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Richard Hayward wrote:
>1) in cold weather, the system is very difficult and time consuming to
>adjust, but once adjusted look to pro 1 which surely outweighs this con.

I'm not sure what you mean. Once the harness is adjusted to fit you
that's it, not more adjusting necessary. Water temp that I dive in
is in the 45F to 50F range, so I have a drysuit, drygloves, etc.,
but I'm not adjusting anything underwater, and I just set the shoulder
straps up once, and used a weight stop, so they don't slide at all.

>2) I thought that the wing would come with the bladder reinforced with a
>tire tube (Brownies endorses this as doing it right, but no reinforcing). So
>you have to do this on your own.

True, but at least you have 1,000 denier cordura all the way around the
bladder which is not true for most wings.

>I got the Large crotch strap and it fits perfectly with the 400 weight
>thinsulate that I wear in the winter, but I can see it being too big in
>the summertime.

Has anyone bought any size other than a "large" crotch strap ;-)

>this is the only backplate that can take 2 inch webbing on the crotch strap,
>well the slot on the crotch strap is only 1 1/2 inches.

Sometimes people round up (including me) 1 1/2 inches is fine

>4) The bungee that holds the LP inflator hose is difficult to manipulate
>with three finger 5 mm mitts on. You have to actually remove the inflator
>from the bungee to get it to dump air in a swimming postion. The bungee
>holds the inflator lower than the top of the wing. You could roll onto your
>right side and then hold the inflator up without removing it from the bungee
>retainer. I like to remove it from the bungee and then dump the air and am
>now used to this.

This depends upon the length of your inflator hose, and the position of your
left chest d-ring. If you have the d-ring too low, or if the inflator is
too short then you will not have as much play. Try adjusting your d-ring
up a bit, so it is on your shoulder, not under your armpit. Maybe the
inflator is a little too short?

>5) With a single tank on you need to get used to the different buoyancy
>characteristics by the air shifting in the wing. This takes some practice as
>well. The deflate on the bottom of the wing is difficult to locate with the
>single tank because the wing folds around the single tank so you have to
>reach for the dump.

Looks kind of funky huh? I use their 15 pound wing with a single tank, and
it works well, and hardly sticks out at all. I always dive in a drysuit,
so I never convert things to warm water diving. Halcyon has been very good,
they even upgraded my 15 pound wing when they changed it to 1000 denier Cordura,
and they did it at no charge.

-Jon
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