In July 2010, with guidance and assistance from Peter Fear from The Scuba Doctor, and Mark Ryan from Aquability, I proceeded to put together a "technical" BCD, make changes to my setup, plus add some new items.
An OMS Comfort Harness II with an OMS Aluminium Backplate and an OMS 60 lb lift, Dual Bladder, elastomeric Banded Wing were put together.
The backplate was positioned higher on my back and the cylinder bands moved down on the cylinders, all so that I could better reach the cylinder and manifold valves for doing shutdowns.
The Jocassee Rigging alternative stringing method for the OMS wing bungee cord was used. Instead of two shoulder D-rings each side on the harness, only one each side was used.
(Note: Neither Peter or Mark are 100% happy with all of this setup. For example, they both recommended a simpler continuous weave hardness system. I tried it, but it just wasn't comfortable for me. They both think I should switch from using split fins. There's much more, but right now I'm still coming to grips with all of the changes made so far. Later, I'll evaluate the rest of their suggestions.)
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