Weight pockets and $$$$$$

[rstora01]

Curious, How did that happen?

 

[abyss_scuba]

Great point Jim one of my favorite things to watch is new divers who insist on putting all their weight in the BC and then watching them do a BC removal, lol, feet up holding on to the BC with that look on their face priceless(before anyone starts flaming me I am sure to have control of the student).

 

[Jim Lapenta]

it is kinda cool. But worse is getting AOW students who were told to load the crap out of the BC and that they would never need a weight belt again. Those are the instructors you just want to slap. Hard.

 

[fdennis]

I lost a quick release oceanic probe weight pocket yesterday and need to get another one but they are so so so expensive. 60 bucks for just the pocket. Come on. Where can I get cheap ones or who has extras and I'll send you a check

Does your BCD use the QLR3 weight pockets? If so, then you may be in luck - Oceanic issued a recall on those in January of 2012. If your BCD hadn't already been serviced by the recall, you should be able to contact Oceanic and get replacements for both.

BTW - how did you lose the pocket?

 

[flots am]

Really flots? I know a diver who lost two different weight pockets on two different bc's. We don't know what happened, but the company is automatically wrong, why?

The company is wrong because it's a bad design if pockets can fall out. That's simply unacceptable, like if the doors on your car randomly opened on the highway.

There are a number of designs where this is impossible and they should be using one of them.

flots

 

[phoenix31tt]

Weight integration is sold as the greatest thing since sliced bread but I much prefer a belt. It distributes the weight evenly, is just as ditchable, doesn't put stressv on the BC while carrying it, and they are cheap. If I ever went back to a traditional bc instead of bp/w I think I would still use a belt.

for me weight integration is great... because i dont need 28lbs... i dive 8lbs, 2 in each pocket and 2 on tank pockets... so for me its great... now that i'm diving bp/w i hate to have to go back to a belt... so i got pockets that will attach the the harness if necessary (i may be good to go with 4lbs on the tank based on my pool dive of 0 weight and being -ve)

so dont knock it for everyone.. it has its place.. if i go back traditional (which i wont).. i will get weight integrated

 

[bbarnett51]

Weight integration is sold as the greatest thing since sliced bread but I much prefer a belt. It distributes the weight evenly, is just as ditchable, doesn't put stressv on the BC while carrying it, and they are cheap. If I ever went back to a traditional bc instead of bp/w I think I would still use a belt.

for me weight integration is great... because i dont need 28lbs... i dive 8lbs, 2 in each pocket and 2 on tank pockets... so for me its great... now that i'm diving bp/w i hate to have to go back to a belt... so i got pockets that will attach the the harness if necessary (i may be good to go with 4lbs on the tank based on my pool dive of 0 weight and being -ve)

so dont knock it for everyone.. it has its place.. if i go back traditional (which i wont).. i will get weight integrated

Yes I agree! I just don't think it's as big of a deal as ppl make it out to be.

 

[RJP]

The company is wrong because it's a bad design if pockets can fall out. That's simply unacceptable, like if the doors on your car randomly opened on the highway.

There are a number of designs where this is impossible and they should be using one of them.

flots

OP said he "lost one" but never said "it fell out" - I assumed he misplaced it by that choice of words.

 

[flots am]

OP said he "lost one" but never said "it fell out" - I assumed he misplaced it by that choice of words.

Only the OP can answer that . . .

flots.