Review of Mares Icon BCD - Very Happy!!!!!

[cyclone3565]

what a great BCD!!!!!!!

I first tried this in the Florida caverns and then bought one right before the San Marcos River dive and now just got back from one week in Cozumel. I have also used it with my Drysuit in the Oklahome lakes. After my Zeagle I was skeptical, but have been extremely pleased and am very happy to have made the switch. I just bought my wife the ladies version, the Alikai (spelling). Thank you Mares for these great BCD's.

 

[Phil Mintz]

cyclone,

Thanks, we are really glad that you are enjoying the BC.

Best regards,

Phil

 

[Pax50]

The Mares Icon appears not to be a jacket BC- which is what I have only dived in. Those who have tried it do you feel there would be a big transition form jacket to this back inflate style. Also anybody know of any distributors on BC westcoast for this product. Thanks!

 

[CODMAN]

PAX, from my experience, the main difference with back inflate bcds are that if you overinflate them at the surface, they tend to push you face down into the water. To avoid this, when at the surface, always inflate the BCD the minimum you need to be comfortably out of the water.

Also, back inflates keep you more hotizontal in the water in general, although I've found the difference to be slight when compared to my Mares Morphos pro, which is a jacket style...

Hope this helps!

The Mares Icon appears not to be a jacket BC- which is what I have only dived in. Those who have tried it do you feel there would be a big transition form jacket to this back inflate style. Also anybody know of any distributors on BC westcoast for this product. Thanks!

 

[Mndiv]

I am looking into buying this. (I know this is a while ago) But for any other people reading this for the purpose of reviews, the Mares Icon BCD is a back inflate, not a jacket style BCD.

 

[staggsSevin]

I love my icon, i picked up a cheap package at A Scuba AH Shoppe, We put the AH! in scuba