I'm considering buying another BP/W and I currently really like my XDeep Ghost, which has been more or less commandeered by my better half. The XDeep Ghost fits all my criteria, it's comfortable, and I'm still just a recreational diver but have been doing a lot more wreck penetrations lately. Nothing huge, just small wrecks that you can get in and out of pretty easily. The biggest draw to the Ghost is that it is quite light, though I haven't handled many BP/Ws so I don't know if they get much heavier. I almost always fly to dive, so every pound counts.
My question is: how important is it, in practice, to have a double layer bladder (from what I understand, the Ghost has a urethane bladder laminated to the denier whereas some wings are more robust with an outer denier shell for protection and a separate bladder inside. I'm not too concerned with ease of repair or cost of replacement, I just want to get an idea of how "dangerous" a single layer bladder is in practice. Has anyone experienced or seen ruptured/punctured wings on a dive? Does it happen often?
I'm very much in the boat of just buying another XDeep Ghost as I have no complaints with it thus far, but curiosity got to me and I've been looking at what other BP/Ws have that the Ghost doesn't. I realize there is some weight savings with a single layer bladder but was curious what issues have occurred in the real world. Are there really many situations where a double layer wing would have survived where a single layer does not?
My question is: how important is it, in practice, to have a double layer bladder (from what I understand, the Ghost has a urethane bladder laminated to the denier whereas some wings are more robust with an outer denier shell for protection and a separate bladder inside. I'm not too concerned with ease of repair or cost of replacement, I just want to get an idea of how "dangerous" a single layer bladder is in practice. Has anyone experienced or seen ruptured/punctured wings on a dive? Does it happen often?
I'm very much in the boat of just buying another XDeep Ghost as I have no complaints with it thus far, but curiosity got to me and I've been looking at what other BP/Ws have that the Ghost doesn't. I realize there is some weight savings with a single layer bladder but was curious what issues have occurred in the real world. Are there really many situations where a double layer wing would have survived where a single layer does not?