When a diver wants to buy a dive BCD, usually using only one set of studies of diving equipment and options do not really know. First question most people ask when faced with a shelf full of BCD is "What's the difference" or more precisely, "What I'm paying? – In this article I will explain the most common features found in BCD diving course they are intended.
First, I should that most diving jacket style BCD is basically the same – the main difference is that usually have an integrated system or how heavy and feature-rich, are. I'll leave the butterfly BCD for another article.
How Scuba BCD format?
This is the most important factor to consider when buying a BCD. The most feature-rich CSM, with the brightest patches in the diving magazines is useless if not comfortable. For this reason, always case of a BCD before you buy. You should consider:
1) What is the meaning BCD cut – not cut in the armpit area or is it enough? For the ladies, consider a special ladies jacket such as Scuba Diving BCD Mares Kalia.
2) Can you get in your pockets? A large number of pockets are ridiculously BCD which are basically useless inaccessible!
3) How do you feel when fully inflated BCD? The BCD should feel good when fully inflated if you feel uncomfortable when on the surface.
4) Is it slipping when you put a tank thread? If possible, ask your local scuba tank your BCD and you can see how you feel – now would be a good time playing with the shell of the loop, as some are better than others. Scubapro system (at the time of writing) is particularly good.
How much does it cost to raise BCD Scuba Diving?
A common question is whether an amazing provide lift sufficient BCD – Do not worry not about that – all offer plenty of lift modern BCD, adjusting the BCD is much more important. If you really want a series of measure, around 10-15kg is sufficient to cover the entire base of recreational diving.
Integrated weight
The idea behind the integrated weight is to take a little pressure on the hips and back, and distribute the weight a little more. When you start to use more overall weight than you need, and could not be sure of systems integrated weighing. Fortunately, most of BCD can use or not use weight as you want, you can ignore if you wish.
If you have money, and decided jacket style BCD, its best to get one with integrated weight option, as the BCD Mares Dragon BCD Scubapro T-Force. In general, you can put up 5 kg of weight in each pocket – can be just their weight in some countries, about half for diving in the UK.
One point is to put all their weight in BCD is not recommended, because it means that you can not dump all quickly in an emergency, as you can with a weight belt.
Scuba Weight Scuba BCD
The weight of the BCD can be a very important factor – to take two examples, BCD Buddy Commando, one of the most popular of BCD in the United Kingdom, is very heavy compared with the Scubapro T-Sport. Because the T-Sport BCD is designed for travel, and the Commando BCD Buddy for divers in the United Kingdom.
If you plan to dive in the United Kingdom, for BCD be a strong and robust and can withstand the conditions typical of diving in the UK. If you plan to dive a lot abroad then choose the option of light – do not try to go diving BCD divng inbetween, not be fully adapted to the times, and the cost of airport charges as diving under the water is not considered a sport unlike golf!
Conclusion
Therefore, to summarize, the purchase of a scuba BCD choose one that fits even when fully inflated with a tank, and if you can afford to have a weight with integrated option to keep their options open. In When in doubt, keep it simple!
Choosing a BCD was written by Dave Huscroft, contributer to One Stop Dive – a website dedicated to providing all the information you need when choosing scuba diving equipment
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