{"id":4217,"date":"2023-04-29T11:47:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T03:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2023-04-29T11:47:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T03:47:38","slug":"finnsub-fly-side-sidemount-bcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/finnsub-fly-side-sidemount-bcd\/","title":{"rendered":"FinnSub &#8216;Fly Side&#8217; sidemount BCD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">FinnSub &#8216;Fly Side&#8217; Sidemount BCD<\/h1>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Article Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" 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href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/finnsub-fly-side-sidemount-bcd\/#Finnsub-wing-buoyancy\" >Finnsub wing buoyancy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/finnsub-fly-side-sidemount-bcd\/#Buttplate-rail-system\" >Buttplate rail system<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/finnsub-fly-side-sidemount-bcd\/#Finnsub-materials-and-construction\" >Finnsub materials and construction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/finnsub-fly-side-sidemount-bcd\/#Finnsub-specifications\" >Finnsub specifications<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/finnsub-fly-side-sidemount-bcd\/#Initial-Sidemount-Community-Reaction\" >Initial Sidemount Community Reaction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/finnsub-fly-side-sidemount-bcd\/#Authors-Reaction\" >Author&#8217;s Reaction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/finnsub-fly-side-sidemount-bcd\/#The-FinnSub-in-a-nutshell\" >The FinnSub in a nutshell<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reviewed\"><\/span>Reviewed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>The FinnsSub Fly Side sidemount is a tear-drop shaped bladder based upon a DIR harness with metal backplate and buttplate rails.<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Finnsub-backplate-options\"><\/span>Finnsub backplate options<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>The FinnSub BCD can be purchased with either an aluminum or steel (3mm or 6mm) backplate; or you can use an existing backplate\/harness if you own already. \u00a0The purpose of including a metal backplate is to simply provide an alternative method of carrying necessary weight.<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4213\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/FinnSub-Fly-Side-Sidemount-BCD.jpg\" alt=\"FinnSub-Fly-Side-Sidemount-BCD\" width=\"441\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/FinnSub-Fly-Side-Sidemount-BCD.jpg 441w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/FinnSub-Fly-Side-Sidemount-BCD-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trim-weighing\"><\/span>Trim weighing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>The Fly Side also includes trim weight pockets that can carry a total of 6kg. \u00a0It has a fitted buttplate with rails; and supports a range of bungee options. It retails for 590 Euros, including backplate.<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Finnsub-wing-buoyancy\"><\/span>Finnsub wing buoyancy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>The BCD provides 16kg\/35lb of buoyancy, making it suitable for warm-water diving and some cold-water use supporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/choosing-diving-suits\/\">drysuit<\/a>. \u00a0The wing design is unremarkable and modeled closely on the triangle pattern first developed by UTD wth the <a title=\"UTD Z-System\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/sidemount-diving-systems\/#UTD_Z-System\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Z-System<\/a>, later replicated in the <a title=\"Aquamundo Sidemount BCD\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/sidemount-diving-systems\/#Aquamundo_SM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aquamundo sidemount<\/a> and <a title=\"Hollis SMS50\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/sidemount-diving-systems\/#Hollis_SMS50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollis SMS50<\/a>.<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Buttplate-rail-system\"><\/span>Buttplate rail system<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>The buttplate features &#8216;bent&#8217; rails, which FinnSub claim will offer easier attachment\/release of cylinder bolt-snaps.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The buttplate itself appears (from the photograph above) to be detachable, but there seems to be no alternative cylinder attachment option if it is removed.<em> i.e. \u00a0no rear waist-belt where D-Rings can be placed.<\/em><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Finnsub-materials-and-construction\"><\/span>Finnsub materials and construction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>The materials used in construction are durable and hard-wearing, but the system&#8217;s integrity may still be exposed by the vulnerable top-mounted, outer OPV. That location is the most prone to hard abrasion when passing tighter restrictions in caves and wrecks.<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Finnsub-specifications\"><\/span>Finnsub specifications<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buoyancy: \u00a0<\/strong>35lb \/ 16kg<\/li>\n<li><strong>Material:\u00a0 <\/strong>500 PU Cordura Inner \/ 2000 Cordura Outer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight:\u00a0<\/strong>Varies depending on backplate option<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manual:\u00a0<\/strong>Not known<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manufacturers Link:\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a title=\"FinnSub\" href=\"www.finnsub.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fly Side BCD<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Initial-Sidemount-Community-Reaction\"><\/span>Initial Sidemount Community Reaction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Whilst the FinnSub Fly Side is still undergoing testing and review, it has caused a mixed reaction amongst the online <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/sidemount-diving-techniques\/\">sidemount diving<\/a> community.<\/p>\n<p>The main question being asked is why FinnSub have seemingly reverted to using a solid\/metal backplate as the intrinsic harness attachment.<\/p>\n<p>Overhead Environment (cave\/wreck) divers have cited the dangers of solid-backplates as a significant <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wreck-diving-risks\/\">entrapment<\/a> risk when passing tight restrictions; the dreaded &#8216;key-hole&#8217; wedging.<\/p>\n<p>There has also been criticism of the location of the top OPV, which overhead environment divers foresee will be subject to risk of extreme abrasion and other damage against ceilings\/restrictions.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Authors-Reaction\"><\/span>Author&#8217;s Reaction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The &#8216;Fly Side&#8217; seems to be a retrograde step in sidemount evolution. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure whether to count it as a &#8216;pure&#8217; sidemount BCD or as just backplate\/wing adapter.<\/p>\n<p>If considered a backmount adapter, then it is, perhaps, the most elegant solution on the market currently (<em>albeit not using an existing wing, just the backplate<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The wing is &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/sidemount-diving-schools-history-heritage\/\">Mexican-style<\/a>&#8216; in design; intended for use with aluminum cylinders; but the buttplate rail system will only work ideally with steel cylinders (<a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/sidemount-diving-schools-history-heritage\/\">Florida style<\/a>). I&#8217;m confused whether it is intended for warm or cold water use. Most warm water destinations don&#8217;t use steel cylinders; the AL80 is ubiquitous.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>However, as a stand-alone sidemount BCD, FinnSub seem to have dispensed with two of sidemount&#8217;s most intrinsic benefits; flexibility and freedom, in order to unimaginatively address mundane weighting considerations.<\/p>\n<p>As a trimix <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/advanced_wreck_diving_techniques\/\">technical wreck<\/a> and advanced overhead sidemount instructor, I&#8217;d be very wary of attempting extreme restrictions in any sidemount BCD that contained a solid backplate. For that reason, I really don&#8217;t see that this rig has much place in sophisticated cave or wreck scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Another significant benefit to sidemount bcds is their lightness and low-bulk for travel. \u00a0The Fly Side also abandons that concept and requires divers to lug heavy backplates in their suitcases; along with corresponding excess baggage fees.<\/p>\n<p>The top OPV\/Pull-Dump is extremely exposed and, for me personally, would probably be catastrophically damaged on it&#8217;s first serious wreck penetration dive. \u00a0I&#8217;ve always believed that OPVs on sidemount BCDs need to be protected by placing them on the underside, or at least, on the sides.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve destroyed plenty enough outside-located OPVs to be anything but skeptical about claims they can stand-up to the abuses of serious <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/defining-wreck-diving-restrictions\/\">overhead environment restrictions<\/a> passage.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-FinnSub-in-a-nutshell\"><\/span>The FinnSub in a nutshell<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A Hollis SMS50 on steroids, built around a heavy backplate system that defeats many of the &#8216;pros&#8217; of sidemount.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><em>&#8220;2004 called and wants it&#8217;s backplate back&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just mystified why a company would make <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/sidemount-diving-schools-history-heritage\/\">Mexican-cave<\/a> style wing for aluminium tanks, then add a buttplate for steel cylinders, and finally the decision to compromise so many <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/benefits-of-sidemount-diving\/\">sidemount advantages<\/a> by using a metal backplate. It&#8217;s an ill-considered design that doesn&#8217;t seem informed of how sidemount evolved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5561\" title=\"andy davis technical diving philippines\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"andy davis technical diving philippines\" width=\"131\" height=\"180\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Andy Davis is a RAID, PADI TecRec, ANDI, BSAC and SSI qualified independent <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/what-is-technical-diving\/\">technical diving<\/a> instructor who specializes in teaching advanced sidemount, trimix and wreck exploration diving courses across South East Asia.\u00a0 Currently residing in \u2018wreck diving heaven\u2019 at Subic Bay, Philippines, he has amassed more than 9000 open circuit and CCR dives over 28 years of diving across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Andy has published many magazine articles on technical diving, has written course materials for dive training agency syllabus, tests and reviews diving gear for major manufacturers and consults with the Philippines Underwater Archaeology Society.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently writing a series of books to be published on advanced diving topics.\u00a0 Prior to becoming a professional technical diving educator in 2006, Andy was a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force and has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Belize and Cyprus.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img.buymeacoffee.com\/button-api\/?text=Buy me a coffee&amp;emoji=&amp;slug=andydavistech&amp;button_colour=FFDD00&amp;font_colour=000000&amp;font_family=Cookie&amp;outline_colour=000000&amp;coffee_colour=ffffff\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"rop\"><small>Originally posted 2015-01-28 13:50:22. <\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FinnSub &#8216;Fly Side&#8217; Sidemount BCD Reviewed The FinnsSub Fly Side sidemount is a tear-drop shaped bladder based upon a DIR harness with metal backplate and buttplate rails. 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