Diving Doubles?

[PerroneFord]

Lett's cut the mystery for you. It's Dive Rite gear. And that's not a special sale. They've had the deal for as long as I've been on ScubaBoard.

It seems like a good deal, but I tend to shy away from anything that refuses to tell me who manufactures it, regardless of if it's dive gear or if it's a gallon of milk.

 

[divad]

It seems like a good deal, but I tend to shy away from anything that refuses to tell me who manufactures it, regardless of if it's dive gear or if it's a gallon of milk. I would never be willing to spend more than about five dollars on something that says "Famous name. This price is so low that the Manufacturer won’t let us use their name if we print the price here." To me that says "you've never heard of the manufacturer, but they're quite famous in Haiti."

I think it may be worth calling them and seeing what information I can get from them, who knows...Maybe it is some extremely deep deal, even after buying an STA to bolt on to it. Without knowing exactly what I'm getting though, there's NO way I'd EVER pay that kind of money. Ever.

Looking around on their site though, they carry DiveRite, OMS, and Oxycheq, so maybe it's a deep deal on an OMS wing or something. Either way, I don't have the money now, so even if I did want it I couldn't buy it heh.

Its DiveRite. The same stuff used by TheRedHead. You can pay almost that much for just the wing if you want.

 

[TheRedHead]

Cheetah, everyone in my Deco Procedures class is diving Dive Rite. These Halcyon guys are just DIR weenies.

 

[PerroneFord]

Cheetah, everyone in my Deco Procedures class is diving Dive Rite. These Halcyon guys are just DIR weenies.

LOL!!! Some DIR weenies actually dive in Dive Rite gear. But they have to take the silly plastic knob off the OPV, and shorten the corrugated hose, and substitute a normal elbow in place of the pull dump, and buy a proper length LP Inflator hose. But beyond that, the DR gear is usually ok.

 

[TheRedHead]

Yep, Peronne is right. Get the shorter inflator hose without the pull dump.

 

[Cave Diver]

LOL!!! Some DIR weenies actually dive in Dive Rite gear.

Did that.

But they have to take the silly plastic knob off the OPV,

Did that.

and shorten the corrugated hose,

Did that.

and substitute a normal elbow in place of the pull dump,

Did that.

and buy a proper length LP Inflator hose.

Did that.

But beyond that, the DR gear is usually ok.

Yep, it is. But I still like my H-wing better!

 

[CuriousRambler]

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?

 

[PerroneFord]

Yep, it is. But I still like my H-wing better!

Yea, me too.

Buy Halcyon wing: Dive
Buy DSS wing: Dive
Buy Oxycheq wing: Take off OPV plastic thing. Dive
Buy DR: Perform minor surgery on wing, spend extra $70, Dive

 

[CuriousRambler]

Good enough for me, I'm sold on Halcyon or DSS. I'm still kind of staring blankly wondering in my mind which to go with, mostly because my brain's fried from three solid days of homework, on the bright side - I managed to learn an unbelievable amount about bp/w's and I started and completed a semester of World History and can now graduate a week early

 

[PerroneFord]

Good enough for me, I'm sold on Halcyon or DSS. I'm still kind of staring blankly wondering in my mind which to go with, mostly because my brain's fried from three solid days of homework, on the bright side - I managed to learn an unbelievable amount about bp/w's and I started and completed a semester of World History and can now graduate a week early

You really can't go wrong with either one. The DSS backplate I like a bit better than my Halcyon. My Halcyon wing I liked better than DSS's stuff. Now that may change with the new donut singles wing from DSS, but I haven't seen one to compare. Yet. Harness material is a wash.

I'd compare these two on price and service and go from there. Tobin posts here every day pretty much. Halcyon rep is not here. Both are solid, and get the job done without having to *******ize anything.