Shoulder strap routing

[Hawk13]

My sidemount harness is a bit different, it has two separate shoulder straps, each of which is sewn into the waistband, then has a chest strap at the front so that the bungees under each arm don't pull the shoulder straps outwards at the front, and has a short piece of webbing stitched at the back to hold the straps at the back from being pulled outwards too.

It is a bit more comfortable because the shoulder straps sit a bit wider, they don't dig in at the neck at all - though not had a problem with that on backplates or other harness types but also being thick and softish webbing makes it nicer for carrying larger cyls to the water.

Digs.

Got any pics Digs?

[johnkendall]

Really? GUE are going to recognise SM?

It's pretty damned easy to recognise. People strapping their cylinders onto themselves in a silly place to go swimming around a quarry

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[OutOfTest]

It's pretty damned easy to recognise. People strapping their cylinders onto themselves in a silly place to go swimming around a quarry

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Or the caves that are too hard for the gooists...


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[johnkendall]

Or the caves that are too hard for the gooists...


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Ah, sorry, I thought you were talking about "sidemounting" not cave diving

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[Digger]

Got any pics Digs?

Unhelpfully I'm not sure I do, and my harness isn't actually here at the moment. Will have a dig around, at best I know I have a pic somewhere of me in the harness from the front, but the back is really the bit you need. I could draw something that shows you what I mean.

Digs.

[johnnywulff]

There are 3 styles sidemount harness shoulder straps: Y type "most common" like Razor, XDeep, Diamond, H type like Halcyon and adjustable quick release like Nomad, Hollis.

[Frappawotsit]

Any thoughts over the 'braces' config? pros? cons?

I think the main benefits are:
1) Easier to Don/Doff
2) It allows Backup torch to be attached as per backmount, Chest D ring attachment, snoopy loop down the strap, without interfering with the SM cylinder.

Main disadvantage i can think of is the need for a Chest strap, some will argue it's adding clutter to the chest area which is already quite busy.

[divedaz]

Not really Mikeal.

I use a farrworld harness. I like it a lot. I don't imagine (though wouldn't know) it's anywhere near as good as, for example, an x-deep harness in open water/big caves.

But in tiny little caves? Where I'm dragging along, crawling between sumps, walking for miles...I've literally watched an x-deep disintegrate over the course of one trip, as well as not distributing the weight as well when walking/climbing/crawling

Though your cavers who dive and divers in caves is entirely appropriate. Just not "entirely" relevant.

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I have dived the Farrworld Harness to 40 meters, using a UTD wing.

[OutOfTest]

I've decoed deeper than that in a Farrworld. Doesn't mean I think it will be as good as a xdeep


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[uncertainplume]

I've decoed deeper than that in a Farrworld. Doesn't mean I think it will be as good as a xdeep


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