stephenws
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STA Needed?

Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:52 pm

If a tank is held onto a backplate with two cam bands, is it really necessary to incorporate a STA (single tank adapter)?

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luis
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Re: STA Needed?

Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:26 pm

I don't use a STA on my back-plate and I would never use one. The STA moves the tank away from your back. I want thank close to my back. Moving a tank away from your back also moves a double hose regulator away from your back.

Also the tank closer to your back is more comfortable when carrying the weight when you are walking.

Take a look at this back plate:
http://vintagedoublehose.com/index.php? ... id=8445452
Luis

Buceador con escafandra autónoma clásica.

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Bryan
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Re: STA Needed?

Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:28 pm

Stephen Sinksen
11:45 AM (8 hours ago)

to Bryan
Bryan,

I'm curious if a single tank adapter is needed if the tank is held with 2 tank straps - like on your backplate?

If still needed, do you know of any STA that is low profile, keeping the tank as close to the plate as possible?

Thanks,
Steve

Bryan@ Vintage Double Hose.com [email protected]
11:48 AM (8 hours ago)

to Stephen
No adaptors of any sort are needed with the VDH plate or any other BCD system I have for sale. Other manufactures I can't speak to.


Perhaps you didn't get my reply to this question via E-mail earlier today...Or you just didn't believe my answer.....
Doing it right should include some common sense, not just blindly following specs and instructions. .Gary D, AWAP on SB

stephenws
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Re: STA Needed?

Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:43 pm

Luis, thank you for your answer and insight. I do have the VDH backplate on order, but have not received it yet as the Highland bands have been out of stock.

Bryan, yes I did read your email response and it answered my question in reference to the products you sell. Which is fine, except I have other equipment that I will be using, as well as some of yours. The BCDs, or wings, you sell appear to have a simplified form of STA incorporated into the design, so I was unsure if I needed to purchase or fabricate some type of STA to use with a wing other than yours.

I've also wondered if my more conventional "modern" backplates really need a STA as I always use two tank bands. And that is why I posted here to hopefully get a more general answer to my question - one not specifically about VDH products. In your response to my email, you made a point of saying your response only applied to your products, and so I posted here. It had nothing to do with doubting your answer.

- Steve

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