diving harness

[corndogg2]

Some guys say the bladders with the bands trap air and can be hazardous.  I've never used one but I'd like to.  Backplate and harness setups are typically used with double tanks but can be used with single if you have a single tank adapter.  When you dive a plate with a single tank the bladder tends to float up and wrap around the tank which looks kinda stupid but presents no real problem.  I dive a 60lb single bladder with steel 95s and 108s, two al 80 stages and all of the other crap and have plenty of lift with a drysuit.  I also have a 100lb dual bladder wing for diving the ocean in a wetsuit.  I like to have redundant bouyancy but this wing is massive.  The bands would be nice to keep that one under control. The harness with the quickrelease buckle is nice if your not flexible and out of shape.  DIR divers say it is another possible failure point which is true.  Real men use a one piece harness, no buckle and typically a steel backplate in coldwater.  The harness is very comfortable and very clean.  When you get into serious diving you want to be streamlined, have tough reliable gear that can be dropped and kicked around, and have things  as simplified as possible.  The fewer bells and whistles the better, just more stuff to get in your way, break, snag, and distract you.