Spady
Contributor
What's next, a regulator that breathes for you so you don't have to make the effort?
Looks lame
Looks lame
You have GOT TO BE KIDDING!- New Aqualung BC
- Thread starter Otter
- Start date
Please register or login
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
- Ability to post and comment on topics and discussions.
- A Free photo gallery to share your dive photos with the world.
- You can make this box go away
What we are failing to understand or appreciate is that these cloth sacks with a plastic bag inside them are pure profit. All of them are horribly over priced and all of them are heavily promoted. The fact is that you really don't need a BC at all for many types of commonly practiced diving. But, if the consumer knew this the dive buisness would loose their most profitable and marketed--uh---"device"---a stupid bag of air.
N
N
- Messages
- 6,921
- Reaction score
- 26
- # of dives
- I just don't log dives
Otter:
There's a difference between direction and depth.
Anybody can make a single lever that adds or releases air.
I'd be really impressed if it was like cruise control (set it for 95' and just hang there).
Has anybody seen the HUB^H^H^H i3 in person?
Terry
Diver Dennis
Contributor
If they don't work, then maybe they will recall them like the Halcyon inflators...
I found out about these about a month or so back. I was tempted to order one just to see if it's as silly as it looks. Of course then I'd have to sell it to some hapless soul, & I just can't do that.
daniel f aleman
Contributor
You guys are hilarious - I can't wait until one of you trys one and loves it... but won't admit it on this board.
What's so sacred about a BC with oral inflation?
What's so sacred about a BC with oral inflation?
Wolfie2012
Contributor
daniel f aleman:
Is this a serious question?
These have a traditional corrugated hose with inflator. It's tucked in out of the way. That being said, I wouldn't buy one.
Nor would I recommend anyone to get it. I already have enough on my plate when I dive with people whose initial training wasn't done properly.
<end of dive>
me: <thumb up>
them: <ok>
me: <looks away for a second>
them: <HISSSSSSSSSSSS>
me: <!@&*^#!&*@^#!!!!!!> <reaches behind and grabs their ankle and deflates own bc completely just in time>
that was one scary night
"turn the handle up to go up" indeed <sigh>
Nor would I recommend anyone to get it. I already have enough on my plate when I dive with people whose initial training wasn't done properly.
<end of dive>
me: <thumb up>
them: <ok>
me: <looks away for a second>
them: <HISSSSSSSSSSSS>
me: <!@&*^#!&*@^#!!!!!!> <reaches behind and grabs their ankle and deflates own bc completely just in time>
that was one scary night
"turn the handle up to go up" indeed <sigh>
daniel f aleman:
SAFETY!!! What if a hose fails or you are out of air? You can always orally inflate. Infact, I have a friend who likes to never use the power inflator, choosing to always orally inflate, even underwater. And I watched as all three DM's on a cattle boat dive left their's unconnected enirely, the hose just dangledoff the reg. If they ever needed to add air, they just inflated orally. I would not dive with a BC that did not have a way to easily orally inflate in an emergency. Granted, other things are more dangerous to dive without, but I consider this a safety issue.
Plus I don't know how it works, but what if it breaks?
on the flip side, didn't some other BC have a push button system similar to this?
The dive industry is replete with stinkyosity from stem to stern.
N
N
Similar threads
