Hello,
I'm a not-so-experienced diver (only 25 dives until now), which I made on a classic rent BCD, I recently bought a Cressi commander EVO BCD, which is instead a hybrid between a classic and wing one.
Now, while there is no stop to learning and improving, with the renting gear I handled buoyancy pretty well, this was also shared by diver masters and instructors.
I did only one dive with the new BCD, but it was a complete disaster. I had to put in all my effort to avoid skyrocketing to the surface in the safe stop and also during the dive I didn't have complete control over it.
I would like to understand how to improve in using it. What I noticed is the following:
- my BCD after the dive was full of a mix of water and air
- I was not able to understand, during the dive, when the BCD was empty of air or not, so I was probably overusing the valves to purge it
More than eager to hear suggestions on how to improve.
Thanks
I'm a not-so-experienced diver (only 25 dives until now), which I made on a classic rent BCD, I recently bought a Cressi commander EVO BCD, which is instead a hybrid between a classic and wing one.
Now, while there is no stop to learning and improving, with the renting gear I handled buoyancy pretty well, this was also shared by diver masters and instructors.
I did only one dive with the new BCD, but it was a complete disaster. I had to put in all my effort to avoid skyrocketing to the surface in the safe stop and also during the dive I didn't have complete control over it.
I would like to understand how to improve in using it. What I noticed is the following:
- my BCD after the dive was full of a mix of water and air
- I was not able to understand, during the dive, when the BCD was empty of air or not, so I was probably overusing the valves to purge it
More than eager to hear suggestions on how to improve.
Thanks