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Ultimate Hogarthian Harness

The hogarthian harness is a continuous piece of 2-inch webbing that has a total of five D-rings: one at each shoulder and one on the left waist, one at the rear of the crotch strap plus the one at the front. The left shoulder has a bungee loop for use in retaining the BC inflation hose assembly. The combination of the left shoulder and waist D-rings are used for carrying stage and deco bottles. The SPG is also clipped to the waist D-ring. The crotch strap front D-ring is used when being towed by a DPV. The rear D-ring is used to carry additional equipment such as reels. The right shoulder D-ring is used to clip the head of the primary canister light, and also the primary long hose second stage regulator following gas switches. Backup lights are clipped to each of the shoulder D-rings and held in place by the elastic bands. Backplate and waistbelt sheath not included, sold separately.

Our Ultimate Harness kit includes a lot of quality extras: webbing sleeves for improved abrasion resistance, crotch strap with neoprene comfort sleeve, durable neoprene elastic bands, additional webbing slides to support a variety of assembly options, extra buckle for securing light canister or accessory pocket, snap line and of course a copy of our very detailed assembly and fitting instructions.

to read Hogarthian Harness Assembly Instructions.

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> Backplates

Backplates are available in anodized aluminum, or polished stainless steel. Aluminum backplates are the most popular with freshwater divers and divers using steel tanks. Some divers prefer stainless backplates due to the fact that they are approximately five pounds more negatively buoyant, which helps offset the additional buoyancy of saltwater or aluminum tanks.

The Aluminum and stainless steel backplates are exactly the same shape and size, both are 15.5-inches high and 10.5-inches wide. They are designed with 1-inch and 2-inch slots to accommodate your choice of crotch strap and come with holes along the sides for mounting accessories. The backplates are highly polished with rounded upper corners and include doubles mounting slots that allow easy assembly on doubles without alignment concerns.

The aluminum backplate has an anodized black finish. Compared to raw unfinished aluminum, the durable anodized aluminum finish provides greater corrosion resistance and a better consistency in appearance. The stainless steel backplate is polished and passivated. Passivation treatments improve the surface condition of stainless steel by dissolving iron that has been imbedded in the surface during forming or machining. Passivation, which consists of soaking stainless steel components in a special solution, will dissolve the imbedded iron and restore the original corrosion-resistant surface by forming a thin, transparent oxide film.

Both the aluminum and stainless steel backplates are available as Dive Rite sourced versions, as well as a similar generic version for a small savings.

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> Ultimate Harness Package

Build a custom configured Ultimate harness, backplate and wing system:

• Ultimate Hogarthian Harness w/assembly instructions
• Dive Rite Backplate: choice of stainless steel or aluminum
• Dive Rite Aircell: choice of single or double EXP wings

This is not a 'Frankenstein' assembly of various discontinued, off brand, or low quality components, it's an integrated system of current Dive Rite brand products. Look below or follow the links for more detailed information about the individual components. Waistbelt Sheath not included. For single tank diving you will need only to add two tank straps, many other accessories are available.

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Waistbelt Sheath w/Knife and Shears

A hogarthian waistbelt webbing sheath that is hot-knife trimmed and professionally stitched and can hold either a knife or EMT shears, both are included. Cave divers will load the traditional hogarthian line cutting tool, a blunt-tip knife with a very sharp stainless steel 2-inch serrated blade. For open water and wreck diving, load the sheath with heavy-duty EMT shears that have salt-water ready stainless steel construction coated with industrial titanium nitride for longer lasting edges that resist corrosion.

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DC Bellows Pocket, Vertical, Velcro Closure

The Velcro closure waist belt bellows pocket is a generous 10-in x 6-in and the internal depth expands from 0.5-inch to 2.5-inches. Inside the pocket resides a 36-inch, looped lanyard to clip off spools, line markers and other accessories. No fumbling for the right tools, just pull out the lanyard, select the tool you need, and stuff the loaded lanyard back in the pocket. Lanyard too long? Simply cut and shorten the cord, re-tie the simple knot and cut off the excess.

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> Single Tank Adapter and Tank Straps

For divers who frequently switch between double tank and single tank rigs, the Single Tank Adapter is a convenient way to attach cam straps to a hard metal backplate that does not have tank band slots. Constructed of marine grade passivated 304 stainless steel and including all stainless hardware consisting of two removable 1-inch attachment bolts on 11-inch centers with holdfasts, washers, lockwashers and wing nuts, along with two rubber pads to protect the tank. Also available as a package that includes two S/S Stamped Cam Buckle Tank Straps.

Tank straps are 36-inches in length to accommodate 7.25-inch or 8-inch tanks and include a marine-grade, stainless steel cam buckle that is strong and low weight. The stainless steel buckle cam bands include a sewn-in, non-slip pad to protect the tank from scratches. Tank straps are priced and sold EACH, if you need a pair order two.