On a recent return flight from a dive trip, the air line destroyed our hard sided suitcase with our BCD's in it. It appears to have been run over multiple times. Where the plastic is not shattered, you can see the lines where it was crushed. Airline is making good on the bag, I don't know about the BCD's. My wing bladder is removable so it's easy enough to inspect.
My wife's Aqualung Pearl is a jacket type with no way to inspect the bladder. The bag was obviously crushed so I'm worried about the bladder being pinched and weakened. We dive Nitrox to close to depth limits so I'm concerned the if she was caught in a down current, a bladder failure could be more serious than if she were on air.
I'm checking with the manufacturers as well, but wanted to run it by the experts here. My local dive shop (who does not sell Aqualung) said the safest thing to do is replace it. There is no way to know of it was damaged without opening up the BCD. She really likes this BCD so he knows he is not getting the sale. The advice was not just a sales tactic.
Thanks in advance for your response.
Jay
My wife's Aqualung Pearl is a jacket type with no way to inspect the bladder. The bag was obviously crushed so I'm worried about the bladder being pinched and weakened. We dive Nitrox to close to depth limits so I'm concerned the if she was caught in a down current, a bladder failure could be more serious than if she were on air.
I'm checking with the manufacturers as well, but wanted to run it by the experts here. My local dive shop (who does not sell Aqualung) said the safest thing to do is replace it. There is no way to know of it was damaged without opening up the BCD. She really likes this BCD so he knows he is not getting the sale. The advice was not just a sales tactic.
Thanks in advance for your response.
Jay
