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I'm strongly considering picking up a hard backplate and wing my only concern is how easy or difficult is it to don/doff the gear with a basic webbing harness? It seems like it may be a struggle. I'm tall, so long arms.
I want to switch over to the BP/Wing setup as it just seems like a more efficient configuration but I don't want to spend a hour on shore (or boat) trying to get the thing on or off.
Thanks!
As others haved said, it is not bad at all. Like anything new it will take a few tries to get used to it. When you think about it, it is really no different than putting on a winter coat. Do it a few times and you can easily do it in 15-20 seconds tops.
I got tired of the chicken wing donning/doffing and switched to the dive-rite deluxe harness with a chest strap. It makes it so much easier. The plastic buckle on the chest strap is not a failure point, I've done dives with it unhooked. It just takes up the little bit of slack that makes it easy to gear up.
The picture is a little confusing, the chest strap goes to the circle rings underneath, not the D rings. The slides are just sitting on the D rings for display.
Last edited by DennisS; October 30th, 2007 at 08:52 AM.
You put your left arm in
you put your left arm out
you do the hokey pokey and you shake it all about.
You put your right elbow in
you put your right elbow out,
you do the hokey pokey and you shake it all about.
The trick is to start with the hokey pokey and then finish with the chicken dance- just like any good suburban wedding now-a-days.
If you have trouble getting your arms in, put one arm in, and then the other elbow.
Out is much easier.
Originally Posted by Jasonmh
When you think about it, it is really no different than putting on a winter coat.
The Hokey Pokey technique is actually how I put on my winter coat. Let's not even get started on how I strap on my snowboard... The looks I get at the ski hill...
Thanks all for your input! it sounds like it's a matter of proper fit plus technique, dry land training, yoga and cliché wedding dances. I think I can handle that
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