bend right at the dring. Now you should be able to slide the keeper and ring around.

Long nose needle nose pliers. Shove one jaw under the webbing at the point you want to adjust.

You usually don't need he pliers until the webbing takes a "set" at a given position.

Good luck,

Tobin

 

[TSandM]

I use a heavy-duty barbecue skewer to pry the webbing up out of the triglides when it's taken a "set". (One lives in my save-a-dive kit!) But better than that is more flexible webbing, at least for me.

 

[jwalko]

Thanks;

All good advice. I ended up using the needle nose pliers. I'll aave to keep them w/ me when diving, to make minor adjustments.

I'll be in the pool in about 3 weeks for some adjustments, then off to S. Florida for some warmer water diving (can't wait). I'd like to get it dialed in as much as possible before my trip. Then, I figure, minor adjustments once I am there.

Thanks again;

John

 

[cool_hardware52]

Thanks;

All good advice. I ended up using the needle nose pliers. I'll aave to keep them w/ me when diving, to make minor adjustments.

I'll be in the pool in about 3 weeks for some adjustments, then off to S. Florida for some warmer water diving (can't wait). I'd like to get it dialed in as much as possible before my trip. Then, I figure, minor adjustments once I am there.

Thanks again;

John

Of course the advantage to TSandM's skewer is you can also use it to roast your marshmellows

Tobin