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The Kracken:
MSilvia:
The bungee rhetoric has taken me to edge of getting banned from this sight in the past. I dive with OMS gear, but not the bungeed wings. People think the bungees, when retracted, don't allow for any air in the bladder. Hogwash. A leak in a bladder at depth doesn't need bungees to do the job when water pressure will create the same effect. All the bungees do is keep the excess material on large wings pulled in when not inflated. Now that being said, Dive Rite has semi-bungeed wings as well. They do the same thing the OMS bungees do, but are only on the front side of the wing. They eliminate the problem that I see with the OMS wing - entanglement. So, are bungeed wings bad? For environments with entanglement potential - YES. For non-entaglement environments - NO. I wouldn't buy a bungeed wing because I do both environments and don't really feel there is a need for bungees in the first place. But I agree that people just spit out what they have heard without doing any research on the matter.Albion:If you dont know the reason why comment on it, you are just furthering the myth, please stick to the facts you know.
The OMS wing with retractors is normally set so that the retractors limit how far the wing can expand. In the event of a leak in the wing they DO NOT squeeze all the air out, this is just bollox. I dont have one of these wings i think they look messy and probably are a potential entanglement hazard, but i have taken the time to look at one and how it works, rather than spouting misheard rubbish that someone else has come up with.
If i had a dollar for every time someone on SB has made this statement about OMS bungies i would be able to afford one myself
The Kracken:
