Wings of death?

[SteveW]

Just curious, I know most of the arguments against bungee wings but how many people have actually had the problems they are suppose to present. Is it a "yes" this does happen often or is it a "well it could happen so why take the chance". If that is the case there are plenty of things that "could" happen. Just curious.

 

[The Chairman]

But was able to use my wings just fine. I did replace my bungees when I sealed the hole.

 

[Lost Yooper]

I hooked a bungie on a bent nail inside a wreck in 150' of water. A lot can go through one's mind in five seconds or so.

Bungies => GIMMICK

Mike

 

[ericfine50]

You can go to www.aquanaut.com and check the archives. There was a death of a mix student who had the wings. Bungies were WAY to tight (came from factory like that) and appeared she could not inflate at depth. That came from a surviving member of the trio.

Eric

 

[Uncle Pug]

"Deeaahdd man divin"

"Dead man divin here"

 

[O-ring]

Even if they don't kill you, they can trap air and throw your trim to hell as well as being the antithesis of streamlining.

 

[Iguana Don]

If you overinflate your BWODs and poke a hole in the bottom of them, then you don't have to buy a scooter!

ID

 

[The Chairman]

Only one out of the five negative responces indicated that they had used these wings at all. One made a vague reference to an apocryphal posting somewhere on some other board, and the others just plain don't like them. So, if 1/5 or 20% of all the stuff said about the bungeed wings is true, and that did not result in death or injury, well then, I still think I love them. The comment about the wing putting off trim MORE than the Flacid Wings of Flailing, has probably not really given them a fair shake. Their trim is rock solid and they do not have the propensity to spin the diver over... like I saw happen on my last trip to Alexander springs. This guy must have rolled over a dozen times too. I was cracking up! He did come over and look at my bungeed wings and told me they would kill me. I said, I understood that they didn't give the wearer a good sense of which way was up like his wings did. He just walked away after that. Everyone in my group just started laughing... loudly too.

 

[divedude]

Another vote for the BWDC. Never had a problem and 95% of my diving is wrecks doing penetration.
I have gotten hooked up but never on a bungee...

 

[Walter]

It doesn't matter to me either way - I don't use wings at all. If I were in the market for wings, I'd pass on bungies for two reasons.

1. They serve no purpose. A BC functions quite well without bungies.

2. I like to keep things as simple as possible. I'll add a complication if I can see a clear advantage.