Avoiding "Tank Head" With the TransPac Harness

Dive Rite · May 22, 2012

We get the question of how to avoid getting hit by the regulator/tank valve when diving the TransPac. More often than not, there are two main issues: (1) Incorrect size harness and (2) improper donning technique. We've made a video to help folks understand how to better don the harness and our new size chart should make sizing very clear. Let us know what you think!

Kathleen

Size Chart
Tpac Video

Maples · May 22, 2012

Video won't play on my iPad so no comments there, but could you please amend the sizing chart so it shows metric as well as imperial measurements?

song · May 24, 2012

Can't get videos on my MacBook Pro either.

nfarrar · May 24, 2012

Maples:
Video won't play on my iPad so no comments there, but could you please amend the sizing chart so it shows metric as well as imperial measurements?

Ditto on my PC. Win7 EI8 and Chrome.

fnfalman · Jun 6, 2012

Can't play on my PC Window 7 either.

Also, I think that I like the old chart better. If memory served, the old chart have you measure your torso length. I am short (5ft6) but I have long torso and short legs, so the current chart would have me on a transpac that's too small.

beanojones · Jun 8, 2012

It also is just more common with two tank band softpack BCDs. I have drifted away from my Transpac, because since switching back to 7.25" tanks from 8" tanks, the only way to avoid tank head banging is to just not use the top cam band.

I tried using an STA for the offset, but that's just too floppy.

And students just cannot really deal with tank head, and they react to it by going out of trim, so they have all been replaced in my rental fleet sadly.

Dive Rite · Jun 11, 2012

Will do, and thanks.

Avoiding "Tank Head" With the TransPac Harness

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