Well, I just joined up so I could give my input. I've never influenced anyone to buy Zeagle but reading this thread has inpired me to consider keeping my Ranger. I bought it back in 2000 and used it through 2003 when I took my last dive trip (life got in the way and I don't know how so much time has passed) and now that we are heading to Key Largo in June (after a SCUBA review class of course)I've begun looking at gear again. I have to say that there's lots of eye candy out there these days and, while I've been tempted to sell the Ranger, I can't really think of a good reason to. She's only got about 120 dives on her and still looks brand new. I've always found it comfy and the ripcord system is about as trouble-free as you can get. Oh yeah, and the company has amazing customer service!