Eclipse 30lbs vs 40 lbs..

[will_tekkie]

Hi guys...

Here in spain the newest Eclipse wing (40lbs) is by far the most common BP/wings config...i found out that a wing 30lbs lift ( i´ve used travel wings and the new OMS 30 lbs ) is more than enough for dive with a 80 or 100ft3 tank (properly weighted)..but some people think its lift is not enough to assure a good bouyancy specially while surfaced. ( in rough seas) .so i would like to hear more opinions from halcyons users of 30 or 40 lbs cells...what is the optimal wing 30 or 40?...i know a 30lbs cell have a outstanding bouyancy..has the 40 one so good caracteristics..? maybe i will get one for test soon and i would like to enquire more about them...(remember here aluminium tanks are not used..being the faber the most common brand)

 

[will_tekkie]

Hi Guys..

A 30 Lbs or 40 Lbs lift eclipse cell???..what ´s the best unit for diving with 80-100 ft3 steel tanks?..

 

[Tom R]

I would opt for the 40 with steel tanks.

 

[gerardnealon]

I think I am going to get the 40 also. I dive dry w/ 120 steel tank. Good luck.

 

[Mo2vation]

Hi Guys..

A 30 Lbs or 40 Lbs lift eclipse cell???..what ´s the best unit for diving with 80-100 ft3 steel tanks?..

I dive a single Steel e8-130 Waterheater - no problems with the 35.

I think its a 35. I know it isn't the 27, or the taco 45...

K

 

[artw]

I use the 40 with an E8-Waterheater, and it's actually not bad with an AL80 either

 

[JimC]

I can definatly add that the E8-Waterheater and a 27# pioneer is a weee bit on the wet side. It works, but just.

 

[d33ps1x]

Wow. A lot of single E8-130's around? You guys getting into deco on these things?

 

[JPBECK]

Hope so --either that or the RMV is high

I would go with the 40---but I live here is Southern Ca, dive Dry, with bail out and or O2...

Do any of you guys have problems with stablizing those monsters (130's)? Do the Cam bands hold-em tight... Seems to me they would be better off being bolted on like manifolded cylinders

 

[Mo2vation]

Wow. A lot of single E8-130's around? You guys getting into deco on these things?

Not if you plan well... You just get mad bottome time.

Do any of you guys have problems with stablizing those monsters (130's)? Do the Cam bands hold-em tight... Seems to me they would be better off being bolted on like manifolded cylinders

Never an issue. I also dive dry in So Cal. I use the New (old) version of the Pioneer with the integrated STA. Never an issue. Its not like I'm shuck-jiving with the thing... I wet the bands, he-man the straps over and flop / stride in. Never a shift, no shimmy or shake. Its rock solid every time, and with the lines I wrote on my cylinder in Paint Pen, it winds up in the same place (same height) every time.

K