Scubapro Hydros Pro BC

[RalliFTO]

What is the purpose of 2 shoulder dump valves and a third on the bottom?
All that customization but only one lift size for the wing? I would have preferred more wing size options and losing the bungee. But then again I'm not the right customer anyways.

The dump valves all serve the same purpose so not much difference for what I understand. As for lift size, the men's S size BCD had a smaller lift size than the other sizes.

 

[dumpsterDiver]

scuba pro has a long history of having a pull dump on the shoulder. For many years they did not have an integrated pull dump on the inflator hose. I think they probably wanted to fall in line with the industry standard and then added the pull dump at the top of the corregated hose... so you have two options for dumping from the front.

SP has made some of the most rugged and reliable BC's for a long time. I am surprised more people on this forum don't seem to recognize that. On the other hand $900 for a BC, is pretty ridiculous - at least for my budget.

 

[tbone1004]

scuba pro has a long history of having a pull dump on the shoulder. For many years they did not have an integrated pull dump on the inflator hose. I think they probably wanted to fall in line with the industry standard and then added the pull dump at the top of the corregated hose... so you have two options for dumping from the front.

SP has made some of the most rugged and reliable BC's for a long time. I am surprised more people on this forum don't seem to recognize that. On the other hand $900 for a BC, is pretty ridiculous - at least for my budget.

that's the problem, while they're good pieces of gear, it is real tough to stomach paying 2x as much money for something that is built to the same quality... They're not built any better than the DSS BP/W's or something like the Dive Rite Hunterpac, they're just not, so paying close to 2x is just really difficult to justify