How tall does a backplate need to be?
How tall does a backplate need to be?
What Tobin said . . . I once make a backplate for a guy who’s about 6’4″ tall and weighted in at about 275 pounds. The back plate I made from very thick steel (15 pounds, finished) to offset his combined natural and wet suit buoyancies. Long after man is gone and his dams burst, the rivers will, once again, flow freely to the sea.
What happens if your back plate is too long?
If the plate is too short for the diver the waist strap can ride on the rib cage, and if the plate is too long it may prevent the diver from arching their back and cause discomfort by contacting the pelvis. I’m one of the people who is very glad that some manufacturers make more than one size of backplate.
How tall do you have to be to use a Dive Rite back plate?
I’m 5’5″ – a standard Dive Rite Aluminum plate should be ok for me? Click to expand… Most divers can use one of the “one size fits all” back plates or in the case of DSS a “medium” simply because most divers are between ~5’4″ and 6 ft tall. Outside that range some divers will benefit from longer or shorter plates.
How tall do you have to be to use a DSS back plate?
Most divers can use one of the “one size fits all” back plates or in the case of DSS a “medium” simply because most divers are between ~5’4″ and 6 ft tall. Outside that range some divers will benefit from longer or shorter plates.
How big of a back plate do you need?
Click to expand… Most divers can use one of the “one size fits all” back plates or in the case of DSS a “medium” simply because most divers are between ~5’4″ and 6 ft tall. Outside that range some divers will benefit from longer or shorter plates.
I’m 5’5″ – a standard Dive Rite Aluminum plate should be ok for me? Click to expand… Most divers can use one of the “one size fits all” back plates or in the case of DSS a “medium” simply because most divers are between ~5’4″ and 6 ft tall. Outside that range some divers will benefit from longer or shorter plates.
If the plate is too short for the diver the waist strap can ride on the rib cage, and if the plate is too long it may prevent the diver from arching their back and cause discomfort by contacting the pelvis. I’m one of the people who is very glad that some manufacturers make more than one size of backplate.
Most divers can use one of the “one size fits all” back plates or in the case of DSS a “medium” simply because most divers are between ~5’4″ and 6 ft tall. Outside that range some divers will benefit from longer or shorter plates.