teknitroxdiver
Contributor
PART 1
You asked for it, so here it is, the review of the Deep Sea Supply Single Tank rig (http://deepseasupply.com/page12.html). I ordered my rig with the hogarthian harness. The rig comes quite well packaged, surrounded with packing peanuts and covered in a sheet of styrofoam. Thankfully I had an empty ScubaToys box to put those horrid peanuts-from-#^&* into.
Backplate:
The backplate is machined nicely. The inserts that the harness passes through work as advertised, and hold the webbing very securely. This particular setup uses "wing retention tabs" (http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/12026/cat/all/what/allfields/name/cool_hardware52). These are little rubber doohickeymajigs that hold the wing to the backplate. They work alright, I suppose. For my first dives I had the tabs in backwards which made the tank push them right back out when it was cammed down. Make sure the flat part is against the tank.
Wing:
I haven't got a chance to do any open-water diving yet (which is why this is only 'Part 1'), so I haven't full wrung out the wing yet. My first impressions of the wing were "this is awesome". With the slim wing cocooning my tank, and the lower profile of a long-hose setup, it seemed like I was freediving. It appears quite well built. The inflator hose is a nice length. My second dive with this was in a 1'-vis creek, and I was so stable and comfortable in it, that even though I couldn't see the bottom until I hit it (NOT a good dive site), I was fairly relaxed and comfortable.
Other cool features:
-'Hose hat': This is a little thing that goes over the end of the inflator hose and gives you a little more room to grip on. Very nice. I think I'll be keeping mine....
-wedge blocks: These are small soft rubber inserts that sits in the backplate channel and the cam straps pass through them. When you tighten the straps down on a tank, these compress and add tension to the cam straps. On my test dives, I didn't cinch the straps down any more than snugly tight, and even without wetting the straps beforehand, the tank didn't come loose.
I'm not sure when Part 2 will come; I'm considering doing a wreck course with Chickdiver, if so that will be the next time I get to dive my rig.
You asked for it, so here it is, the review of the Deep Sea Supply Single Tank rig (http://deepseasupply.com/page12.html). I ordered my rig with the hogarthian harness. The rig comes quite well packaged, surrounded with packing peanuts and covered in a sheet of styrofoam. Thankfully I had an empty ScubaToys box to put those horrid peanuts-from-#^&* into.
Backplate:
The backplate is machined nicely. The inserts that the harness passes through work as advertised, and hold the webbing very securely. This particular setup uses "wing retention tabs" (http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/12026/cat/all/what/allfields/name/cool_hardware52). These are little rubber doohickeymajigs that hold the wing to the backplate. They work alright, I suppose. For my first dives I had the tabs in backwards which made the tank push them right back out when it was cammed down. Make sure the flat part is against the tank.
Wing:
I haven't got a chance to do any open-water diving yet (which is why this is only 'Part 1'), so I haven't full wrung out the wing yet. My first impressions of the wing were "this is awesome". With the slim wing cocooning my tank, and the lower profile of a long-hose setup, it seemed like I was freediving. It appears quite well built. The inflator hose is a nice length. My second dive with this was in a 1'-vis creek, and I was so stable and comfortable in it, that even though I couldn't see the bottom until I hit it (NOT a good dive site), I was fairly relaxed and comfortable.
Other cool features:
-'Hose hat': This is a little thing that goes over the end of the inflator hose and gives you a little more room to grip on. Very nice. I think I'll be keeping mine....
-wedge blocks: These are small soft rubber inserts that sits in the backplate channel and the cam straps pass through them. When you tighten the straps down on a tank, these compress and add tension to the cam straps. On my test dives, I didn't cinch the straps down any more than snugly tight, and even without wetting the straps beforehand, the tank didn't come loose.
I'm not sure when Part 2 will come; I'm considering doing a wreck course with Chickdiver, if so that will be the next time I get to dive my rig.
Very stable & compact. A great wing setup to travel with as well. I took it to Caurasao & if I had 10 of them they would have all been sold to the local divers - one guy wanted to buy it off my back! Just did a little weekend dive on a reef & was asked by more then a few divers where they cold get the setup. Let my buddy try it out this weekend and he's ready to bite the bullet & buy one as well. Divers envy gets them every time 
