Greetings All,
Before I started diving, I came across scubaboard and ended up buying a used halcyon infinity setup from a scubaboard member. Now that I working on getting my wife into a bp/w and looking ahead to doubles, I have been eyeing the different wings available.
So let's talk about wing construction and by extension value. I have seen a few of @tbone1004 post who is a textile engineer, but it is still hard for me to understand the differences in wings especially as their cost expands hundreds of dollars. It seems to me that inflator and dump valves seem a dime a dozen, but please correct me if I am wrong. The main difference seems to be fabric.
Halcyon wings: $540
Before I started diving, I came across scubaboard and ended up buying a used halcyon infinity setup from a scubaboard member. Now that I working on getting my wife into a bp/w and looking ahead to doubles, I have been eyeing the different wings available.
So let's talk about wing construction and by extension value. I have seen a few of @tbone1004 post who is a textile engineer, but it is still hard for me to understand the differences in wings especially as their cost expands hundreds of dollars. It seems to me that inflator and dump valves seem a dime a dozen, but please correct me if I am wrong. The main difference seems to be fabric.
Halcyon wings: $540
- 1000 count Cordura outer shell allows the superior abrasion resistance
- Urethane coated, 400-denier nylon inner bladder for puncture resistance without stiffness
- Halcyon inner bladders are RF welded
- 1680 denier ballistic nylon
- 210 denier nylon laminated bladder
- Dive Rite's XT Armored wings have the durability of SuperFabric (some sort of abrasion-resistant material using "guard plates"?) outer side with a 1000 denier Cordura® inner side
- 210 denier nylon laminated bladder
- 1000 denier nylon outer bag
- Interior urethane backing
- Inner bladder polyurethane material ultrasonically welded fittings and seams
- Fabric outer shell (1200 Denier ballistic nylon on diver's side and 600 Denier polyester on the exterior)
- Heavy-duty polyurethane inner bladder
- 1000 Denier nylon outer shell
- urethane coated 200 Denier laminated bladder
- Exterior: 1000D Armorshield Cordura
- Inner air cell: 22mil (.022) thick black urethane
- 1600 denier Cordura cover
- 15mil Urethane inner bladder
- 840 denier Black w/Red trim Cordura Nylon protective outer covering
- Replaceable 420 Hi-tenacity denier TPU coated inner air bladder