I saw that video of you diving these 19s and I'm not trying to bash but it looks horrible, ...
Doesn't exacly feel 'good' either - but it works.
For me it works better than with different solutions. I am actually unable to wear a normal backplate comfortably - my back is not that wide.
I think I will not find another way to even try. Everything else already does not fit in the planing stage.
I bought the 19 liter because I needed a working solution for a 100m config fast to prove something in taucher.net, before I was predictably banned in the process.
I had a week to complete the videos and could not get 4 cheap 80cft or 12l steel.
The 19 together with my other existing tanks just fit the profile exactly and came cheap.
I am a bit more controlled now and trust myself to be able to dive them - if I can carry them from the car to the water without breaking my knees.
Those things are horrible. I need them for anything from 35 meters now though, because they are the ideal solution for something like that.
before I often dove 3 tank setups for the gas volume, now I need that at depth a sports diver should not be.
the tanks are way too low and seem very unstable...
The tanks are just way to big for me. There is just not enough there to hang from.
I think it more important they never rise up over my back them them hanging slightly low, that has the additional advantage to leaving more 'legroom'.
the Razor with the single bungee is not suited for heavy tanks.
I depends on your definition of 'heavy'. 6mm takes about 6 kilo negative tanks at maximum strain - 8mm tanks anything, is an unnecessary pain with small tanks however.
But that is the advantage of the single bungee: you could even exchange it during the dive at any depth.
It 'beachballs' pretty badly to,...
I am there to feel good, not be a model for sidemount books or something like that.
The 'beachball' has no negative effect, even in restrictions it simple compresses.
I no nobody using a Razor how uses the wing much, even in a wetsuit.
Sometimes you have 3-5 liters in it. Everything left (17 liters!) is for surface swimming or more than 2 tanks.
as most of the razor copies do.
Homemade style systems do.
Commercial system try to avoid that.
Systems like the Stealth Tec wing actually turn it upside down making it a severe weakness avoiding the dreaded 'beachball'-image.
Avoiding something that has no negative effect...exactly why???
I addition to that, most harness system don't have a proper weight system.
Some don't have any, or to small ones.
But Stealth, Diamond, Ratatosk, Manta, Hollis, .... all good modern systems have one as an option at least today.
The Razor just has a bit of webbing, not really comfortable if you have to strap 10 kg/22bls plus onto your back.
Wearing 15kilos at the moment. And since that's only temporary for a few weeks the way it is attached is not very well set up.
But when I wear the wing there isn't any problem, I do not even use the provided neopren wrap.
The Razor weight system is quite ingenious, very flexible, exedingly cheap to replace and almost impossible to damage anyway.
I personally would add it to any future system I use as an option for a lot of weight and for travel.
If HP thought there was need for a 'more advanced' system, I am sure he would have released one by now.
But the Razor is only changed reluctantly and carefully, since it works perfectly as it is.