Need a basic harness. Piranha? Options questions.

[lowwall]

if you decide to ditch those wedge blocks ill buy them from you.

Naw, I'm happy with the cam bands. Interested in a fully adjustable harness?

 

[divad]

You don't need any defense. And yes piranha is great, although they appear to charge extra for a blue crotch strap.

 

[lowwall]

Slides with or without teeth or some of each?

 

[Diver below 83]

I was in a similar boat as yourself but I was getting my first harness. I was thinking one of the deluxe style ones with more adjustment would be better. I came across a deal for a dive rite transplate harness so jumped on it. I ended up also ordering a full single piece set up from piranha.
The piranha set up you can see below. I went with hi viz green webbing, all black hardware, 2 bent and 2 straight d rings, I went with 4 smooth tri glides and two teethed for the shoulder d rings. The stainless smooth ones are for the back side of the plate for the waist webbing. The black ones will be on the waist belt itself for the d rings.i also ordered a double ended black clip off tri glide for a couple of extra attachment points.
The crotch strap is a dive rite 2” while the trim pockets are dgx and cam bands are dgx stainless.

 

[aviator8]

Slides with or without teeth or some of each?

Teeth will grip to hold the D Ring in place, but TBH I have had no issues with rings moving with standard triglides. I have both some of the stiff and standard webbing from Phirahna and D Rings don't slide with a non toothed triglide. There is some softer webbing or coated webbing (Deep6) on the market where things sliding around is a little bit of an issue for some.

 

[lowwall]

...I came across a deal for a dive rite transplate harness so jumped on it. I ended up also ordering a full single piece set up from piranha.
The piranha set up you can see below. I went with hi viz green webbing, all black hardware, 2 bent and 2 straight d rings, I went with 4 smooth tri glides and two teethed for the shoulder d rings. The stainless smooth ones are for the back side of the plate for the waist webbing. The black ones will be on the waist belt itself for the d rings.i also ordered a double ended black clip off tri glide for a couple of extra attachment points.
The crotch strap is a dive rite 2” while the trim pockets are dgx and cam bands are dgx stainless.

I already have a plate, cam bands and trim pockets that I'm happy with. I'll probably do what you've done for the hardware except maybe color. I like the hi-viz webbing color - it matches the shirts I wear when bike commuting . But I suspect it will be very hard to keep it looking clean, so I'll likely go with something darker. But not black, no doubt due to leftover trauma from early DIR-fanboi encounters - or as one DM I dived with put it, "Oh yeah, the black DSMB crowd."

 

[Diver below 83]

I already have a plate, cam bands and trim pockets that I'm happy with. I'll probably do what you've done for the hardware except maybe color. I like the hi-viz webbing color - it matches the shirts I wear when bike commuting . But I suspect it will be very hard to keep it looking clean, so I'll likely go with something darker. But not black, no doubt due to leftover trauma from early DIR-fanboi encounters - or as one DM I dived with put it, "Oh yeah, the black DSMB crowd."

I actually worried about the same thing getting the harness dirty or marked up wise, but I figured webbing is so cheap I could basically replace the webbing every year if I wanted and change colors etc that I shouldn’t make myself crazy over a stain or lighter colors.

 

[divad]

I don't give a **** what my webbing looks like, but I'm not a dandy.

 

[CuzzA]

Old worn gear is a badge of honor.

 

[decompression]

I was in a similar boat as yourself but I was getting my first harness. I was thinking one of the deluxe style ones with more adjustment would be better. I came across a deal for a dive rite transplate harness so jumped on it. I ended up also ordering a full single piece set up from piranha.
The piranha set up you can see below. I went with hi viz green webbing, all black hardware, 2 bent and 2 straight d rings, I went with 4 smooth tri glides and two teethed for the shoulder d rings. The stainless smooth ones are for the back side of the plate for the waist webbing. The black ones will be on the waist belt itself for the d rings.i also ordered a double ended black clip off tri glide for a couple of extra attachment points.
The crotch strap is a dive rite 2” while the trim pockets are dgx and cam bands are dgx stainless. View attachment 548612

Looks good, not a bad idea to add another tank strap though....