BCD decisions

[mpd525]

Well, i'm planning on buying a BC in the next month or so. I'm looking at the Zeagle Brigade and the Aeris Atmos LX. I like the Brigade due to the warranty, and if i do more advanced diving, with a little work, it would be up to the task, but being a new diver, i like the aeris because of the hybrid air cell. So i'm looking for a few pros and cons, and to see if anyone has any experience with the atmos.

[DougNR]

I can't give you any info on the Aeris, but as far as positives for the Zeagle goes, remember if you're looking toward advanced diving at some point - you can swap the Escape wing from the Brigade for a Ranger wing should you want to go doubles. Some might not call it true "Tec gear", but I'm not one of them.

Good luck with your decision.

[ScubaToys Larry]

Both are nice, but really, you will not notice much difference between the hybrid bladder and the rear bladder. Won't affect you that much at all. So I'd make my determination by other features of the BCs. If you are flipping the coin, just shout at us, we'll send them both out to you - then try them on, kick the tires, tell us which you want to keep and send back the other.

[medic001918]

Love the deals that ST does. They offer every customer most of the convience's of a LDS to customer's all over. The only drawback is waiting for the order to show up...

Shane

[Judestudio]

Originally Posted by medic001918

Love the deals that ST does. They offer every customer most of the convience's of a LDS to customer's all over. The only drawback is waiting for the order to show up...

Shane

...which took 2 days from US to New Zealand. I couldn't complain

[Krakenn]

Medic, One of the best things about buying from ST is watching the gear fly around the world.

To get to me, it goes from Texas to Louisville? where-ever that is, then off to Ontario then to Hong Kong then to Perth WA all within about 4 days.

I love watching it on the UPS tracking system.

Small things small mind i guess. - Um I DONT play a Banjo by the way!

Kraks.

[medic001918]

I wish our domestic shipping times were that great. I live half way across the country and it generally takes about 5 days or so for my order to reach me. Not horrible, but no instant gratification. I'm waiting for an order now that shipped Thursday, but tracking information still hasn't updated. It just says that it was received. So hopefully it's on it's way to me. I really need it to come in this week...

Shane

[Judestudio]

Originally Posted by Krakenn

To get to me, it goes from Texas to Louisville? where-ever that is, then off to Ontario then to Hong Kong then to Perth WA all within about 4 days.

That's interesting it took 4 days to get to Australia. I've ordered 3 times from ST, and they all went from Texas --> Louisville --> Honolulu --> Sydney --> Auckland (NZ). All of that took TWO days after departing US borders! Maybe they take a different route for parcels to New Zealand. And since USP does an in-house custom clearance BEFORE the parcel even reach New Zealand border, they call us up to pay all taxes via the phone, and when the parcel arrives, it gets delivered straight away to my door. I'm REALLY VERY impressed.

[Zenagirl]

I'd go with the Brigade, but I'm biased toward Zeagle products!

[mpd525]

Larry that's absolutely the best thing i've ever heard. With my limited experience with buying ST, I've made up my mind with this and other reasons i will only buy from ST. So that being said, you may not even have to send them to me, I might just make the 3.5 hour drive to dallas to get some professional help. Then one thing that i'm worried about, is i've not used a back-inflate, and i read on how they will cause you to faceplant on the surface, is this a weighting issue, or is it just an experience issue.