Build Your Own Buoyancy System

B.Y.O.B.S - BUILD YOUR OWN BUOYANCY SYSTEM

With 12 BCD’s and (5) Harness Systems it is possible for you to configure for just about any diving environment. There are a multitude of combinations and some of the more popular are listed and pictured.

The choices are endless and intended to suit your particular discipline of diving.

National Park Service B-29 Bomber, Lake Mead, 190 ffw

The single tank Sport Diver can take the new the 32 lift BC and combine it with the IQ™ Pack or Continuous Weave harness system (BP-166) to make the perfect Sport diving System. (Fig. 1)

Fig. #1

IQ Pack

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BC116-32R

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BPK-IQ32R

The Hogarthian Diver may wish to combine the one piece harness system with back plate (BP-166) , single tank adapter and combine it with the 45 lb lift BC for single cylinder diving. Doubles can also be used with this BC/Harness combo. (Fig. 2)

Fig. #2

BP166 with BP015

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BC116-45B

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BPK-SSCO45B

Those divers wanting to use singles as well as doubles can use any of the harness systems with the IQ Pack™ and the Comfort Harness System™ being the most commonly used. Figure 3 shows the popular Comfort Harness System combined with the NEW Larry Green Signature series™ BC. (Fig. 3)

Fig. #3

BP133-S

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BC-LGS60

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BPK-SSCLG60

Technical divers doing shipwreck penetration consistently using doubles usually opt for the S/S or Aluminum Back plate Harness Systems with w/single shoulder release (BP-123-S) or the Comfort harness System (BP-133-S) combined with one the OMS® elastomeric banded BC’s. (Fig. 4)

Fig. #4