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To: kirvine@sa*.ne*
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: singles w/backplate and adapter?
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 03:26:00 -0500
From: Richard Lister <ric@gi*.ge*.ed*>
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/
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