I gave up on the conventional bent plate for use with singles. I simply do not like the high position they all set the tank at. I have several issues with this positioning and I just don't like it and I have now used EVERY commonly available plate. For doubles I am very pleased with my two Hammerhead plates, they work well with a variety of wings and they are cost effective and well made. For singles diving I use the rare and nearly impossible to get Freedom Plate and the new Oxy ultra light travel plate. The Freedom Plate and Oxy ultra light plate set the tank low and close to my back and work amazingly well with my two Oxy Cheq Mach V wings. The Oxy Mach V is fine combination of extremely rugged, lightweight, clever and quality design with some of the heaviest duty materials on the market. You don't have to baby an Oxy Signature series wing. The Mach V Signature also just seems to trim out nicely whether by accident or clever design, it simply rocks.
As to a singles plate, the conventional bent plates are all a compromise, the Freedom Plate is nearly impossible to get. I have built now three custom plates for myself as experiments, I don't show pictures because they are a different design for single tank/wing diving and are modular in concept, they are not what most people would appreciate because they don't look like the typical square, bent, sheet of metal and I am NOT satisfied with them yet. When I am satisfied with them, if ever, I might make a run of them and all profits and proceeds will be given to animal shelters etc., if---if---I decide to make them which right now is down the road as I already have several full time pursuits.
My point as to plates, for doubles there are a lot of excellent choices, for singles there are not. The wings available largely are all excellent, the new compact streamined wings such as the Mach V series as an example are super to dive with. It is my opinion and it is not liekly to change.
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As to a singles plate, the conventional bent plates are all a compromise, the Freedom Plate is nearly impossible to get. I have built now three custom plates for myself as experiments, I don't show pictures because they are a different design for single tank/wing diving and are modular in concept, they are not what most people would appreciate because they don't look like the typical square, bent, sheet of metal and I am NOT satisfied with them yet. When I am satisfied with them, if ever, I might make a run of them and all profits and proceeds will be given to animal shelters etc., if---if---I decide to make them which right now is down the road as I already have several full time pursuits.
My point as to plates, for doubles there are a lot of excellent choices, for singles there are not. The wings available largely are all excellent, the new compact streamined wings such as the Mach V series as an example are super to dive with. It is my opinion and it is not liekly to change.
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