Aquatec horse collar BCD...anyone have an opinion

[kingairpilot]

I'm in need of a horse collar to go with a tank pack and a double hose...and some jet fins. I don't want a horse collar, mind you...but most dive operators demand some type of BCD and the SeaQuest and a double hose just don't go together. Anyway, I found this

Aquatec Horse Collar BC BC-002 Pl-230 with reviews at scuba.com

and thought it had a "vintage look" without the crack-ly sound that has come from most vintage USD bc's that I've found.

Any opinions or options would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Kurt

 

[knowone]

Black is so when you drop your stuff in a tub you cant find it. This also applys to when you drop your stuff in the ocean too.
I use a rubberised Fenzy or a fabric La Spirotechnique and the only crack is my back or the bottle. Does a rebreather have a vintage look?

 

[SwimJim]

I've owned one of those for two years and have a bunch of dives on it. It works well and the front pocket is easily accessable. It's a good unit that will last for years. My only complaint is that the zipper will scratch my nose sometimes when I don it. I've got a pretty big mellon with a nose to match. Ha. Most people would not have a problem with that. It's a good unit.

 

[kingairpilot]

Black is so when you drop your stuff in a tub you cant find it. This also applys to when you drop your stuff in the ocean too.
I use a rubberised Fenzy or a fabric La Spirotechnique and the only crack is my back or the bottle. Does a rebreather have a vintage look?

Depends...is it a vintage rebreather? Saw some early rebreathers at the Museum of Diving in Key Largo last week (pics in a few days when I download from the esposa's camera). Some of the early rebreathers look like true "Rube Goldberg" affairs. Personally, I'dve gone with a garden hose and clear bucket before diving an early rebreather but from what I've seen of the latest evolutions, I'd like to try one.

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[EODiver]

I have one and use it at work. I like how fast you can get in action with one. I also keep a cylinder on a hard pack rigged and ready to go along with my collar on a bracket bolted to my rear doors in my work truck for rapid deployment. They are great on the surface, and not too "unstreamlined" underwater.

 

[cloudflint]

I dive a buddy arctic ABLJ, it has a bottle on it and a power inflator as well so ive never had a dive operator give me any problems for diving with it. I believe they where made in the late eighties but they show up on ebay alot ive noticed.