| Oceanic UK Oceanic Wolf BCD |
| Author: |
Glenn Day |
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'ALL THAT MOST SPORTS DIVERS WILL EVER NEED.' |
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| Strengths: |
The unusual shape of the jacket allows for maximum freedom of movement. The lack of 'bag' to the front and rib-cage area allows the diver to feel that he or she is wearing a harness more akin to Wing than a traditional Sports BCD. This gives a sensation of freespace to the diver's frontal area allowing maximum freedom of movement to perform underwater tasks and reach and see those additional items of personal kit that we in the UK like and more often than not ' really do need' to carry, often clipped somewhere on the front of our BCD! There are four well placed metal D-Rings and in addition to the dumpable weight pockets there are non dumpable trim weight pockets behind the shoulder blades. The waiste band accommodates three pockets in the form of two external zip-top pouches and a flat zip entry pocket in the cumerband itself. |
| Weaknesses: |
The one weak point for me is the carry handle. The handle is of hard plastic construction, but feels too flexible to be used to lift anything other than the weight of the jacket itself and any small items of diver equipment such as Torch, reel etc... If this handle were just a little bit more beefy I would struggle to find another negative point to write about. |
| Overall: |
A great value well designed rugged mid-spek BCD. I paid £275 for my jacket from new 12 mths ago. Since then its dived approx 80 times and shows no obvious signs of wear. I love this jacket and have no intention of changing to a different item until perhaps I move to twin-set 12's and a Wing. I will likely then look at a complete reconfigure of kit. Until then this BCD will meet all my requirements including travelling. I suspect that it will in fact meet and exceed the requirments of most UK Sports divers. Well worth a look if you don't like that feeling of being squeezed by your BCD! |
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| Performance |
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80% |
| Quality |
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80% |
| Value |
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100% |
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