Zeagle Escape

[wolfen42]

I dove my new 2008 Escape this weekend w/ 24 lbs of weight and liked it. I bought the Escape because I wanted something that was small for travel, but could still handle a good amount of weight for midwest diving. I also wanted the back inflate. At a price of about $300 it fit the bill.

When diving local I put in the front weight pockets and load up the front and rear pockets.

On tropical dives I plan on leaving the front pockets at home (save a bit of space...) and just use the rear trim pockets.

I'm still split if I should have got a Brigade so I would have the option of adding a larger bladder and running doubles. But I figure I will get a BP/W sooner or later and set it up for doubles.

Thanks for mentioning removing the front pockets... I never noticed that was an option.

From what I've read, you should be able to removed the bladder and use with with a BP/W setup if you feel so led... Admittedly it might be a bit small for doubles...

 

[KGNickl]

Thanks for mentioning removing the front pockets... I never noticed that was an option.

From what I've read, you should be able to removed the bladder and use with with a BP/W setup if you feel so led... Admittedly it might be a bit small for doubles...

I think I worded that bad, just the front quick release weight pockets. The normal pockets stay.

 

[Geezer]

You still don't want to carry all of your weight in the rear pockets - as has already been mentioned, you'll find it very unstable, especially if you have any significant amount of weight there at all.

Either put a smaller amount of weight in the front pockets only, or, regardless of the total weight - put 1/3 in each front pocket, with the remaining 1/3 divided between the rear pockets. That's the set-up I've found works best of all.