Banded/Unbanded Debate

[Tamas]

I love this topic!

I dive my bungied wings every other weekend and have put close to 125 dives on mine without any problems.
the only place I wouldn't dive them is inside a wreck, I wouldn't want my bungies cut with a sharp edge.
I don't see any problems of entanglement since the bungies keep the wing neatly compressed.
I've been able to check all the other issues presented by the detractors and I can say it's all BS and probably most detractors haven't use one ever.
I can respect peoples choice, but I hate people trashing a good product without ever testing it and basing their opinions on some dive guru doctrine.
I got banded and non banded wings, and rarely use the non banded wing.
Banded is also a correct term for the bungied wing or similar (DR has a similar design but using cords, not bungied)

Thank you well said. To add, I am wider in profile then my doubles or my wing protruding from under them. IF anything is going to entangled in the bungees enough to snare them, then it would have to take a chunk out of me first......and that ain't gonna happen. So I will continue taking mine into wrecks and other overhead environments.

Well if you don't believe me, try it yourself.

Go to 100' in your doubles, and at depth, press and hold the deflate button on your inflator of your bungied wings.

I do that on a regular basis and never had issues....unless of course I am vertical in the water column, but then again all bladders will do that. When in a proper horizontal trim, the air stays where it is supposed to be.

Perhaps you ought to try it next time or get the person with the trouble in on this.

 

[xiSkiGuy]

Well if you don't believe me, try it yourself.

Go to 100' in your doubles, and at depth, press and hold the deflate button on your inflator of your bungied wings.

By that logic I should be able to pull the dump valve in any position and air should come shooting out. I do have to roll to the left to use the lower left pull dump. . .

 

[Tamas]

On an unbungeed wing, when the inflator is below you (as in the case when you're horizontal), nothing whatsoever happens when you press the deflate button on the inflator. Pressure inside the bladder is equal to the pressure outside. The gas inside is compressed.

On the contrary, on a bungied wing, since there is higher pressure inside the bladder due to the pressure being exerted by the bungie, a certain amount of air will leave the bladder through the hole on the inflator.

Have you ever seen bungeed wings? Those bungees are not that tight that they will squeeze the crap out of the wing. Get the facts before you post please!

And "certain amount" of air is not a lot.

 

[pants!]

By that logic I should be able to pull the dump valve in any position and air should come shooting out. I do have to roll to the left to use the lower left pull dump. . .

No.

Position matters with a traditional wing.

What makes the difference between the wings is that in the case of the bungie wings, the bungies can squeeze the air out of the bladder no matter where the inflator is.

 

[Tamas]

No.

Position matters with a traditional wing.

What makes the difference between the wings is that in the case of the bungie wings, the bungies can squeeze the air out of the bladder no matter where the inflator is.

Wrong! Again I ask you, have you ever tried that or have you ever seen this in action to be able to back up your comments? Or are you only believing what you were told in brainwashing-F course?

 

[pants!]

brainwashing-F course?

That's uncalled for.

 

[Tamas]

That's uncalled for.

freedom of speech my friend! your brethrens often do it, bashing other divers based on their own believe. truth hurts?

 

[xiSkiGuy]

No.

Position matters with a traditional wing.

What makes the difference between the wings is that in the case of the bungie wings, the bungies can squeeze the air out of the bladder no matter where the inflator is.

Position matters with ALL wings. The bungees DO NOT force air out of any valve at any time. You have to roll to the left to use the pull dump, just like a non-bungeed wing.

Pants, have you ever used a bungeed wing?


EDIT: I suppose you actually roll to the right to make the pull dump on the left higher. . .

 

[pants!]

freedom of speech my friend! your brethrens often do it, bashing other divers based on their own believe. truth hurts?

My what?

Are you saying that my family bashes other divers? :06:

 

[Mandy3206]

I sorta like the term BWOD. It makes me laugh to think about all the hype, hyperbole, death and destruction talk that permeates this board sometimes. http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=115603

I'll get embroided the BWOD letters on each side of the outer shell of my wing, just make it a bit more dangerous to use:07: