What do you think?
Poseidon's new Tech backplate
What do you think?
Nice but definatley not DIR. I wonder how finiky the main buckle it.
Matt
Yeh, I can see the boys will have some problems with that. Looks pretty though. Carbon fiber backplate?
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 divej/k
I have got to agree with Bama Diver here. Too many failure/ entanglement hazards. The loops on the shoulder straps are a problem waiting to happen. That buckle does not look functional.
Originally Posted by grim reefer
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
Hoo rah!
. . . . . strokalicious at best, downright dangerous at worst. Wrong forum to post this in. . . . This would be a great BP for PADI DSAT!
Definitely NOT Doing it Right!
The backplate is not carbon fiber, the weave appearance is a surface finish process to make it look like CFRP.
The harness buckle rotates to release.
Could not agree more!!
Since when does the "simple" un-emcumbered DIR system need to be improved upon with excessive failure/snag points?
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