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From: Erika-leigh Haley <rcreight@di*.ca*>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 20:50:11 EDT
Subject: Re: Women & backplates
To: techdiver@terra.net
I'v had the opportunity to use a Diverite 
backplate system, and the Diverite Transpac a 
fair bit (I have both), and I have been very happy
with the performance of each. At 5'3 and 120lbs, 
(a fairly normal size for a woman) I have no 
problem running twins or quads and dealing with
the weight. I've also trained a few women in 
technical and trimix, and thus worked with them 
in these systems, the general opinion has been:
these systems fit better than some of the 
recreational BC's on the market.
As far as padding and thin suits, I can't help 
you there, most of my diving is done here in 
Canada in a dry suit, and I can't say how well 
they work with a single tank because I don't do 
any diving where I could use a single, but if the 
opportunity should ever arise, you can bet that 
they would be the first on my list to try. 
I hope this helps.
Dive Safe.
Erika-leigh Haley
Director, IANTD Canada

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