Making A Back Plate And Wing Adjustable

what's up guys it's Brian again from lay kicker scuba marina if you're a backplate and winged diver like I am then you can understand the struggle of how hard it is sometimes to get in and out of the system based off what exposure suit you're wearing or what type of diving you're doing now once you have a backplate and wing adjusted it's very simple to use it's very comfortable to use and there's really not much girth to it as far as getting in your way while you're underwater however sometimes don't in and off the system can be difficult if you're not in that peak performance shape if you will now I'm definitely not what you would consider in shape I've definitely got a good on me however getting in and out of the backplate and wing is pretty simple for me simply because I have it adjusted appropriately it for me and I also don't have any type of medical conditions that would make it a little bit harder for me and what do I mean by that well when I go to take a back plate wing off all I do is simply grab on the shoulder strap now usually grab my dear' in here and we'll simply pull out to loosen it and I'm gonna pop it right off my shoulder now whether my tank is actually sit and say on a table or a bench or something that does make it a little bit easier now another option you've got of course is you can do the same method you can pull out but instead of pulling it off your shoulder you're gonna simply chicken wing your arm out of it and take it off now putting it back on it's fairly simple you just put your arms in it like you would any standard BCD or you would simply chicken wing it meaning putting your elbow through and then pulling your arm through but if you've got a physical defect maybe you've had shoulder surgery maybe you've had arm surgery that can be a very difficult if not painful process so I'm going to show you a couple of different options here of what you can do to your back plate and wing to make doning and dolphin a little bit easier and hopefully a little bit more comfortable for you as well so let's get started all right guys what are the options that you can go with just to make Donington dolphin your back plate and wing a little bit easier and making it adjustable on the fly you simply change out your harness now I know there's a lot of guys that lock that single piece continuous webbing but if you have that difficulty of getting your arms in and out or maybe you're not as limber as what I am it can be difficult and simply by changing out your single-piece webbing harness to a deluxe style harness it'll make your life a little bit easier and a little bit more comfortable while diving a backplate and wing so what is a deluxe style harness in short is a basic BCD harness a two-piece harness it does have adjustments here on the side where you can loosen and tighten just like you would a standard BCD and I know there's gonna be a lot of people out there and say well the problem is is you're creating a failure point and the plastic is gonna break I'll be honest with you sure if you took this guy apart and you stepped on it or hit it with a hammer or run over it with a car yeah it's going to break but once you snap it together the plastics that are being used today the Delrin plastic that's being used they are extremely durable and if you're inside that cave and you brush just simply brush up against limestone or the current Rams unit alarm stone the likelihood of this breaking is so slim to none I would be comfortable saying it's simply not going to happen now with that being said there's a lot of different companies out there a lot of tech companies such as Dhara and others that are making their back plate and wings and their side mount harnesses with adjustable straps so the old days of well these failure points these failure points that is simply not the case anymore there's a lot of people out there that want to dive the backplate and wing system but they simply can't with a single piece webbing harness this is a great option form simply swap out their single piece harness for a two piece harness or a deluxe style harness making adjustments a little bit easier for them and definitely making their diving a lot more comfortable so let's take a look at another great option let's say that you did want to stay with the single piece webbing harness let me show you an option there a couple of different options that you can use to make your harness adjustable and to make it a little bit more comfortable while Donen and dolphin alright guys so one will show you a different option here if you're still at the top of diver that has to have that single piece continuous waving you don't really want the buckle as you still believe that their failure points let me show you another great option you can actually get what's called some belt sliders or webbing sliders here and there's several different companies that make them this one here is made by Marez and it's nothing more than just simply a little hook or a little J hook here and this actually replaces the Tri glide in the back of your BCD or the back of your backplate and you simply just put it up through the sly and it allows your webbing to slide through making the adjustments a little bit easier there's also several by a company called sub gravity now sub gravity makes several different ones this is their composite version here they also make one that is steel as well and it just simply replaces the Tri Glide and it allows your webbing to flow freely through that instead of actually getting called now this one is actually made by a friend of mine he actually 3d printed this one for me and we're actually doing some tests with it to see how it holds up to a couple of different other manufacturers styles now the last one we'll talk about is the halcyon version now the house Aeon version is a little bit bigger system but it's still just designed to make that webbing adjustment a little bit easier it allows that webbing to slide freely through it so what does that actually look like well I'm gonna tilt the camera down here a little bit just so you guys can see how it works and in short with those glides on there all it does is it allows that webbing to flow freely so that I can adjust or get in and out of the system a little bit easier and then when I need to Tiger I simply tighten it back down since you to where I need it and it's gonna be nice and comfortable once again when I go to take it off I simply pull back on it and allows that webbing to slide through now a lot of people ask well does it not catch or does it not loosen up when you don't want it to and no it really doesn't because as long as I don't reach down to do that to get out of it if I reach up here and pull on it nothing's gonna happen because I'm actually putting most of the pressure up here on top but if I reach down to do it it'll very easily loosen up and allow me to remove that back plane a little bit easier and definitely make my diving a little bit more comfortable so guys if you're a back plate and wing user out there and you're having difficulty getting in and out and you're not as saying limber as I am to get your arms in and out definitely check out a couple of these different models maybe change out your harness if you still don't want to change out your harness because you do like that one piece waving harness check into the different slides that are out there it'll make your diving a safer you know making you a little bit more comfortable and it definitely make it easier donan and dolphin your gear guys I hope you enjoyed this video if you did simply smash that like button for me and definitely share it as well if you got any questions on any of the models that you saw today as far as the slaughterers put that down like the comment section below and I'll try to answer you questions the best I can guys I really hope you enjoyed this video as always make sure you follow us on Instagram and Twitter like us on Facebook penis on Pinterest subscribe to us here on YouTube and as always guys we appreciate your business gals we really appreciate you watching our videos if you liked it make sure to give us a big thumbs up if you're not a subscriber simply hit that subscribe button for us and make sure you hit the little bell to turn on all notifications if you want to see some other cool videos make sure to click these links here they can be Scooba tips that could be Dobbin videos search-and-recovery videos or gear reviews once again guys we really appreciate it

Channel: LakeHickoryScuba

Views: 8,216

Rating: 4.9826841 out of 5

Keywords:

Id: Cj6ldoP52Lg

Length: 7min 12sec (432 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 24 2019