I use the Sea Elite 60lb wings. They are very small and are perfect for a 
single tank. I suppose they would work with doubles, but would not be 
ideal. Recommend getting standard wings for doubles, the SE60's for a 
single.


On 6/5/97 1:19 PM Thomas A. Easop wrote:

>Steve Lindblom wrote:
>> 
>>  Someone wrote:
>> 
>> > The Sea Elite wing
>> >>is considerable less wide, and as you say, is a great fit for a
>> >>singles rig.
>> 
>> and someone else wrote:
>> >>FYI (anyone that cares to know) in descending order of sturdily
>> >>constructed wing jackets, seems to me they go: AUL (Seatech), Dive
>> >>Rite, Sea Elite. Don't know about OMS, but they seem to be out of
>> >>favor anyway....
>> 
>> I'd be interested in hearing another round of comments on the differences,
>> in quality and performance, between the different wings, as there seem to
>> have been some changes in the lineups . Especially on the perennial
>> question of whether there's any wing (is that singular or plural?) that
>> works well with both doubles (say 104 and smaller) and big singles.
>> Several people have commented that the 60lb Sea Elite is good w/ singles -
>> anyone know how they are with doubles.
>
>
>The one time I saw the wing style BCD used on a single tank with a harness 
>and backplate, it rode up along the 
>top of the tank when swimming horizontally, and thought, I wonder if you 
>could properly dump the air out? I've 
>also seen a diver use a wing on a no mount configuration and there was no 
>question, with the wing riding all 
>over the place, it was difficult for the diver to adjust buoyancy.
>
>Whosever product you go with, you might have to make a modification to 
>"tame" the wing. With doubles, its not 
>needed as the tanks hold the wing in place. For a single configuration, I 
>thought of cutting a riveted hole in 
>the wing material to line up with a hole drilled into the backplate near 
>the edges on either side so you could 
>"anchor" the wing down with a SS nut and bolt. If I were to do this on an 
>OMS backplate, I would use the 
>existing holes along the edges and cut the hole for the rivet in the 
>material on the flat part of the BCD, not 
>the material of the bladder cover. I hope this makes sense. 
>
>I have photos of the single tank diver, if you wish, I'll snail mail you 
>one to perfectly illustrate the 
>problem. I can make you a sketch of the what I said above.
>
>I simply stopped using the single tank and use the doubles. For single 
>tank dives, I use one tank as a primary 
>and leave the other as a really large pony bottle. During the first dive 
>of the day, I turn with enough gas so 
>the tank I am breathing off as primary has plenty to be used as a pony on 
>the second dive. Second dive breathe 
>the unused full tank which had been the really large pony bottle as your 
>primary, with the half? full tank 
>from the previous dive as the pony.
>
>The wing problem aside, you will benefit by reducing the number of 
>configurations you dive with, which should 
>be kept to a minimum. Another problem caused by switching configurations 
>from single to double and back is 
>that all your hoses will be taught on the single set up (as your regs will 
>be midline of your back) or loose 
>on the doubles set up (as your regs are approx 4" out from your midline).
>
>Tom
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