Ed Hatfield
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During a dive last November I had difficulty maintaining bouyancy and discovered that my BCD was leaking from the oral inflator. I took it to my local shop for repair and ended up with a valve from a snorkelling vest fitted into the end of the inflator hose. The Airtrim BC is a Morphos Metal - Special Edition. The service tech explained that the valve had become pitted and corroded with salt water and was poorly designed because it used metal parts. The replacement is plastic (maybe nylon) but it looks terrible and stickes a couple of inches up from the vest and the cap no longer fits. If I accidently press the top of the valve it will vent the BC. The valve has a twist lock setting but I don't want my oral inflator locked should I need it in an emergency. Question - Has my service technician repaired this problem in an acceptable manner? Was his description of the poor design of the valve correct? If it was a poor design has the problem been corrected and a replacement part issued to dealers? Looking forward to a response from Mares on this so I can get my BCD 'Looking good the way it should'!!!