Tang Fish:
Yes Plates come in Diferant sises. I have a sise chart around here some place but maybe
Jay will post it before for us
It is based on your body it is suposed to be a mesurement from
the Base of your neck to the small of your back
I would bet you need atleast a Large as this is what I have and I am
5' 7" and this is what I needed and it would fit a taller diver as well
as to your question on the Manafold I would say as long as it was the type that had the O ring inside the valve it
you would be good
I just had this conversation with Mike up at hoodsportndive
and he recomends these manafolds incase you bump and tweek your first stage this will provent leakage, as to your bar measurement
I would go with the 300 bar if for no other reason it has a highr preasure rateing.
as to brand this is like any thing else in diving you will buy what you like.
it dont make no diff one is about as good as the next you end up buying the name in the end.
also I raly like the products offered by this company and there prices are not to bad. a lot of Tech Divers use them.
http://www.highland-millwork.com/products/products.html
I clicked on there contact us link and orderd a free catalog and price list it took them like 2 or 3 weeks to get it to me
if you email me I can scann the price list for you and send it back to you
I talked to Mike at hoodsPortndive and he would be more then glad to answer your questions also just go to there store site and email him or call and ask for mike.
http://www.hoodsportndive.com/
I would also recomend you stop by or call the Shop and talk to Wally or his partner jay and I had the chance to viset with them at the shop
they could help you out as well and they realy seemed to know there Stuff and would give you a fare price.
http://www.tacomascuba.net/
I am still willing to make a deal if any one is looking for a Al Plate
I have a Dive Rite Al plate its is light at 1 1/2 pounds but it would do the JOB !
I will try to rember to start a thread tomorrow after work with some more Tech Gear links I have
I have been working on this same problem for a while now and heve a few I can share .
hope this helps Sparky