Islander 2 BC

[pazz]

I'm looking for information regarding the new Oceanic Islander 2 BC. I have already:

• Been to the Oceanic website.
• Searched this board and 2 other boards.
• Been to 3 online retailer websites.
• Read the online review on scubadiving.com
• Googled it.

However, I cannot find a lot of detail about the new integrated weight system being used on this BC. Basically, I have found that it consists of weight pouches that are loaded into zippered pockets, and that the weights are dumped by pulling on a handle (is it the same as the Zeagle Ripcord system?). Can anyone point me to some more details about this weight system? In particular:

1. How does the system work, exactly? Pictures of the weight pouches that are loaded into the pockets would be nice.
2. Has anyone actually used this weight system? In particular, how easy/difficult is it to access the zippered weight pockets while wearing the BC. For example, the boat asks for your weights before you can hand up your BC with tank......

Thanking you in advance.

[drako]

My friend has the Islander 2, the weight pouches are not like the zeagle they are velcro. You pull at the side and they dump them on the bottom. The islander is very comfortable. I would say that it is easy for me to put weights on it on the fly. However I dont really have problem with any of the zippered pockets in the BC's I have used.