Zeagle Ranger LTD vs. Dive Rite Transpac

[Sean326]

Dual bladders are for REDUNDANCY ONLY ... there's only room in the bag for one to be inflated at a time. NEVER EVER try to inflate both for increased lift, that's NOT how you use them.

I think you will find this link is for a picture of both bladders inflated.

I'll admit though that I am not an expert on heavy lift bladders, because I float. I need help going down not up, my rangers 44# of lift are fine for me even with twin 100's and a BP, reel etc.

All I was trying to say is that hardhatdiver should not condemn Zeagle when they offer an option that would probably work for him. Oms's biggest bladder is 94# only 9 # more than Zeagle

http://zeagle.com/index.php?submenu=Accessories&src=gendocs&link=Accy_bladders

 

[Scuba_Vixen]

I think you will find this link is for a picture of both bladders inflated.

I'll admit though that I am not an expert on heavy lift bladders, because I float. I need help going down not up, my rangers 44# of lift are fine for me even with twin 100's and a BP, reel etc.

All I was trying to say is that hardhatdiver should not condemn Zeagle when they offer an option that would probably work for him. Oms's biggest bladder is 94# only 9 # more than Zeagle

http://zeagle.com/index.php?submenu=Accessories&src=gendocs&link=Accy_bladders

All the redundant bladder bc's run one inflator hose off each side .. right and left, It's most practical that way, .... but the actual bladders are front and back, each one has to be symetrical or you'd never keep ballanced. Either bladder inflated fills up inside the whole outer shell.

Hope that clarifies a bit,

Darlene

 

[yknot]

Looking back at the original question, this really reminds me that no one single piece of gear I have seen does everything well. If you dive a bp&w's you would need two different sized wings to go between single and double tanks anyway. Why does a Ranger have to do both? I dive a Zeagle today and while I think it is very well made and all that, I would still like to compare it against something like the Halcyon Pioneer 36Lb setup. As a couple of observations about the Zeagles- I have a 911 (rated at 60lb of lift) that I think is just too much for a single tank. Also, while I haven't tested this notion, I would bet that after a dive, when a Zeagle has soaked up some water, they are probably still very close to neutral but they gotta weigh at least ten pounds. The Halcyon rigs just don't look like they hold a lot of excess weight- if they are 6+ lbs of dead weight out of the water you probably would also be 6+ lbs negative in the water. If I was buying another Zeagle today I would look at the Escape. Still has, I believe, the ripcord weight disposal system (great integrated disposal system IMO) and only about a 30lb wing. Plenty for a single tank. When you do drift to doubles I bet the cost of your new BC/bp&w/whatever will be the least of your concerns.