The newer ones yet then Aaron is shiny and has great O and D rings.  You
don't have to do anything to the new one. 

 But again OMS changes production on a regular basis and customer
services is poor.  You don't know what you are buying at a given time
and the hopes of getting it repaired and returned are nil.


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David Norton 

OW: PADI Divemaster 96197
Tech: IANTD Adv. Nitrox 387
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Test
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>----------
>From: 	Aaron Pailthorp
>Sent: 	Thursday, March 14, 1996 4:01 PM
>To: 	'Pat Moran'
>Cc: 	'techdiver@terra.net'; 'dc-scuba@hi*.co*'
>Subject: 	RE: steel backplates
>
>Just make sure that if you buy the OMS SS backplate sight unseen, you
>are prepared to do a little grinding of the edges yourself. The plate I
>got had unacceptably sharp edges, particularly in the slots at the
>bottom where the shoulder harness turns the corner to become the waist
>belt. This has happened to other people I know, and it took a very long
>time for them to get the plate they sent to OMS for warranty work to
>get
>back to them. You are better off doing the finish work yourself. There
>was also a problem with stainless steel rings used in the harness
>rusting, and there's nothing you can do about that yourself. The older
>shiny plates were much better, but some people complained about
>blinding
>sun flashes because the plate was too shiny (George says, paint the
>damn
>thing, but I like bare metal).
>
>Don't get me wrong, all in all it's a nice setup, and one that I'm
>happy
>with. But not until I did cleanup on the plate edges. And as far as
>quick turnaround on warranty work, forget it.
>
>-->Aaron
>
>>----------
>>From: 	Pat Moran[SMTP:Pat_Moran@cc*.ss*.nm*.go*]
>>Sent: 	Thursday, March 14, 1996 1:48 PM
>>To: 	dc-scuba@hi*.co*
>>Cc: 	techdiver@terra.net
>>Subject: 	steel backplates
>>
>>          Hey folks,
>>
>>          Can anyone give me info on the OMS stainless steel
>>          backplate (i.e. weight, cost, local dealer in the DC, MD,
>>          VA, DE area)? I just bought two pairs of OMS 98s, and would
>>          like to take the rest of the weight (about 8lbs) off of my
>>          belt if possible. Is this backplate the way to go??
>>
>>          Thanks for the info,
>>
>>          Pat Moran
>>
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