Trans Pac II....or ... the Trans Plate w/harness...pls answer quick

[RICHinNC]

Ok...I went to a dive expo near my home and have narrowed my decision a new bcd to either a Trans Pac II ...or...the Trans Plate with harness.

Which would you go with and why? And, which do you think I should go with?

My diving is not and never will be true tec. I might...might...someday do doubles....but never deeper than 135 and never stage bottle diving. I am way too old for that and if not too old...my back would never take it.

So if you are a fanatic on bp and wings only....and I support your right to be so....but try to look at it from my point of view....

I just want a good back inflate system....would like for it to be comfortable....and I have no plans to crawl the Mariannis trench ( sorry about the spelling on that one) with it. My diving is either off the coast of NC or in warm water....Caribbean...West Indies...yada yada.

TP II.....Trans plate with harness....which??

( in the "for what its worth" department....the deal is....the TP II with a 50lb lift bungeed wing....will go for $596 and they throw in the $100 weight pockets for free.... I dont have a price on the trans plate and harness.....and this deal is only offered until the end of the week>)

 

[5615mike]

Rich

struggled with the same choice. I, new Cavern, Intro cave diver will ultimately end up with Trimix but not until later this year. I can dive doubles in TPII with no problem. I do alot of tropical diving with my wife and the TPII fits that bill quite nicely. I am using the Trek wing as it is good for any size single and good for AL80 doubles which is the only thing I will probably use for some time. The 50 lb wing, I assume your talking about the classic, is for doubles only. Watch out or you'll be buying a second wing before you thought of it.

Being over 40 I won't be doing any real seriousl Tec Diving myself but do enjoy the outer fringe to middle of the road tec. Good luck.

 

[jonnythan]

I got the Pioneer system solely for singles rec diving.

I could not possibly be happier with it. There is really nothing like the rock solid stability and comfort from the backplate.

 

[jonnythan]

( in the "for what its worth" department....the deal is....the TP II with a 50lb lift bungeed wing....will go for $596 and they throw in the $100 weight pockets for free.... I dont have a price on the trans plate and harness.....and this deal is only offered until the end of the week>)

Do you realize that you can buy an Oxycheq backplate setup, with a non-bungeed SINGLES wing, for a retail price of...

drumroll please......

$480?

 

[LUBOLD8431]

If I had to choose between those two options, or otherwise I would NEVER, ever dive again, I guess I would choose the Transpac II (because you can use it for sidemount, and its excellent for traveling). However, dont jump on it because you THINK you are getting a good deal, or something. Make sure its what YOU want...
Check out those Oxycheq prices though, huh???

 

[jonnythan]

Yeah, I think sidemount is definitely in this guy's future.

Good call.

 

[LUBOLD8431]

Yeah, I think sidemount is definitely in this guy's future.

Good call.

Oh, Sarcasm, huh???? Nice...

Again, I said for ME...
Thats what I would choose if given those options. However, I really think he should just get the Oxycheq setup...

 

[DCDivenut]

Another option that I have been looking at that is a really good deal is a transplate and wing package from diveriteexpress.com The have a deal for both the transpac, the transplate (plate with transpac harness) and a standard plate, harness and wing. They are pretty good deals and their is no tax and no shipping on orders over $25. Hope this makes things easier not harder

 

[gentlegiant]

$596 is pretty steep for a TransPac II. If you look around some of the shops along the NC coast you can probably find it much cheaper. I dove with the TPII for over a year and have now taken the wing from my setup (the Rec wing) and bolted it to a FredT backplate. This packs much smaller than the TPII, is a lot more stable underwater and gives me a few more options down the road.

If I had it to do over again, hindsight being 20/20, I would go with something like the OxyCheq setup. It would have saved me the cost of a Zeagle Concept II, gave it to my Father in law so not a total loss, and a TPII harness.

Depending on my tax refund and my bonus at work I am looking at the 45# OxyCheq wing or a Pioneer wing for singles. I have my doubles wing coming (ebay rocks).

For the diving you are wanting to do either setup will work, just watch the prices and crosscheck them with Internet prices.

 

[ColdH20diving]

I not a tech diver, but use a FredT backplate along with a Halcyon eclipse wing. I like the simplicity of the backplate/wing configuration, I wouldn't go back to my old OMS IQ pack.