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buoyancy compensators

Buoyancy Compensators: Back Inflate BC Vs Vest Style BC’s

April 8, 2011

An essential piece of scuba equipment, a buoyancy compensator helps divers maintain their buoyancy underwater while wearing heavy scuba gear and carrying a scuba tank. The BC or Buoyancy Control Device (BCD) as it is also known, is essentially an inflatable vest/jacket with air pockets. Air is added into the BC if you want to [...]

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Budget Buoyancy Compensators

April 30, 2010

When it comes to scuba diving equipment, cheaper doesn’t always mean inferior or less efficient. In fact, almost all price ranges in gear such as Buoyancy Compensators, Regulators, Octopuses, Fins and so on, all perform the same function as each other. They only differ in terms of being better suited for certain conditions or types [...]

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Mind Your Gear: Taking Care of Your Buoyancy Compensator

October 21, 2009

Investing in your own Scuba gear and equipment comes with the additional responsibility of maintaining it properly and making sure it’s functioning at its best, for your own safety when you dive. Many people prioritize taking care of Scuba regulators they own and settle for just a simple hosing off for their Buoyancy Compensator’s maintenance, [...]

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Scuba Tips: 10 Tips for Better Buoyancy Control

October 2, 2009

Buoyancy control can be a hard skill to perfect, but a very important and fundamental one in Scuba diving. Not being able to control your buoyancy properly during a dive can be frustrating as you’ll end up having to add and let out air from your BC (Buoyancy Compensator) constantly to keep from bumping into [...]

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SCUBA Gear: Choosing a Buoyancy Compensator

September 2, 2009

In a previous post we discussed the Basics of a Buoyancy Compensator, How it is used and Types of BCD’s.  Buoyancy Compensators are among the most expensive pieces of equipment a diver uses. If you are taking the step to own your entire dive kit, you need to know exactly what you’re looking for and [...]

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SCUBA Gear Basics: Buoyancy Compensators

August 25, 2009

A Buoyancy Compensator (BC) or Buoyancy Control Device (BCD) as it is sometimes known is one of the most basic pieces of dive gear or equipment needed to SCUBA dive. If you’re looking at owning your own set of gear, diving as a profession or even a long term hobby, next to your Scuba regulator [...]

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