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Assuming this isn't a troll... OMS dual bladder wings are not worth the money. They cost more than the single wings and don't work as well. I did not like mine and got rid of it because: -The bondage causes the top exhaust valve to stick open. I still can't believe this was designed into the BC. What the fuck were they thinking? It could be fixed by using a more ridged guide tube, why the hell didn't they??? I rigged mine so that the rubber tubing just pulled in the back of the BC bag and did not wrap all the way around. -The bondage causes center of buoyancy to be _under_ your tanks (this makes it feel like you are going to "capsize" all the time and makes it difficult to maintain trim underwater.) The increase in comfort of the single wings is really amazing. You might accomplish the same by not doing the bondage, but DB wings are not designed to float free and present lots of drag configured this way. -You have to install another LP hose to service the 2nd valve (bigtime failure points, hoses and intricate plastic valves). Any you have hoses all over the damn place, and you have to drag these hoses every freaking place you go. You could provide emergency buoyancy by bringing along a lift bag, something you might actually use. The only drawback to getting the single wing is that all the folks who have the bondage wings will call you a brown-noser, and accuse you of kissing George's ass. Fuck 'em. The bondage wings are a failure in design, totally flawed in concept and in execution. Jim >Definately recommend the OMS rig...it will provide the nessesary lift >(40Kilos/100 pounds) and has surgical tube banding around the bladder to >assist with bladder contraction which aids in volume reduction should you >elect to enter a wreck.... > >Scott > >At 10:21 AM 10/17/96 -0500, Gary A. Meier wrote: >>My old BC finally died, so I'm looking for recommendations for a >>BC/backpack better suited for technical diving. I've lurked on this list >>long enough to conclude that some of you may have opinions on this subject >>: ). >> >>I'd prefer a rig that I can use with a single or with double tanks (plus >>pony and up-line). I'd be using it almost exclusively for wreck diving. >>I'd appreciate recommendations and/or warnings of what to avoid. I'd very >>much appreciate a few words added explaining WHY you recommend or don't >>recommend certain rigs. >> > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >Subject: Recommendations for BC? >Sent: 10/17/96 11:21 AM >Received: 10/17/96 9:16 PM >From: Gary A. Meier, gameier@fm*.co* >To: Tech Diver, techdiver@terra.net > >My old BC finally died, so I'm looking for recommendations for a >BC/backpack better suited for technical diving. I've lurked on this list >long enough to conclude that some of you may have opinions on this subject >: ). > >I'd prefer a rig that I can use with a single or with double tanks (plus >pony and up-line). I'd be using it almost exclusively for wreck diving. >I'd appreciate recommendations and/or warnings of what to avoid. I'd very >much appreciate a few words added explaining WHY you recommend or don't >recommend certain rigs. > >Feel free to reply directly to me, or to the list. Thanks in advance. > >Gary > >************************************************************************** >Gary Meier, Ph.D. Senior Research Computational Chemist >FMC Corporation >Agricultural Products Group phone: (609) 951-3448 >Box 8 fax: (609) >951-3835 >Princeton, NJ 08543 email: gameier@fm*.co* > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'.
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