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14230
Westheimer |
Houston,
TX 77077 |
Phone: (281) 493-4358 |
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How
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do you need for Ocean diving? |
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Open
Water Diving Positive Buoyancy Graph |
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Having enough positive buoyancy during scuba training
exercises when you are under weighted and professionally
supervised in a confined water pool environment is
usually not a problem. Real life diving is
VERY
different, involves waves and currents. Being
comfortable and having enough support at the surface in
rough ocean water conditions can be very serious, and
become dangerous when your exhausted. Remember, your
cylinder will become positively buoyant (up to 6 pounds
lighter) as you consume the air, so your going to have
to add that additional 6 pounds of weight just to be
able to descend easily and not have to struggle to stay
down as your air supply gets low or when performing your
safety stop. When cold water diving, you will be wearing
about 10% of your body weight just in ballast weight to
be able to sink with zero air in your BCD. At the end of
a dive your going to be pretty tired and will need to
rest at the surface as you work your way back to the
boat or beach.
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Having enough
surface support to hold you high enough in the water to
see your buddy, exit point or boat, and out of the
typical waves is a really big deal. |
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When it
comes to buoyancy lift and the ability to ride high above the
waves, it is ALWAYS better to have it available and not to
use it, than to need it and not have it. Low lift capacity and
poor balance is always dangerous in open water.
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| As any scuba instructor or group leaders will tell you.
We have all observed far too many divers being forced to
ditch their weight belts and drop their internal weights
pockets just to keep their heads above water in typical
3-4 ft ocean conditions with substandard low capacity
BCD's. The equipment manufacturers trend is to provide a
low cost / high profit lightweight buoyancy device for
easy travel. The design trade off to save those 32
ounces of travel weight involves using the "Pop and
Drop" bladder-less air cells and less than required
buoyancy capacity. This bladder-less air cell is
profitable for the equipment sellers because of shorter
life span, and the fact that they are impossible to
repair. These bladder less air cells also makes it a
pretty stupid long term investment for the active
divers. |
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You have already seen the Eagle Z1
BCD's on the TV being used by sport divers and dive
rescue personal world wide in the last 3 years. There is
a good reason the professionals choose the Eagle Z1
products. It is because the Eagle Z1 products are far
more comfortable, work better, and last longer! Now you
too can use what the pro use.
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The Eagle Z1 products have been thoroughly tested and
approved by the Ocean Corporation commercial diving
school graduates and one of the most active Police dive
teams in the USA. The Eagle Z1 BCD was tested against
Dacor, DiveRite, Mares, Halcyon, Tusa, Zeagle, and beat
them all.
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Compare
the Design and Quality between BCD's |
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MATERIALS:
Some BCD's like the
Zeagle Ranger and Tech still use the less expensive
problem prone loose weave ballistic nylon for their air
cell cover. The factory warranty is void if they are
used in a swimming pool with chlorine. Others use
lightweight nylon material "Pop and Drop" air cells. All
Eagle Z1 models use the super tight weave Cordura air
cell cover material. It does not sag, unravel, snag, or
have seam problems. The Cordura is a much stronger, and
a problem free fabric! |
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CYLINDER RETAINERS:
Most BCD's use the
cheap plastic cam buckles on the cylinder strap. These
will crack or break if you bump them, or drop them hard,
and all will fail if enough stress is applied. The Eagle
Z1 deluxe BCD uses solid Stainless Steel that will never
break. |
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ENTANGLEMENT:
Most BCD wings
cause massive drag as they flap around, and these will
snag on obstacles when diving in wreck and through
caves. All the Eagle Z1 models have elastic wing
retractors built into the BCD. This simple low drag
device prevents trapped air, and always keeps the wings
in tight to your body with nothing exposed to snag in a
wreck or cave. |
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WEIGHTS:
Our advanced
integrated weight system does NOT require expensive mesh
pocket inserts. All of the Eagle Z1 models use the safer
2 speed integrated weight design, and superior emergency
ascent control. There is no Silly Ripcord weight release
system to re-thread, and it can use any kind of weights,
soft or hard. A unique feature is that with our weight
system, ballast weights can be ejected and your weights
reloaded in only seconds while the divers is still
wearing the BCD. |
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OPTIONS:
The lumbar pad is
included at no extra charge
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Please compare features and prices when you shop for a
BCD. Our comprehensive BCD warranty does NOT exclude
pool diving or have chlorine disclaimers like most do.
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The Zeagle Ranger LTD MSRP is $819.00 The Eagle Z1 MSRP
is $599.00 |
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….now do the math.
Our Discount
Price is only $495.00 |
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