How a Small Backplate can make your Scuba Diving better!
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2018
- In this video, GUE Instructor Dorota Czerny explains the advantages of a small backplate, and who would benefit from using one and why. You will learn how the backplate influences trim, what is negative and positive trim and how, with the use of a small backplate, you can improve your in-water position. This is a great video to watch if you want to avoid back and neck issues while walking with heavy dive equipment. Watch this video and many more by signing up for a 3-day trial on GUE.tv!
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Awesomely informative video. I’m a small gal who has recently gotten into tech and my standard backplate was okay for the first while, but the shoulder straps slipping drove me nuts. Got the small Halcyon plate and it totally changed up my game. (I’m 4’11”, and us petite gals are often overlooked in tech). Thanks for posting this.
This has been an excellent presentation.
This is very informative, I've been searching for all this info.. Thank you for this video.
Our pleasure (and sorry for not responding immediately!)
Thinking about getting a backplate to carry doubles myself.Very good information I’m a small diver 5’-6”so I see the advantages of the smaller plate. Good video , thanks.
Thank You for this video. You are spot on.
Thank you for this video! There aren’t enough small framed rental equipment and as a new, small framed diver I’ve always thought it was just so difficult to carry everything and i have gotten so many bruises on my shoulders but never knew why it didn’t happen to the other bigger divers!
Outstanding video, thank you!
Hello from George :
I’ve been looking for this guide about back plate 🌈❤️
Really professional channel, approved xD and subscribed (with notifications!), excelent work
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If it were professional, you would be working as a commercial diver.....
Interesting... can you give some guidelines as to what general size (in terms of height) diver would be a candidate for the smaller backplate?
Thank you so much for this video, just yesterday I went diving and was telling my husband that I needed a narrower wing set because my straps keep falling off my shoulders. I am hoping that I can find a small
Thank you very much Dorota for this video! It has opened my eyes. I have a small Halcyon steel backplate but now I'm thinking I should get a carbon one. My problem is exactly what you described, my legs are too light compared to my back, I am 1,55m tall and I tend to have a positive trim. Therefore I over compensate and get a negative trim. I have always struggled with hitting my head with the tanks due to being too high. When I dive with single tank, I thought of getting an adaptor with several openings and then use the lower ones to lower a bit the tank. What do you think?
Hi, could I know if there is a small version of the 20th anniversary carbon backplate?
This might have changed what I buy next. Thanks
Excellent tutorial presentation. I'm 170 cm and I think a smaller plate would make sense for me.
This is exactly what I am researching now. What backplate make is your carbon one for small women?
I really appreciate your video, very good explanation. Maybe you can advice with my case, since if I buy a WP I will do it online without a good counselor.
I am searching to switch from a back inflate BCD to a back plate and in Romania I cannot find places to try them on (shops here do not have these in their inventory).
I am 1.67 but my problem is the weight (110 kg). With my Mares Aliikai I place 2*0,5 kg in the trim pockets, 2*5 kg in the weight pockets and then i need additional 2-4 kg depending on the wetsuit (3 or 6 mm) and salinity ( Red Sea vs Indian Ocean). These extra 2-4 are always a pain in the *** cause I either have to add a weight belt or just put 2 kg on the tank strap. The weight pockets have a maximum 6 kg for my model and I don’t want to stress them to max capacity.
The weight is correct from me, I did lots of weight checks because the DMs always think is too much, and we always end up with this amount.
I am a recreational diver, diving maybe 14-20 days per year, always traveling.
In my case, based on this information, I would choose a small SS backplate, right? I would even maybe search for a heavier one. Is this correct? Then how would I place the rest of the weights? 1 kg in trim pockets, 2-3 kg the backplate, maybe less buoyancy then my vest, so I still need to add probably 8-10 kg. Is there any way to configure them on the BP or I would always need a weight belt? Thanks! Ana from Bucharest
Thank you for an informative video. What would you recommend for people who are quite tall 185+ cm but also very slim and narrowly built?
Really glad you found the video useful. In answer to your question, we would recommend a standard backplate. There is a long backplate from Halcyon, but that wud be more appropriate for someone who is taller than 200cm. For the height you mentioned, standard is all good.
@@GUEdivers I'm 200cm so I would need the long backplate? Or will the standard size still work?
I’m at 5’6” and I’ve been diving with a standard plate. I’m interested but what company sells a smaller backplate? Also there’s a difference between male and female torso. If I’m not mistaken the female has a shorter torso. So does this apply to me male at 5’6”.? Right now my standard plate top portion lies the same as you in a small... 1-1.5in below the collar
Oxycheq
xdeep, oxycheq, halcyon, tecline, agir brokk
I’d love to see your source of information regarding the difference in torso length between males and females. Just intuitively, it sounds like nonsense.
The use of the cinch seems to be controversial among GUE instructors. While it's tolerated for fundies, most instructors I had the opportunity to meet suggest its removal for experienced divers. Can you please elaborate about this topic?
Just curious why does the small back plate doesn't have the slots on the sides?
The length of the small backplate was insufficient to put the straps for the take at a distance that would make the tanks straps efficient. We know have carbon fiber single tank adapters designed in a way that bring sthe tank closer to the diver's back - a perfect combination :)
interesting
Does the small SS backplate weight the same as a regular SS backplate?
If referring to the Halcyon bp, no the small SS is about 450g lighter than the standard
Small Stainless Steel (SS) backplate weighs 4.05lb (1.83kg) - regular SS backplate is 4.9lb (2.22kg). This is of coyrse without harness, and is just the backplate.
For Aluminium (AL), small AL backplate is 1.35 lb (0.61kg), regular AL backplate is 1.7lb (0.77kg). Hope that helps?
can you use a small backplate for doubles?
The backplate that you use on your single wing can be used on a doubles wing, yes
What brand have the small backplate?
Halcyon
Who makes these Smaller Backplates for Women? I do not seem them on, Dive Rite, Apeks, DGX, Hog or Hollis Websites. Are they special Order?
Halcyon makes smaller ones
@@nicolenoriega Thanks for the update. I just purchased a OxyCheq about a week ago.
for anyone else looking, other brands (besides halcyon) that have small backplates are tecline, oxycheq, xdeep, agir brokk
I have 172cm and I consider myself big person ... don't know what you talking about 😂
School children wear backpacks and you can see them arching forward.There is no point buying aluminum or carbon fiber backplates. Some people just aren't flexible to reach the valves. Shoulder straps don't need to be tight; it's not a rebreather. Only your waist buckle needs to be secure.
you are certainly entitled to your opinion