grouchyturtle
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Both in lift and/or size.
Is it the Oxycheq Mach V 18lb?
Or does someone make something smaller?
Is it the Oxycheq Mach V 18lb?
Or does someone make something smaller?
Smallest wing available
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Deep Sea Supply makes a 17 lb tropical travel wing. That wing is tiny!
Yes the DSS wing is the smallest.....I love them!
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I've got one of the old DiveRite 18lb travel wings. It's AWESOME. Used it for close to 200 dives this summer. Nothing better for a Transpac and al80
DSS makes a 12lb lift wing. I haven't seen one, but it has to be tiny.
I dive the Oxycheq 18.
I dive the Oxycheq 18.
I have a Halcyon wing that is 18lbs IIRC. It's an inverted horseshoe shape, doesn't connect through at the bottom. No big deal for a travel wing but somewhat less convenient than the circular style.
Smaller wings is a bit like smaller pony tanks though. It is a law of diminishing returns. I can't see any really good reason to go smaller than 17 lbs.
cool_hardware52
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Our smallest conventional back mount single tank wing is the Torus 17.
Our 12 lbs Super Scooter wing *cannot* be used with a back mounted cylinder. The SS12 is intended to be used with a single slung al 80, i.e. monkey style.
Why 12 lbs? That just enough to float a SS back plate & Harness, full al 80 and a regulator.
Using these admittedly tiny wings requires a full understanding of proper weighting.
Tobin
The DSS 17lb wing is the only single tank wing that I own. In February, I was doing some deep diving in Cyprus wearing a mountain of neoprene, and about three times as much lead as I have ever had on me before, plus a 15 litre cylinder. I checked and rechecked, but I was very nervous about my weighting for the dives... Happily it all went well, but I had horrible visions of having to use my SMB to claw my way back to the surface. I guess there is a reason they call them 'tropical' wings.
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