I would like to hear Pros and cons for the continous webbing on the BP
Please?
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Fishstiq wrote:
To clarify.........
I cannot stress enough that this is MY PROBLEM.
Yeah its actually easier to just have a 2nd plate vs. clips or buckles. My travel plate happens to be AL to save baggage weight while I definitely use a SS around here.LCF wrote: Having QRs in the harness can also make it difficult to adjust, if you use the rig for warm water trips.
Sounder wrote:Under normal circumstances, I would never tell another man how to shave his balls... but this device should not be kept secret.
I started with the DSS pro-harness thingy and switched to continuous webbing. My reason for switching was that the clips didn't really help me get in or out, and the webbing used with such clips isn't resin-infused which means it's not rigid at all. This makes things more difficult as "floppy" webbing isn't as easy to use as "rigid" webbing is.Tom Nic wrote:Nice replies from the Continuous Web users, and great points.
Anybody at all use clips on one strap or more that can give their experience / perspective?
This is a lot like asking Cardiver.............Ford, or Chevy?BASSMAN wrote:Looking into future BP and wing purchase.
I would like to hear Pros and cons for the continous webbing on the BP
Please?
2nd this sort of - I have a SS weight belt buckle about mid ribs on the left side (personal pref). My web is cut there and the buckle faces up to grab web about 4-5" below the d-ring.Tangfish wrote:Not sure if someone mentioned this already or not, and I've never done it myself but it sounds like a great compromise. Just make the webbing longer on one side, but still continuous, then run a buckle that's on the continuous webbing so that it clips under your arm (close to the BP). That way, you have BOTH continuous webbing AND the ability to unclip for easier donning of your rig.
What exactly are you doing which requires field replacing your webbing or D-rings???Sounder wrote:I can quickly re-string a brand spankin' new one with the lengh of extra web in my SAD kit. Same for the d-rings... if, on the off chance, something were to break, I would quickly replace it and go diving.
Sounder wrote:Under normal circumstances, I would never tell another man how to shave his balls... but this device should not be kept secret.
Nothing - I don't see how you could break them! BUT, if I needed to... I could!!CaptnJack wrote:What exactly are you doing which requires field replacing your webbing or D-rings???
If you pull out webbing and d-rings from your save-a-dive kit, I'll laugh at you and call you a dork.Sounder wrote: Nothing - I don't see how you could break them! BUT, if I needed to... I could!!
Fishstiq wrote:
To clarify.........
I cannot stress enough that this is MY PROBLEM.
You do that anyway!dsteding wrote:
If you pull out webbing and d-rings from your save-a-dive kit, I'll laugh at you and call you a dork.
Say what you want about ridiculous save a dive kits, but Joe wasn't laughing when I pulled out an HP spool....dsteding wrote:If you pull out webbing and d-rings from your save-a-dive kit, I'll laugh at you and call you a dork.Sounder wrote: Nothing - I don't see how you could break them! BUT, if I needed to... I could!!
He wasn't laughing when I pulled out a o-ring for his argon reg either. Hmmm, is there a theme developing here?Nwbrewer wrote:
Say what you want about ridiculous save a dive kits, but Joe wasn't laughing when I pulled out an HP spool....
Fishstiq wrote:
To clarify.........
I cannot stress enough that this is MY PROBLEM.
This would be helpful!Dmitchell wrote:I'm trying to visualize this without much success...Tangfish wrote:Not sure if someone mentioned this already or not, and I've never done it myself but it sounds like a great compromise. Just make the webbing longer on one side, but still continuous, then run a buckle that's on the continuous webbing so that it clips under your arm (close to the BP). That way, you have BOTH continuous webbing AND the ability to unclip for easier donning of your rig.
Dmitchell wrote:I'll post a pic tonight if I get a chance. DM
Tangfish wrote:Not sure if someone mentioned this already or not, and I've never done it myself but it sounds like a great compromise. Just make the webbing longer on one side, but still continuous, then run a buckle that's on the continuous webbing so that it clips under your arm (close to the BP). That way, you have BOTH continuous webbing AND the ability to unclip for easier donning of your rig.
Yeah! Joe should take better care of his gear!dsteding wrote:He wasn't laughing when I pulled out a o-ring for his argon reg either. Hmmm, is there a theme developing here?Nwbrewer wrote:
Say what you want about ridiculous save a dive kits, but Joe wasn't laughing when I pulled out an HP spool....
If you will recall, good sir, it was Pez who needed the argon o-ring. And your light. And one of my tanks. And my glove liners. Yeah, I'd say there's a theme developing here.dsteding wrote:He wasn't laughing when I pulled out a o-ring for his argon reg either. Hmmm, is there a theme developing here?Nwbrewer wrote:
Say what you want about ridiculous save a dive kits, but Joe wasn't laughing when I pulled out an HP spool....
Speaking of keeping webbing in a save a dive kit, I think Joe needs to start keeping some in his kit for his argon bottle. He has to change it after every divedsteding wrote:He wasn't laughing when I pulled out a o-ring for his argon reg either. Hmmm, is there a theme developing here?Nwbrewer wrote:
Say what you want about ridiculous save a dive kits, but Joe wasn't laughing when I pulled out an HP spool....
I'm still waiting for the pictureDmitchell wrote:
2nd this sort of - I have a SS weight belt buckle about mid ribs on the left side (personal pref). My web is cut there and the buckle faces up to grab web about 4-5" below the d-ring.
Works great, doesn't interfere with anything and there is no plastic to break. I've had at least 2-80's and a 40' hanging off that side at once without any problem. In-fact if you think about it, the deco bottles don't put any strain on that area at all. It's when you are out of the water and upright without the deco bottles that there is a strain there and even then it's not much.
I'll post a pic tonight if I get a chance.
DM
Having just returned from Antarctica (yeah, still writing up the trip report...posting tonight, maybe, if I get enough of the teaser photos from camera raw into jpgs), we lost an entire set of gear to the depths of King Neptune due to a quick release failing. The gear was being hoisted into a Zodiac and the QR let go, sending the fully loaded tank/plate/regs/etc over the side and to the bottom of 300' of water. Glad it wasn't my gear, although the owner was pretty gracious about it...Peter Guy wrote:Just finished a class with an instructor who does a lot of dives off the N. Cal coast (and lots of other places) where he is working with boats in swells and recreational divers. He complained about the continuous webbing for OW divers especially where there were swells/waves. He said he wanted at least one side to be able to be loosened so that it made doffing the gear in heavy swells/waves (did I mention he was referring to heavy weather?) much easier. I must say I think he has a valid point FOR DIVING UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS.