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Hi all I am thinking of getting a Aqua Lung Dimension i3 BCD or one similar. I like the idea of not having hoses at the shoulder to inflate and deflate. Has anyone used one of these? What do you think? Positives and negatives?
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I saw this at DEMA this year and liked the omission of the hose. While I do a lot of tech diving, now that I have moved to Key Largo, the Diving Capital of the World, I think I want to try one! To that end, I have contacted Aqua Lung about a loaner. We'll see if they'll let me actually dive it and I'll post the results right here for you to read. It's important that we keep an open mind to new developments in diving. When I first hit the suds back in 1969, it was without a pressure gauge or bladder. Like sharks we couldn't rest lest we slowly sink! :shocked2: Then, when the breathing got hard we reached back and pulled our J-valve open so we could surface at a semi-leisurely pace. But times have changed and so has gear. If you don't change with the times, the sands of time might simply bury you in obscurity.Hi all I am thinking of getting a Aqua Lung Dimension i3 BCD or one similar. I like the idea of not having hoses at the shoulder to inflate and deflate. Has anyone used one of these? What do you think? Positives and negatives?
I saw this at DEMA this year and liked the omission of the hose. While I do a lot of tech diving, now that I have moved to Key Largo, the Diving Capital of the World, I think I want to try one! To that end, I have contacted Aqua Lung about a loaner. We'll see if they'll let me actually dive it and I'll post the results right here for you to read. It's important that we keep an open mind to new developments in diving. When I first hit the suds back in 1969, it was without a pressure gauge or bladder. Like sharks we couldn't rest lest we slowly sink! :shocked2: Then, when the breathing got hard we reached back and pulled our J-valve open so we could surface at a semi-leisurely pace. But times have changed and so has gear. If you don't change with the times, the sands of time might simply bury you in obscurity.
Don't get out much? There have been a number of improvements over the years and especially in lights, cameras, fins, regulators, rebreathers, reels and even BCDs.At the risk of being called "non-progressive", I favor simple, easily serviceable, shoulder hose bc's whether BP/W, jacket or back-inflate. Since there have been no significant new developments in scuba equipment in at least 20 years,
I find all encompassing statements like this to be trite, over used and disingenuous. Next you're going to tell us that "you will surely die". Go ahead, we're up for it!companies survive/prosper by selling elegant solutions to non-existant problems.