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  1. February 5th, 2003, 05:19 PM #1
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    The Assimiliation Continues, Part 3... Wing arrived! The rest should roll in tomorrow

    I'm going on a 2.5 day dive trip this weekend - so I ordered my first BP/W rig that is supposed to arrive by Thursday.

    My Pioneer wing rolled in, with the tank bands and super cam buckles.

    Question: How do I tell its the 36# and not the 27#? There are literally no markings on it. Do the blue bellows distinguish between the two?

    I'll have a lot more questions tomorow when the BP, harness, pack and ACB roll.

    Pretty excited.
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    27 versus 36

    Blue bellows means you have a 36lb wing. The 27lb wing has no bellows at all.

    Haven't seen a 45lb wing to compare, but they're pretty rare anyway.

    Did you get the ACB20 or ACB30 (ACB or ACB+)?
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  3. February 5th, 2003, 05:22 PM #3
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    Hmm...

    Scubaroo once bubbled...
    Blue bellows means you have a 36lb wing. The 27lb wing has no bellows at all.

    Haven't seen a 45lb wing to compare, but they're pretty rare anyway.

    Did you get the ACB20 or ACB30 (ACB or ACB+)?
    The 45lb wing looks like an African Elephant...that someone painted black..and covered with nylon...and affixed a Halcyon label to...
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  4. February 5th, 2003, 05:30 PM #4
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    Got the ACB 20...

    Fed Ex is hacking me off.... they traced it to Orlando on Feb 1 and nothing else. Its supposed to be here tomorrow...it better be.

    Anyway - I got the 20#. I wear 20# with my DUI 50/50 and that fluffy Black Diamond with my HP Steel 100. So I'm thinking if I take 6 off with the SS BP, I'll need at most 14...likely less as I'm sure that BD was quite bouyant.

    This thing is more like a nylon horse coller with tank band slots - not too elephant or rhino like.

    Against the better wishes of several, I may add a bead to the dump...I haven't tried the UP OK method, but it seems quite easy to miss. I like having it on the left.

    No Tie-Wrap on the inflator - I like that. The fill hose is pretty substantial - this thing probably fills in a moment.

    This should be interesting.

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  5. February 5th, 2003, 06:17 PM #5
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    ACB20

    Got a canister light then? You need to read this.
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  6. February 5th, 2003, 06:25 PM #6
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    Me and the can light not so much

    happy with my current light. Don't need th balast, and its just too much for to pay for a LHMS (long hose management system).

    Cool link, but not for me.

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    To clear up a misconception

    NiMH canisters can't really be considered ballast like an old sealed lead-acid battery canister - in the water it weighs less than a pound.
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