LOL!!
Horseshoe shaped wings can trap air. Think about this. You're horizintal in the water, just like the book says you should be. You have air in the bladder of a horseshoe wing. How does air get from one side of the tank to the other? It goes across the top. So if you roll to your left, the air goes uphill to the right side, and vice versa. Problem. Assume you are slightly head down. Like you were looking down at something, or checking your weights, or your pocket, or something. Now the air won't travel side to side because it's stuck down on the prongs of the horseshoe. In order to get the air to move, you have to go slightly head up and roll. With a donut bladder, that air COULD just go around the bottom of the wing. Problem solved.
So there is a big push in the industry toward donut bladders right now. If you notice, most manufacturers try to make them in ovals so there is nice flow. Corners tend to trap air. They also create undue drag.
What's wrong with the Trek-Wing? Other than what we've already mentioned that the Dive Rite wings have in common.. nothing per se. It's just that there are other, better options out there now.
I look at it this way. Is it worth the $75-100 bucks to buy something you'll need to tweak and spend money on when you could have just waited a few weeks and gotten what you really wanted? For me, the answer was no. It's still no. Halcyon gear is too pricey for me in most cases. Dive Rite has some good stuff in their catalogs, unfortunately their wings aren't among them. DSS doen't make or sell any crap that I've seen thus far so it's a "safe" buy. Oxycheq for the most part is the same, though he rebrands a lot of stuff. Most people do that though, so it's not a knock against him.
I can't comment specifically on the Trek wing, but it looks far from ideal to me.
Cheetah223:
Ahh man, now I have another question. Hahaha, sorry guys! Why do I see so much hostility to 'horseshoe' wings that don't have a constant bladder? Seems to me you'd be more likely to trap air in a donut shaped wing..
Looking at Diverite's site it looks like that deal (for a 40# wing) would have to be the Trek wing. Their site doesn't say a whole lot about it other than the typical promotional mumbo-jumbo...Would you guys advise to go for the cheaper package, or wait and get a Halcyon? What's good and what's bad about the DR wings, specifically the trek?
