RICHinNC
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Makin Raider
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What's up with the "Lift Capacity 40 lbs – 90 lbs." on this Maximus wing when there's only one size? and who needs 90 lbs of lift in a wing when the wing is only for a single tank? Not trying to slam it, I've just never come across stats like this for a wing, 
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It's a "stretchable" wing. My understanding (hopefully not off-base on this) is that it is like a rubberized "spandex" bladder. Thus my concern with patching it if needed.
Makin Raider
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interesting idea I'll give them that, lol. Sounds like an inner tube on your back. Could you use fix-a-flat as part of your save a dive kit?
True, which is why I limit my concerns to the published specs. As I said, I do like ScubaL products in general - good quality at an incredible price. I have asked via their forum about my concerns but received no response, so my opinion remains unchanged. You can get the wing by itself for $149, which makes it worth "trying out"
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cool_hardware52
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kidspot:
Based on what I know about wing contruction, my interpretation of the discripition is that the outer shell has elastic panels. I'd guess, and it's only a guess, that the inner bladder is likely urethane.
The downsides I see are:
Elastics fail, usually pretty quickly, think about the waist band on underwear
An elastic outer shell will "power deflate"
The bladder for a 90 lb wing could be a gas trapper when you are using only 40 lbs of capacity.
A 40 lb singles wing is required only in pretty extreme situations, ~25-35 lbs easily covers most single tank applications.
Tobin
Thanks Tobin ... reasonable explanation and sound thinking prevail again
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