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I don't see where you attach to tanks? Be it doubles or single tank. Also what is the purpose of the small "D-ring" on the L/H side of the waist strap? The main waist strap buckle looks very suspicious. I would like to see this up close though. If the back plate is carbon fiber, that is not neccasssarily the best. I use a SS or Aluminum back plates depending on the weight requirerments of the configuration of the particular dive set-up.
Looks fancy, but not functional to me. I see no holes in the plate, so I must assume that this is a singles rig. The carbon fiber is sure to be nice and light (if not bouyant), which means you will need to pack more weight on your belt. That three-way buckle is a failure point just waiting to happen from my perspective. I would venture that buckle will cost > 3-4 times what a standard buckle currently costs, and be a lot more likely to fail. So, while it does look nice and would make the owner tyhe winner of "he with the coolest toys" contest, I prefer to keep my simple and very functional plates that I currently dive.
Get you some Poseidon regs, OMS double bondage wings, Steel deco tanks with your 32% & 80%, Self donning body bag and your ready to die...oops
I mean dive j/k
I don't DIR (or at least I haven't taken a course), but this backplate, called platform, certainly looks too complicated to work with. That 3-point waist buckle looks like something out of a toddler's car seat. It isn't designed for the wings to be sandwiched in between the backplate and the tank either, instead the wing seems to bolt on to the edge of the plate, making for a disaster waiting to happen if it comes loose. Poseidon makes some great equipment, i love the regs. I think this one is a loser though.
One of the reasons for using a stainless backplate is to take weight from the waist and move it closer to your center of gravity. Same with weighted STA, heavy backplates, etc. Not so much an issue for warm water divers in thin suits, but a real issue for cold water divers.
The buckle is an abomination. Absolutely unlike anything else in the industry; if you ever got into trouble any diver coming across you would be wasting precious time trying to figure out how to release it. *Everyone* is trained to configure your realease so that a diver can come up behind you, reach around with the right hand, find and pull the release.
One of the beautiful things about diving with people with backplates, wings and Hogarthian systems is that I know their gear, they know mine. I know where everything is, how to get them out of it should the need arise.
Innovation for the sake of innovation, change for the sake of change is often a step sideways or backwards, and sometimes potentially dangerous.
This is one of those things that both divers in a buddy team would have to do drills on and re-train the brain and muscle memory.
Poseidon's new Tech backplate
j/k
Originally Posted by iDiveChick
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