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BC Scubapro Go
The Go has some useful innovations over older models. Misleadingly, it has more features than the previous Geo, though fewer letters in its name. It’s a travel BC.
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Appeared in DIVER February 2012
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BC TUSA Voyager
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A BC THAT WON’T PLAY HAVOC with your all-up packing weight, the TUSA BCJ 1800 Voyager should be in the frame. more...
Appeared in DIVER January 2012
Diver Tests
BC Mares Hybrid MRS
The Hybrid looks like a standard inverted-T shape BC, except for the little winglets that rise either side of the tank. This is where all the compensating air tends to lodge when swimming horizontally, unless the diver is massively over-weighted. more...
Appeared in DIVER October 2011
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BC Oceanic Biolite
Setting off for a brief excursion around some of the most southerly islands in the Bahamas, with excruciatingly mean weight-limits for checked-baggage on inter-island flights, I chose the new lightweight Biolite back-flotation BC to take with me. more...
Appeared in DIVER September 2011
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BC Aqua Lung Lotus i3
So here are my impressions of the Lotus i3, another BC intended for the fairer sex, and scuba-diving cross-dressers like me.
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Appeared in DIVER August 2011
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BC Cressi Air Travel
Cressi sent me an early example of the Air Travel in size L . It weighed only 2.5kg, and I happily packed it for a trip to Banda Aceh, in Indonesia. more...
Appeared in DIVER June 2011
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BC Tigullio SEA TRAVEL
Tigullio is an Italian brand that pops up into British divers’ field-of-vision from time to time, and it has popped up again, this time with a range of BCs that includes a very lightweight version, ironically called the Sea Travel. more...
Appeared in DIVER April 2011
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BC IST Dolphin TECH
The Dolphin Tech has a simple doughnut-shaped buoyancy cell that comes with a strong corrugated hose and a solitary dump valve at the bottom end for dumping air while ascending in the horizontal position. more...
Appeared in DIVER March 2011
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BC SCUBAPRO Geo
INVITED BY Scubapro to participate in its southern European dealer get-together for a week’s Red Sea diving in late 2010, it would have been impolite to have turned up with diving gear of another make. more...
Appeared in DIVER February 2011
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BC SCUBAPRO X-FORCE
The tough new Scubapro X-Force is one that ticks all the boxes. more...
Appeared in DIVER November 2010
Diver Tests
BC Mares Icon
The Icon packs up into a small parcel for packing, so it is obviously intended as a BC for the air-travelling diver. more...
Appeared in DIVER February 2010
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BC Seac-sub Air One
Seac-sub's new Air One BC is another lightweight BC aimed at the travelling diver, and as I had just been sent one for DIVER Tests, it seemed daft not to take it. more...
Appeared in DIVER December 2009
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BC Scubapro Equator
It doesn't seem long since the wing-style BC was introduced, and we all thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. more...
Appeared in DIVER November 2009
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BC AQUALUNG PEARL i3
by Farzi Bantin
I THOUGHT MY HUSBAND HAD LOST MY favourite wetsuit, but luckily it turned up just before I went away on holiday. more...
I THOUGHT MY HUSBAND HAD LOST MY favourite wetsuit, but luckily it turned up just before I went away on holiday. more...
Appeared in DIVER October 2009
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BC MARES KAILA AT
ALL THE DIVE KIT I USE IS BORROWED from manufacturers or distributors. This privilege is extended to close members of my family, so Mrs B was delighted with her Mares Kaila MRS Plus BC, but less than delighted when I returned it whence it had come.
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Appered in DIVER August 2009
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BC CRESSI TRAVEL LIGHT
WHILE PACKING FOR A RECENT TRIP, I noticed that my chosen BC weighed so much that I thought it still had some lead stowed in it. With an eye on my miserable airline checked-baggage allowance, I knew I needed something less substantially made and lighter-weight. more...
Appeared in Diver March 2009
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BC SEAREQ SEARCH TCB-25
FROM THE SAME PEOPLE THAT SELL the ENOS diver search and recovery system comes the Search TCB-25 BC. Focused on what happens when a diver gets lost at the surface, the designers have come up with a BC that is so visible that it might keep you safe while directing traffic outside a pop concert. more...
Appeared in DIVER February 2009
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SCUBAPRO T-SPORT PLUS BC
It was a relief to review the Scubapro T-Sport Plus, because it doesn't weigh too much. It's not a travel BC as such but it is of a single-bag construction, weighs only a bit more than 3kg and has all the features you need for single-tank leisure diving. more...
Appeared in DIVER January 2009
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BC SEAQUEST BALANCE SL WING
I STILL HAVE A SEAQUEST 3D compact wing that I bought more than 12 years ago. I regularly break it out for use whenever I am single-cylinder diving in a drysuit, or heading overseas and subject to massive airline excess-baggage charges. more...
Appeared in DIVER December 2008
Diver Tests
MARES PEGASUS VS HALCYON ECLIPSE
For anyone who doesn't enjoy pushing bulky items through water, it makes sense to dive with sleek equipment. Two simple wing-style BCs, one from Italy and one from the USA, look as if they might qualify for minimal-style diving. John Bantin looks for a winner more...
Diver Tests
BC FROG COBALT
MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Frog is new to the British market, and this Cobalt BC was sent to me to try. At first glance it's a very conventional design with only one surprise - the integrated-weight pockets are retained by both a slab of Velcro (which must be folded back on itself to mate with its opposite surface within a second slot) and two large pinch-clips. more...
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BC CRESSI FLEX
This BC is clearly not intended as a heavy-duty item, and you won't see many full-time dive-guides using them. But if you take one diving holiday a year, it should last you a long time and see back the money you might have spent on excess-baggage charges. more...
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BC BUDDY TEKWING
The Buddy Tekwing delivers the whole nine yards on features and performance. The only thing against it is the amount of space it takes up in a bag. Apart from the pretence that it is for the travelling diver, I can't fault it. more...
Appeared in DIVER February 2008
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BC BEUCHAT MASTERLIFT AIR LIGHT
When I visited the Beuchat factory in Marseille a short time later, I noted that all its BCs with integrated-weight systems now had a modified release system. Only recently have I got hold of an example. more...
Diver Tests
BC BUDDY TEKWING LITE
Under water, this BC was perfect. There was no annoying tendency for the empty buoyancy-cell to wrap itself round my tank, and everything ended up where I expected it to be. more...