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So i just picked up this lot for a good price,
Hollis
Weight Pockets x2
Utility Pocket
Elite II Harness
Back Pad
Book Screws
S Series Wing(inc inflator hose) 25
Stainless Steel Backplate
Cam Bands x 2
It was a friends who has had to sell. I tired it a few times and want to get a wing at some point and this offer was very good. Now it was set up for her, I am very thin so it fits me that way, problem is i am about 6 foot tall.
As such when i wear it the waist band is above my belly button, probably a good 6 inches to high. Now I cant see how to easily adjust the should straps at the top. So instead i threaded the excess waist webbing back through the bottom of the plate to make the should strap longer. This meant the waist strap dropped to the right place. But in the water the shoulder straps are very loose, the rig doesnt move around but if pull the should straps nice and tight, thus undoing what i did on the surface, the waist band ends up a rib band!
Do i need to take the whole rig apart and re - do? Should i go for a singe piece of webbing setup? Are there different size backplates for taller people as it seems with the back plate a set size when you tighten the should straps the waist band will always be the length of the back plate below your shoulders if snug. Or.... and im dreading this, should a crotch strap be fitted and take all the strain of pulling the shoulder straps tight by holding the waist band (and there for the back plate itself )down?
Any help is much appreciated!
Hollis
Weight Pockets x2
Utility Pocket
Elite II Harness
Back Pad
Book Screws
S Series Wing(inc inflator hose) 25
Stainless Steel Backplate
Cam Bands x 2
It was a friends who has had to sell. I tired it a few times and want to get a wing at some point and this offer was very good. Now it was set up for her, I am very thin so it fits me that way, problem is i am about 6 foot tall.
As such when i wear it the waist band is above my belly button, probably a good 6 inches to high. Now I cant see how to easily adjust the should straps at the top. So instead i threaded the excess waist webbing back through the bottom of the plate to make the should strap longer. This meant the waist strap dropped to the right place. But in the water the shoulder straps are very loose, the rig doesnt move around but if pull the should straps nice and tight, thus undoing what i did on the surface, the waist band ends up a rib band!
Do i need to take the whole rig apart and re - do? Should i go for a singe piece of webbing setup? Are there different size backplates for taller people as it seems with the back plate a set size when you tighten the should straps the waist band will always be the length of the back plate below your shoulders if snug. Or.... and im dreading this, should a crotch strap be fitted and take all the strain of pulling the shoulder straps tight by holding the waist band (and there for the back plate itself )down?
Any help is much appreciated!