What is a BCD Kit?

[Jberridge]

Just had my IDI BCD sericed and on the price write up they wrote that it had the service done $20 bucks and then a kit on top of it?? what exactly does this entail? And when i called the guy told me that it was not holding air and when i asked details he said he didnt know and that he had 100 others he was looking at....well i picked it up and they said nothing to me about it not holding air and it was serviced fine with no bad comments. I have had it in my room for 4 hours adn the air is still holding strong in teh bladder....needless to say im changing dive shops

 

[Dive Right In Scuba]

Seems sketchy....There isnt much to reparing a BCD....We usually do them for free and clean them....Now if there is tremendous amounts of salt(have found mounds of dry salt) or it is extremely dirty and neglected, then we charge about $10-20 for it....As for a kit??? Sketchy ......BUT I dont know too much about your BCD, and Im not a technician......

 

[Jberridge]

yea thats what i was thinking. I know that they charge 20 for the annual service to begin with. I was thinking i could have orally blown it up for 20 bucks and watched to see if it held air all night. guess ill never know....PS the "kit" was 15.99

 

[miesemer]

The kit may have been a service/rebuild kit for your inflator?

 

[Hallmac]

The kit price sounds a bit high for this area, not sure for your area, but several of the manufactures we service have a "kit" for the power inflator. Some are just o-rings while others Like Zegal include plastics and valves.

It is not uncommon for salt or fine sand to build up on inflator valves, o-rings, and the body which then scores, sticks or nicks, causing leaks or runaway.

Of course if you do a good job rinsing after each dive trip then most of the time no kit is required.

 

[scubatoys]

Now how in the world could you ever check your own bc to see if it holds air. We attend an all day seminar where we look at a BC for 4 hours to become "BC Holding Air Specialists".

I'll let you know the next time one of these seminars is in your area.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba]

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[Colliam7]

Just had my IDI BCD sericed and on the price write up they wrote that it had the service done $20 bucks and then a kit on top of it?? what exactly does this entail? And when i called the guy told me that it was not holding air and when i asked details he said he didnt know and that he had 100 others he was looking at....well i picked it up and they said nothing to me about it not holding air and it was serviced fine with no bad comments. I have had it in my room for 4 hours adn the air is still holding strong in teh bladder....needless to say im changing dive shops

Agree with the comments about the 'kit' possibly being related to the inflator. From your post I infer the labor was $20, but you don't mention the 'kit' cost so it is hard to say if it was high, low, or just right as Goldilocks might say. Before changing shops, you might want to speak to the manager and express concern about what appears to be a remarkable lack of information on what was found, what was done, and what was charged in connection with the service (of course, if the guy you talked to WAS the manager, then your immediate instinct to change is probably right). If it is holding air now, perhaps was it not holding air when it was serviced, and that's why they worked on the inflator (or maybe a dump valve gasket, or whatever), and that is why it now functions appropriately.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba]

Agree with the comments about the 'kit' possibly being related to the inflator. From your post I infer the labor was $20, but you don't mention the 'kit' cost so it is hard to say if it was high, low, or just right as Goldilocks might say. Before changing shops, it seems you might want to speak to the manager and express concern about what appears to be a remarkable lack of information on what was found, what was done, and what was charged (of course, if the guy you talked to WAS the manager, then your immediate instinct to change is probably right). If it is holding air now, perhaps was it not holding air when it was serviced, and that's why they worked on the inflator (or maybe a dump gasket, or whatever), and that is why it now functions appropriately.

I agree with Colliam....but at the same time the OP said in his second post he knew the price going into it. Thats like paying $100 for an oil change when you know they are going to charge you $100....then getting mad.

Did you not worry about the $20 charge when you dropped it off? IF so, did you ask? If not, I really dont see how you can be upset and want to switch shops, if you knew it was going to be $20 going into it.....Im sure you have more to the story and Im looking too deep into this.....

 

[Hallmac]

In his first post he mentioned the $20 labor and second post the 15.99 kit charge.

The labor is in line and depending on cost of the area the "kit" may or may not be in line here they run between 3 and 11 bucks. All In all I would say he was probably charged fairly.