You don't need a weight belt with a BP/W, but if you want to use one, put it on first, then the crotch strap and waist belt as normal.
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Im not trying to make this more difficult it is more difficult unless your somewhere you can actually put your hands on this equipment. Without ever putting on a backplate and my Dive buddies telling me they prefer traditional BCDs its tough for me to just start ordering things on line. And I had a time limit for this. Not a lot of room to get it right. We had to wait to book this next trip until close to the window. Since my kids turned about 16 it’s been impossible to get all five of us on a dive trip together at least one of them could not make it, this will be our first trip of any kind together in about ten years.
If there’s ever any question as to why tradition BCDs are more popular than wings and back plates it’s because you can walk into just about any dive shop and 20 minutes later walk out with a unit that will fit well even great do the task and be a simple process. While that may be possible of a wing in some places it’s not possible in Portland Oregon and Im sure in many places. I was in town yesterday and went to a number of them called every one of them you actually cannot outfit a wing on the spot here. Most carry nothing for them. And a lot of people just don’t want to have to configure or tinker with their bcd they want to put it on and go diving. Im a tinkerer and get into the specific break down of things I’m interested in a backplate and tailoring one to be right for me, I will pursue this in time. Currently I’m lucky to pull off two dive trips a year but that changes soon. You may laugh but I live 3000 miles from my dive destination but I’ve already bought a brand new dive boat.
However I did solve my immediate issues. A really nice Scubapro nighthawk set complete everything my son needs except a mask showed up on Craigslist middle of the day, I’ve been shopping for weeks kind of funny. Guy has major sinus issues and can’t dive any more everything fit my son like we bought it for him. Like it was meant to be. Ill look into wings next trip to Florida and start my quest for one then. My life changes in about three tree years I’ll be semi retired and have the time to get that worked out I have good gear now. I needed one more complete set up so my kids can all dive when they visit me. Thanks for the input.