You do not have to.I just want to defend the Stealth.
Nobody attacked it. I am just a bit more critical with it than most others.
As I said: it is very good system! One of the best on the market at the moment.
On the other hand the Stealth is a bit off-topic in this thread, isn't it?
I just did not want a different system with mostly identical capabilities to distract.
It is...I think it's pretty telling that Steve Martin, one of the original GoSidemount instructors is now diving...
It looks much more like a political decision than anything else, though.
Steve Martin just seems to have wanted to keep his independence as an instructor and teach for more than one system.
btw:
The Razor pouch stayed with him in several videos, seems to have been irreplaceable.
He was always offering non-gosidemount training in addition to the Razor classes, but recommended the Razor repeatedly.
If you can find old info he wrote on his site it is easy to see how (nearly fanatically) dedicated he was to the Razor.
His excellent videos almost replace a day of training, more Razor specific info than anyone else ever published.
Now he is as absolute about the Stealth.
Never met him, only emailed a few years ago, but I assume when I do met him he will be a much more complex person than shown by his internet persona and the fascinating viral marketing he surrounds himself with.
In my opinion this is an often cited misunderstanding about the Razor BAT-wing.Easier than having to roll to dump, and always to only one side.
While you can roll to optimize dumping air that is not necessary in every situation you want to decrease buoyancy.
A fully inflated wing will dump in any orientation (when completely submerged).
It can also be helped along by pulling on one of the wing bungees (with both of the wings discussed here).
Only if the wing is next to empty the air has to be moved towards the pull dump first.
This is not different from having to get the lower part of the wing to the highest position while the wing bulges up above it (on the Stealth the top of the inflated wing is several centimeters higher in the water than the dump).
Both are easy to control and with both body movement helps, but it is not strictly necessary.
The construction of the Stealth wing has a few disadvantages when jumping into the water and after longer periods drifting on the surface, especially in bad weather.
Something to keep in mind, not something too discourage from using the wing sensibly.
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