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Hi Paul, Your question is one I hear more often and is understandable. However, with a proper configured DIR rig you will find this a mute point. What you need to remember is that the buckle on the rig is not only the waist band buckle but also serves to lock down the light on the right side by coming all the way around and up to where the light attaches to the waist band. When your rig is configured like this, you will find it hard to confuse between the weight belt and the harness. Problem often is that people have already adjusted their rig improperly and now lack the needed length on the waist strap...unfortunately this means re-rigging your backplate with new webbing... Good luck, THOMAS > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Braunbehrens [mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co*] > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 4:52 PM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: DIR harness buckles > > > I have a question about the DIR harness buckles. As I understand it, > the DIR method is to have a right hand release on the harness buckle, > this leaves the end free on the right side to slide the light on. > The stages go on the left. My problem is that when I dive a single > tank I need to use a weight belt. For safety reasons I don't want to > change the belt to a left hand release. Having the weight belt and > the harness both as a right hand release is a little confusing. I > sometimes adjust the harness in the water, by tightening the buckle a > bit more. If the weight belt and the harness release in the same > direction, there is a chance that I might grab the wrong one. Also, > if there is some kind of emergency and someone needs to release my > belt, it's likely that they would first release my harness buckle > (the assumption is that I'm passed out at this point). I could of > course switch over everything for rec. diving to avoid this problem, > but I like to keep my system as close to the same as possible between > rec and tech diving, so there is less room for error. > > If anyone has come up with a solution to this, I'd appreciate a > reply. Please don't flame me or insult me, my intent is not to > criticize a system, I'm just looking for info. > > Thanks. > > -- > Paul Braunbehrens mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co* > http://www.daw-mac.com Mailing list for digital audio on the mac > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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