Wantonmien
Contributor
Greetings Mares,
Having obtained AOW last year and taken advise, I bought a PRESTIGE MRS PLUS BCD, with the two trim weight pockets at rear, and two intergrated weight slide in pockets/sleeves on the front.
BCD feels comfortable, preforms well and I'm used to wearing it, however the release of the front weight pocket/sleve I feel is far too easy to the extent it is a design fault, such that when diving, a slight knock on the 'red' front pull, or slight brush on a rock or similar and the weight pocket sleeve will unfasten and quickly slide out. If not noticed at the time and retrieved, the accidental dumping of weights will of course lead to unexpected buoyancy / safety hazard for the diver, and later expense in replacement.
I'm not a clumsy diver, nor bump into rocks or people, nor dive overweighted (infact use total 6 kg with 1kg in each rear trim pockets 2kg in each front sleeve) but on last dive of several over the weekend having swum through a fairly tight channel and slightly touching rocks to side and bottom, out fell a sleeve pocket with 2kg in it, to rapidly disappear into a crevice and be gone for ever ~ leaving me more buoyant than I wanted at 15 m depth, and of course struggling to control ascent with an adequate safety stop.
This is the third time one of my front sleeves has accidentally fallen out, and on dives over the past few months I have picked up an indentical sleeve with weights inside that anther person had lost ~ so can I suggest you are selling a BCD with an inherant design fault ?
I'm am now considering abandoning use of the sleeves with my Mares BCD, and reverting to a weight belt, or replacing my BCD with another brand - however perhaps you can offer me a solution in the way of improved sleeves that do not release and fall out so easily !
Regards
Having obtained AOW last year and taken advise, I bought a PRESTIGE MRS PLUS BCD, with the two trim weight pockets at rear, and two intergrated weight slide in pockets/sleeves on the front.
BCD feels comfortable, preforms well and I'm used to wearing it, however the release of the front weight pocket/sleve I feel is far too easy to the extent it is a design fault, such that when diving, a slight knock on the 'red' front pull, or slight brush on a rock or similar and the weight pocket sleeve will unfasten and quickly slide out. If not noticed at the time and retrieved, the accidental dumping of weights will of course lead to unexpected buoyancy / safety hazard for the diver, and later expense in replacement.
I'm not a clumsy diver, nor bump into rocks or people, nor dive overweighted (infact use total 6 kg with 1kg in each rear trim pockets 2kg in each front sleeve) but on last dive of several over the weekend having swum through a fairly tight channel and slightly touching rocks to side and bottom, out fell a sleeve pocket with 2kg in it, to rapidly disappear into a crevice and be gone for ever ~ leaving me more buoyant than I wanted at 15 m depth, and of course struggling to control ascent with an adequate safety stop.
This is the third time one of my front sleeves has accidentally fallen out, and on dives over the past few months I have picked up an indentical sleeve with weights inside that anther person had lost ~ so can I suggest you are selling a BCD with an inherant design fault ?
I'm am now considering abandoning use of the sleeves with my Mares BCD, and reverting to a weight belt, or replacing my BCD with another brand - however perhaps you can offer me a solution in the way of improved sleeves that do not release and fall out so easily !
Regards
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