looking for travel backplate reccomendation.

[moosedaisy]

Right now I've got a dgx steel backplate and wing (5lbs) that I wear for work. I'd like to get a back plate for travel. Is there a plastic back plate that would be recommended. I've seen some soft back plates but I think I'd prefer a rigid back plate. Any recommendations.

 

[happy-diver]

DSS-Kydex-Backplate-Dive-Rite-Trans-Plate-harness-Oxycheq-tank-band.

 

[rhwestfall]

Not plastic - OxyCheq "dogbone"

 

[rhwestfall]

Similarly - Freedom plate in aluminum

 

[Zef]

Here are a couple of Dive Rite plastic backplates listed on ebay:

Dive Rite Deluxe Harness & Backplate For Double Cylinders | eBay

Dive Rite Back Plate | eBay

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[Ontwreckdiver]

Get a DGX aluminum backplate. DGX Backplate - Aluminum

 

[greeniguana]

I use this for traveling:

New! Ultralight Soft Travel Backplate Pad

Love it.

 

[dmaziuk]

Right now I've got a dgx steel backplate and wing (5lbs) that I wear for work. I'd like to get a back plate for travel. Is there a plastic back plate that would be recommended. I've seen some soft back plates but I think I'd prefer a rigid back plate. Any recommendations.

Keep in mind that Alu backplate will save you a whooping!!! 2-3 lbs in dry weight and you'll need 4 more lbs of lead to dive. I doubt plastic and/or soft ones are any better in that regard.

 

[runsongas]

some people are constrained on luggage weight where a soft plate or aluminum plate or lightweight ss plate can make sense.

you can go with oxycheq/mares/apeks/piranha for soft plate, oxycheq/diverite/golem gear for lightweight ss, or any aluminum plate from about 20 sources. or the carbon fiber halcyon if cost doesn't matter.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Similarly - Freedom plate in aluminum

There is no more aluminum.
A standard s/s 1/8” thick medium is 3.5 lbs., just enough to offset an empty aluminum 80.
I don’t understand why a regular plate is so bad for travelers. Is an extra couple lbs. in a bag really that big of a deal?