Webbing color, why black?

[Diverdman]

I have ssteel bplate but have rigged it up with luminous greeny/yellow webbing. It also has black stripe on one side only, this shows up twists and makes it easier to initailly thread.
The color is very visible and my wife loves it.
Way more visible than black.
Diving in black is not a cool fashion statement
Usually reserved for Abalone poachers.
I am often misinformed so inform as you seem fit.

For starters ROYGBV? as colors fade, but could still be handy above 100ft, just not very cool looking.

[HammerNoMore]

Diverdman once bubbled...
Diving in black is not a cool fashion statement.

Tell that to Johnny Cash...

[Diverdman]

Doh: ROYGBIV? Could never figure why my photos seemed more colorful than the rest of the dive that I could remember.

[Doppler]

Diverdman once bubbled...
I have ssteel bplate but have rigged it up with luminous greeny/yellow webbing. It also has black stripe on one side only, this shows up twists and makes it easier to initailly thread.
The color is very visible and my wife loves it.
Way more visible than black.
Diving in black is not a cool fashion statement
Usually reserved for Abalone poachers.
I am often misinformed so inform as you seem fit.

For starters ROYGBV? as colors fade, but could still be handy above 100ft, just not very cool looking.

As a videographer my choice would always be black... it simply is less distracting... looks more professional and somehow more fitting to the "serious" nature of the exercise.

As an instructor, all black puts me into stealth mode :)

As a fashion statement... what's wrong with black?

[nickjb]

I usually reserve bright colours for grabable things (donatable reg, back-up torches, knife handle), everything else is black.

I sometimes use bright webbing for my weight belt so it is easy to distinguish from the harness.

[Diverdman]

Are you talking about models, or divers serious about what they may be doing.

[cornfed]

My webbing is black. Yours is green.

You think mine looks stupid. I think yours does.

It doesn't matter. Just go dive.

Cornfed

[Doppler]

Diverdman once bubbled...
Are you talking about models, or divers serious about what they may be doing.

For the sake of video, the "models" in the frame. Mostly these are incidental to the wreck or cave or critters, and so color is distracting.

My comment about seriousness was tongue in cheek. I don't think yellow-green webbing denotes a non-serious diver any more than a purple mohawk illustrates prowess with a snow-board. (Weird, eh?)

[Diverdman]

When your buddy is gasping and does not see you, hope you dont think about visible colors later on.
I am trying to be serious about safetey.
I think I will go diving all this weekend on some nice subs.
Hope you are not green
I am white, brown and red.

[ElectricZombie]

Webbing does not need to be highly visable.

I like everything to match so, I buy all black.

I find numerous colors on gear to be annoying.

[Doppler]

Diverdman once bubbled...
When your buddy is gasping and does not see you, hope you dont think about visible colors later on.
I am trying to be serious about safetey.
I think I will go diving all this weekend on some nice subs.
Hope you are not green
I am white, brown and red.

I too am serious about safety and have spent much of the last 12 years promoting dive procedures, equipment configuration, and "drills" -- both mental and physical -- that help manage risk.

And it may be pure luck, or good judgement, but I don't dive with gaspers! ;) Also fail to see what difference colored webbing is going to make in an emergency situation. Colored webbing isn't a solution. As you said earlier, it's a fashion statement.

No I am not green... kermit was though. (See previous posting!!!)

[cornfed]

Diverdman once bubbled...
[B]When your buddy is gasping and does not see you, hope you dont think about visible colors later on.


I don't rely on bright colors to keep track of my buddy. If you need something bright try a BFL, I've heard they're helpful.



I am trying to be serious about safetey.


I am to. I just don't think you're going about it the right way.

Cornfed

[Diverdman]

I am a drama queen and this was something that stood out.
Thanks Bernie
Even Deeper page 317
I was now grateful that Wolfgang was undeterred by what others would think about his wearing pink,
my wife prefers the black.

[MikeFerrara]

I find that having my buddy hold a 10W or 18W HID helps make them more visable. In fact it allows us to exchange info even when one is behind the other. We can talk and keep track od each other without even seeing each other.

I have a pair of pink sheers because I often get stuck with the stuff that don't sell. I'm almost afrais to see what color webbing my wife sticks me with when I have to replace mine next.

Don't worry about color there are way more important things to think about.

[Dryglove]

Diverdman once bubbled...
When your buddy is gasping and does not see you, hope you dont think about visible colors later on.
I am trying to be serious about safetey.


So your saying a colored harness should take place of good buddy awareness. Knowing where your buddy is at all times is the key to buddy awareness, not bright colored harness straps. Why not cover yourself in strobes, that should make you easy to find even at depth. :D

[cornfed]

Diverdman once bubbled...
my wife prefers the black.

Aren't you worried about losing her?

[Doppler]

Diverdman once bubbled...
I am a drama queen and this was something that stood out.
Thanks Bernie
Even Deeper page 317
I was now grateful that Wolfgang was undeterred by what others would think about his wearing pink,
my wife prefers the black.

Move away from the bookshelf and keep your hands above your head...

[Zerogravity]

Who cares? Go diving. DSAO :)

[Diverdman]

Thanks all a bright yellow reg on yellow harness could be detrimental, had not thought about this.
Thanks all dive safe

[scubajim1]

I wear black becuase it looks cool. ha ha.

When I started diving everything you had a choice of two colors, black and faded black from the sun. I guess somethings never change.

[victoriawtx]

because I think it gives my girlish figure a slimming effect. ROFL ;)

Actually, I am easily distracted, and I don't know if I could handle bright colors. LOL

If green works for you, then that's all that matters. As long as you can dive safely, that's the important thing. More so than the color of the webbing.

good luck

[XJae]

i like black.
most people i dive with like black.
most of us have black.
but...
the pictures absolutly do not come out as good as those people that are very colorful.

[diverbrian]

Diverdman once bubbled...
I am a drama queen and this was something that stood out.
Thanks Bernie
Even Deeper page 317
I was now grateful that Wolfgang was undeterred by what others would think about his wearing pink,
my wife prefers the black.

It was one of my favorite passages, as well. But it is a matter of how you read it. The diver was wearing a Pink BACK-UP REG when the author was having a severe air leak with a deco obligation and had severe vertigo. The author knew where his buddy was, but he wanted/needed to find the back-up reg. so that he could breathe. Note too that the author knew his depth well enough to know that he needed to trace the hose from that reg to the back tanks of the diver on the line to ensure that he wasn't getting a breath of pure oxygen that deep. The other diver was *not* wearing pink webbing or electric colored gear. The skill and experience of the divers involved with this incident was just as important (or I would say more important than) as the colors of the authors dive buddy.

I know of a couple of tech divers that we have nicknamed the "Michigan Bumblebee Tech Divers" or the "Bumblebee Brothers" because they wear all yellow and black. They are easy to find underwater and they have fun with it. But, myself and the tech diving instructor wear all black. We are all considered very good divers (although I will admit to being the least experienced of the group by far and having much to learn about this style of diving). I don't like shopping for color and most gear is marketed in black.

The colors that we wear don't matter. The fact of the matter is that we all do our best to keep track of our dive buddies and still not be too stressed to have a good time. We actually use our dive lights on objects as much as anything to communicate. Once I learned this and applied to my recreational diving, my dive buddies love this trick and most of us are starting to use it.

Wear the colors that you want to wear. I have a minor gripe about the lack of color in recreational gear marketed for men myself. But, what works for one diver may not work for another and it affects the skill and experience of said diver not one iota.

[rdriver]

Colored gear does not a diver make...........
what works for you works......
always remember
Dive often, dive safe, and most of all don't worry...... be happy!:)
Rob

[j-valve]

Lets be honest.
We have all black gear so when our nosy neighbors see us coming and going at all hours with our all black gear in big trucks, they think we work for a secret government agency ;)

[joed]

Freedivers in my area wear black so the fish will not see them easily. Also, someone once said that black equiopment breaks down less in the sun than does other colors like neon. I think black is less expensive than other colors and that is why traditionally dive equipment came in black.

[BigJetDriver]

joed once bubbled...
I think black is less expensive than other colors and that is why traditionally dive equipment came in black.

Actually, it all came in black because, historically speaking, that was the only color the basic materials came in. Only when rubber, nylon and neoprene manufacturers realized there was some profit to be had by producing other colors did we start to "blossom", so to speak!!!:thumb:

[RichLockyer]

lal7176 once bubbled...
So your saying a colored harness should take place of good buddy awareness. Knowing where your buddy is at all times is the key to buddy awareness, not bright colored harness straps. Why not cover yourself in strobes, that should make you easy to find even at depth. :D
Hmm... a medium-dollar accessory combined with a compromise in skill/awareness requirements...

I smell a new PADI specialty: High-Viz Diver.

[Bob3]

I prefer black because it makes you less of a target for those darn jet skiiers & stupid boaters.;)

[roakey]

I have yelllow, blue, green and of course black webbing on various back plates because, well, because they were avaialble and what the heck. :)

In no way is color part of any kind of dive plan or information, it just happens to be there.

Roak

[Albion]

move away from the darkside young skywalker

[Bloop]

Is there a multi-colored webbing that changes color because of temperature?

It will be cool!!!!!!!

Now it's blue.....now it's green.... now it's pink...... now it's yellow..... now it's GONE!!!!