I've got the DR Transplate with s/s backplate and Voyager EXP wing, and my wife has the same setup with the Travel EXP wing. We dive both cold So Cal water (wet and dry) and warmer tropical water; and both HP steel (mostly) and Al tanks here (Al tanks everywhere else). So Cal diving is either drysuits (DUI TLS 350) or in a 7 mm full suit and hooded vest (occasionally just a hood during the summer). We got the DiveRite rigs last year, and since then DiveRite has reduced the amount of stated lift in the wings (no change to the wing), so now the Voyager is only rated at 35 lbs lift (Travel EXP now rated at 25 lbs lift). We also have the DR integrated weight pockets that hold up to 16 lbs (8 lbs/side). My wife is about 108 lbs and I'm about 160 lbs
I'm now buying my wife a Voyager wing, since she's not comfortable with the amount of lift in the Travel wing in cold water with weight in the pockets. Diving wet with a HP 80 steel tank and weight in the pockets, the rig has trouble floating on the surface when fully inflated (as in taking it off to get into an inflatable dinghy). My Voyager wing floats reasonably well on the surface, and with me wearing it, floats just fine. The Voyager wing is bigger than the Travel wing, but not ridiculously so; both are very nicely streamlined.
Neither has any trouble floating us head-up on the surface; you just need to lean back a little. We came from many years of Scubapro Classic BCs and haven't had any problems
If your diving is anything like ours, you will love the DiveRite gear
And yes, DR is outstanding quality and value. I would buy the same setup again in a heartbeat
Some friends tried ours earlier this year (they are both a bit larger than us), and both bought DR s/s backplates, Transplate harnesses and Voyager wings, which they used when we all went on vacation to the Bahamas in July. They also loved the gear
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I've got the DR Transplate with s/s backplate and Voyager EXP wing, and my wife has the same setup with the Travel EXP wing. We dive both cold So Cal water (wet and dry) and warmer tropical water; and both HP steel (mostly) and Al tanks here (Al tanks everywhere else). So Cal diving is either drysuits (DUI TLS 350) or in a 7 mm full suit and hooded vest (occasionally just a hood during the summer). We got the DiveRite rigs last year, and since then DiveRite has reduced the amount of stated lift in the wings (no change to the wing), so now the Voyager is only rated at 35 lbs lift (Travel EXP now rated at 25 lbs lift). We also have the DR integrated weight pockets that hold up to 16 lbs (8 lbs/side). My wife is about 108 lbs and I'm about 160 lbs
I'm now buying my wife a Voyager wing, since she's not comfortable with the amount of lift in the Travel wing in cold water with weight in the pockets. Diving wet with a HP 80 steel tank and weight in the pockets, the rig has trouble floating on the surface when fully inflated (as in taking it off to get into an inflatable dinghy). My Voyager wing floats reasonably well on the surface, and with me wearing it, floats just fine. The Voyager wing is bigger than the Travel wing, but not ridiculously so; both are very nicely streamlined.
Neither has any trouble floating us head-up on the surface; you just need to lean back a little. We came from many years of Scubapro Classic BCs and haven't had any problems
If your diving is anything like ours, you will love the DiveRite gear
And yes, DR is outstanding quality and value. I would buy the same setup again in a heartbeat
Some friends tried ours earlier this year (they are both a bit larger than us), and both bought DR s/s backplates, Transplate harnesses and Voyager wings, which they used when we all went on vacation to the Bahamas in July. They also loved the gear
