ScubaPro Air2 on Halcyon Eclipse Wing?

[stephenws]

I just purchased a Halcyon Eclipse Wing and am wondering if the standard BC inflator can be replaced with the ScubaPro Air2 alternate air source? Has anybody tried this?

I know I'll catch some grief from the DIR folks, so I apologize in advance to them.

Thanks.

 

[scubafanatic]

...I'd advise against doing that....the SP Air 2 will experience 'organ rejection' as the Halcyon wing antibodies attack and destroy the 'foreign' material.......

 

[redacted]

I'm pretty sure Halcyon uses the same hardware as Dive Rite so it is a 1 inch corrugated hose which is what the Air2 needs. While I'm sure Halycon uses a simple elbow at the BC, Dive Rite has a pull dump which will fit the connector. It is not necessary but it does make buoyancy control while using the Air2 a little simpler.

 

[rjack321]

The Air2 will fit if you chose to throw your money away that way.

 

[Doc Intrepid]

It will fit on the hose.

But the hose is too short to really use it unless you have an anatomically unique neck. (Put the inflator in your mouth and try to look to your right...)

Recommend you not do it.

 

[stephenws]

Thanks for all the advice. The concensus seems to be strongly in favor of not doing it.
I just received the BC and yes, the hose would be much too short - something I hadn't considered. So I'll chalk it up to a poorly conceived idea and not do any modification to a well made Halcyon wing.