jcraffi
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Hi all, I recently had my dive gear stolen out of my home, so I'm in the market for a new kit. Fwiw, both thieves are now in jail on felony counts of grand theft and home invasion; PSA: don’t steal dive gear!
My old travel gear was a DIR harness with OMS AL & Hollis S25 LX wing. Have a good discount on the following warm water wings through LDS (will probably get BP to match):
Questions:
Again, way overthinking this, but kept my last wings for 12 years and had no intention of replacing them, so hoping to have the next set for at least that long. Surprisingly, couldn’t find much on the four topics above.
Many thanks!
My old travel gear was a DIR harness with OMS AL & Hollis S25 LX wing. Have a good discount on the following warm water wings through LDS (will probably get BP to match):
- Apeks WTX-D18
- Hollis ST22
- Dive Rite Aircell Voyager XT
- OMS Mono Wing 27
- Hog 23lb 360 Wing
Questions:
- Taper: Are Apeks, Hollis, and Dive Rite’s tapered design better? Claims are that the tapered design improves trim, but if that's true why wouldn't so few wings have moved to it?
- ST22: Apeks has a stellar reputation, but it seems the new Hollis is slightly less expensive for the same tapered design, is the ST22 the new travel leader?
- Lift: Thoughts on just getting a ~30 lb wing with retraction bands, not worried about catching it, just would love to cut down on the bulk. (e.g. Dive Rite Aircell Voyager Exp Wing)
- SS Lite: Any experience with the Dive Rite Stainless Steel XT Lite backplate. Seems like kind of an interesting concept.
Again, way overthinking this, but kept my last wings for 12 years and had no intention of replacing them, so hoping to have the next set for at least that long. Surprisingly, couldn’t find much on the four topics above.
Many thanks!