I bought an older Zeagle Ranger on Ebay. How'd I do?

[Alvin Slovinsky]

I have a Zeagle believe it’s a Ranger has intergraded weight pouches on each side with a red handle in the left front to dump your weight. The shoulder straps on each side come down and attach onto the side waist strap on each side. It also has 6 metal rings on it as well the bladder I believe is a one piece and the bladder itself can be replaced if needed it holds air and double tank strap. can anyone give me more information on this BCD. I have read you can custom order from Zeagle for specific colours I believe this one was ordered specifically with this yellow green colour like a highlighter. Any information would be appreciated

 

[Scared Silly]

The bladder looks more like a Concept from the 1990s. As for the harness, the Concept did not have D-rings so it could have been a custom harness or one from an early Ranger or Tech????

 

[Belzelbub]

I agree, the bladder looks different when compared to the Ranger's I'm familiar with, but it could be older.

Yes, you can custom order colors for several different Zeagle BCs (Ranger, Ranger LTD, Zena, and Stiletto). Looks like they still offer that same color, Neon Yellow. Customize Your Zeagle BCD - Zeagle

Not sure if this is new to you, but sounds like it might be. A couple thoughts.
Perhaps it's just the angle, but it appears there are no kidney dumps on the bladder. Is that right?
If you haven't already, learn how to re-thread the Ripcord System. It takes a bit longer than most other BCs with proprietary weight pouches, but is not hard to do, and if you just use bare weights in the pockets, you can just pick up additional weights if you do happen to dump the weights for one reason or another. Here's a video showing how, though depending on the age of the BC, the pocket configuration may be different. The pockets on my Stiletto seems to have more flaps than in this video, but it's still pretty easy.

 

[Shabaday]

I didn't realize it was an older model until after I bought it. However, the differences seem negligible. The only thing that bothers me is the lack of a sternum strap. Anyway, it came with a set of regulators that I know nothing about, but I mainly bought it for the BCD.

The price I won it for was $239. The photos looked decent and they claimed it was in new condition. How did I do? I've tried researching this, but there's honestly not much information about this particular model.

Why didn't you just get a slightly used BP/W set up? I sold an OMS SS full set including weight pockets harness wing single tank adapter everything ready to dive beautiful never used for $350 plus shipping ....There are deals all over...I would send this back

Also, here's a link explaining some differences in the two versions complete with photo comparisons.

Zeagle Ranger BC - Some version history - shaneburrell.com

Also, does anyone recognize these Seaquest regulators? I couldn't find them either.

Thank you,
Kris

Why didn't you just get a slightly used BP/W set up? I sold an OMS SS full set including weight pockets harness wing single tank adapter everything ready to dive beautiful never used for $350 plus shipping ....There are deals all over...I would send this back