The rig is almost 7 lbs. The complete reg set is 4 lbs. The tank and valve and gas is 43 lbs. add a couple of lights and other accessories and you will be around 56 lbs. I bought the plate that you recommended. The site you linked to is one of the sites I found and it says,"As a starting point, place the top of the plate a little below the first pronounced vertebrae at the base of the neck" Do you agree with this?
I asked you five questions but I didn't get an answer in your response. Should I call you to get help because you seem so busy when I do. You are very knowledgeable. How can I learn what I need to know without annoying you? If you answer my questions here or on your site it would be possible for others to find them without bothering you each time they are searching for adjustment guidelines. It is not often that I come away from a conversation feeling stupid but I'm sure feeling that way in this instance.
I did answer your questions. I referred you to the baue website for all questions *except* trying to locate your plate on your body via a metric that is *entirely* a function of individual flexibility.
The baue site is quite good, and I have no argument with their recommendations regarding dring position, or approximately how tight the harness should be rigged.
If you have the correct length plate, and rig the harness so that it has an appropriate degree of slack and the waist strap is at your waist the vast majority of divers will be quite close to ideal adjustment.
The *fine tuning" beyond that point is something each diver must discover on their own. Should a particular dring be moved an inch one way or another? No website or consultation will answer that, only the diver can determine that via a few actual dives.
1) Use the right size plate.
2) Do an initial adjustment using the info on the baue site, etc.
3) Dive it and "tweek" for a few dives.
4) Avoid trying to make a scuba BP&W distribute load the same as Kelty type framed backpack.
5) Still have questions? Feel free to call. It's no bother if one has exhausted the 4 items above first.
Tobin