On Tue, 02 Nov 1999 06:42:07 -0500 kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote concerning 'Re: singles w/backplate and adapter?': > Rich, the rig that Carmichael ( Halcyon ) makes is a copy of my old > plastic single tank rig ( this is where Rboert got it from), only there > is a channel against the backplate that holds the tank. It is higher > than the plastic, but the difference is quite small. I switched to the > halcyon rig myself. > > The other versions of this are too floopy and lose, the halcyon stays > put. > > In addition, using the halcyon rig then alows you to use that exact > harness for your doubles, and big savings for divers, and the most > optimal choice. I had about a gazillion responses saying the same thing, everyone all fired up about this system, and not a single contrary opinion. Looks like noone on the list has a problem with tank profile using the backplate and STA. So that's the way I'm going. Thanks for the advice. Ric Richard J Lister Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA Phone: +1 202-687 2878. Email: ric@gi*.ge*.ed* Web: http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~ric/ -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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