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silent running · 3rd August 2007, 06:02

Quote: (Originally Posted by Steve)

I can't help but thinking that supplied harness may have a lot to do with this. I't is sadly lacking D Rings in useful spots.

PS. take bailout. :-)

Yes Steve, it's true, one needs a fair amount of ingenuity to make carrying even a 30 comfortable, but it can be done. While I found the harness very comfortable, initially, I thought it could use an under CL d-ring to make BO cyls sit more parallel to the body. But then you run into problems with how to stitch it to the underside of the lung without having to put some sort of hard backing there and it wouldn't be very adjustable and less comfortable. If you decide to go with a web harnes under the CLs, you loose the very easy don/doff that the standard harness CL fastex clips provide-just slide in from underneathe. And I for one, don't dig having to push the whole loop back over my head and then have the DSV come crashing down on my nose if I can't manage to do the chicken wing into a DIR web harness fast enough...

After trying 3 different setups, I prefer the standard idea of allowing the CLs to remain weight baring and retain the easy on/off fastex buckles and loops to attach the lungs to a waist web belt, which means side mount BO. My upper CL velcro tabs are now permanently sewn to the top slots of a Deep Sea Supply plastic harness plate, with a web waist belt to attach the other end of the CL fastex loop rig.

As for the training standards of the past, I don't think they had anything to do with how the harness is designed, remember that the Prism course was written a very long time ago. But I agree that having a stock setup with a system for side mounting BO would make the Prism an even better package. -Andy

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silent running Mature mouth breather Current Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: U.S.A. Brooklyn, New York Posts: 1,813	Re: How many hours from a Prism with 19 cft tanks? Quote: (Originally Posted by Steve) I can't help but thinking that supplied harness may have a lot to do with this. I't is sadly lacking D Rings in useful spots. PS. take bailout. :-) Yes Steve, it's true, one needs a fair amount of ingenuity to make carrying even a 30 comfortable, but it can be done. While I found the harness very comfortable, initially, I thought it could use an under CL d-ring to make BO cyls sit more parallel to the body. But then you run into problems with how to stitch it to the underside of the lung without having to put some sort of hard backing there and it wouldn't be very adjustable and less comfortable. If you decide to go with a web harnes under the CLs, you loose the very easy don/doff that the standard harness CL fastex clips provide-just slide in from underneathe. And I for one, don't dig having to push the whole loop back over my head and then have the DSV come crashing down on my nose if I can't manage to do the chicken wing into a DIR web harness fast enough... After trying 3 different setups, I prefer the standard idea of allowing the CLs to remain weight baring and retain the easy on/off fastex buckles and loops to attach the lungs to a waist web belt, which means side mount BO. My upper CL velcro tabs are now permanently sewn to the top slots of a Deep Sea Supply plastic harness plate, with a web waist belt to attach the other end of the CL fastex loop rig. As for the training standards of the past, I don't think they had anything to do with how the harness is designed, remember that the Prism course was written a very long time ago. But I agree that having a stock setup with a system for side mounting BO would make the Prism an even better package. -Andy Last edited by silent running : 3rd August 2007 at 06:09.
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