Your input on a light weight bcd for travel

[alcina]

Wow, so many options! thanks for all the ideas and links. I'll sit down and have a look through them this week. Really appreciate the help

 

[Bigd2722]

+1 for the Zeagle Express Tech

 

[TSandM]

As much as it hurts me to recommend anything from the company, the Oxycheq Ultra Lite Travel Plate is a neat little gadget. It weighs 9.6 ounces, can be combined with a simple harness and any Oxycheq wing. The little plate retails for $48 from ScubaToys, and they also have the 18 lb wing that goes with it, and all of it comes in multiple colors. I tried one of these setups on at DEMA a few years ago, and was pleasantly surprised with it. The wing isn't cheap, though, at $272.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Express tech. No question. do.a search of.my posts to.find a link to the review I did on dailyscubadiving. You can also.google zeagle express tech review. It will be in the top five or so results.

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[DevonDiver]

As much as it hurts me to recommend anything from the company, the Oxycheq Ultra Lite Travel Plate is a neat little gadget. It weighs 9.6 ounces, can be combined with a simple harness and any Oxycheq wing. The little plate retails for $48 from ScubaToys, and they also have the 18 lb wing that goes with it, and all of it comes in multiple colors. I tried one of these setups on at DEMA a few years ago, and was pleasantly surprised with it. The wing isn't cheap, though, at $272.

Yeah... it's expensive (the 18lb wing), but I've been really impressed with mine since I got it a few months ago. I don't like to spend a lot of cash on my kit, because it typically doesn't last me that long, but the little wing is reserved for my personal travel/fun dives, rather than working or the rougher wreck dives... so it seems worthwhile.

The Ultra-Lite plate lives mostly on my sidemount rig, but gets swapped onto the 18lb wing for travel. For me, travel consists of public buses, 'jeepneys' and ferries around the Philippines or backpacking style trips around Asia. Along with my Scubapro Mk35/S600 Ti regs, Lightweight ankle booties, mask, Force Fins and X-Shorts/Rash-Guard, it's a complete dive set-up that I can carry in hand-luggage for super-light travelling/diving. (If you've ever used public transport to get around in the Philippines, you can appreciate how essential a super-minimalist/lightweight set of kit is). For those travels, I also have a set of webbing without most of the 'metalware'.. all D-Rings removed except for low-profile (1") rings at the left chest and hip.

 

[beaverdivers]

Check Out the SCUBAPRO GO!

 

[alcina]

Thanks, All. I'm going to go with the cheap option this trip, I reckon

 

[RTee]

Another plus for the Zeagle Express Tech