| I am using a single piece harness for my DIR diving. I have had it set up by the professional DIR instructors and I have to say they are stupid and bloody dangerous idea.
I really struggle getting out of it and if I were stuck inside a wreck and needed to dekit in a tight space it would be imposable. Id have to cut myself out of the rig. On my old rig all I needed to do was reach the pinch clips and I could swim out of it. Ill continue to use the rig to satisfy DIR requirements but its too dangerous to risk serious wreck penetration. Surface rescue is another issue. I have herd loads of DIR divers tell me its not a problem but I remain unconvinced.
Lets face it 90% of pinch clips are bomb proof. If they fail its going to be climbing the ladder after the dive or on the boat standing up its not gong to be in the water.
My old CD rig had one pinch clip that opened and I unclipped it during a dive to see what happened. Nothing happened it was not a problem.
Owing to the way the CD harness was designed i could have used a double end bolt snap to rebuild the shoulder strap. Seeing as i always use double ender bolt snaps to hold my deco stages in place I always have a spare on me. Just use the nose double ender to fix the harness and clip the stage on.
I see the one piece harness as fixing a problem that doesn't exist. In doing so it creates more problems and is potentially dangerous. Unless you have to use it to be part of DIR I would strongly advise against it.
__________________ Mark, dispite the fact your a Heron shagging tosser I agree with you , Steve S 10/04/08  ATB as most people will tell you, means Always Talking Boll@cks. My responses to threads should be treated accordingly
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Mark Chase Screw the force Luke, use the VR3 |