Hi all,
My wife got a new BP & Wing, so I readjusted her old Eclipse for my use. My Eclipse was starting to show some signs of wear and tear. Fit felt the same as mine after my adjustments.
I went diving with it and every once in a while if I leaned my head back, I would hit the back of my head on the first stage. After the dive, I remembered I used to have this problem with my original Eclipse as well. There was no way for me to lower the tank any more, because that would have put the upper cam band totally off the tank - it was already as high as it could go.
I solved this problem originally by finding a new STA online that had 3 slots (top, bottom and middle) for cam bands - where the STA on the Eclipse only had 2 (top and bottom) and the top was to high for me. Turns out with the new STA, I didn't even need to use the middle slot, because the STA was a little shorter and the top cam slot was already a bit lower than than on my original STA.
I originally bought two of those 3 slot STAs. So, I put the other one on the Eclipse that I repurposed for my use and that solved the problem again.
I post this for two reason.
1) I am curious has anyone else had this problem?
2) If somebody else has, I just wanted to let you know how I solved the issue. BTW, I bought the STA from UTD - not sure if they still carry it. A picture of it is attached.
--Mike
My wife got a new BP & Wing, so I readjusted her old Eclipse for my use. My Eclipse was starting to show some signs of wear and tear. Fit felt the same as mine after my adjustments.
I went diving with it and every once in a while if I leaned my head back, I would hit the back of my head on the first stage. After the dive, I remembered I used to have this problem with my original Eclipse as well. There was no way for me to lower the tank any more, because that would have put the upper cam band totally off the tank - it was already as high as it could go.
I solved this problem originally by finding a new STA online that had 3 slots (top, bottom and middle) for cam bands - where the STA on the Eclipse only had 2 (top and bottom) and the top was to high for me. Turns out with the new STA, I didn't even need to use the middle slot, because the STA was a little shorter and the top cam slot was already a bit lower than than on my original STA.
I originally bought two of those 3 slot STAs. So, I put the other one on the Eclipse that I repurposed for my use and that solved the problem again.
I post this for two reason.
1) I am curious has anyone else had this problem?
2) If somebody else has, I just wanted to let you know how I solved the issue. BTW, I bought the STA from UTD - not sure if they still carry it. A picture of it is attached.
--Mike