I also agree with that assessment. I've tried it out several times and it gets difficult when the things starts folding up because it does not have rigidity. I like the video. Very informative
I recently picked up the Hydros Pro. I’ve been diving a Dive-Rite stainless backplate for over 20 years, and I’m looking forward to the decreased weight in my bag when I travel. I’ve come to prefer a waist strap mounted knife and I don’t like the scubapro knife location. I’ve read a few reviews reporting the knife was lost on the 1st or 2nd dive after install. A Gerber River Shorty Knife affixes easily & securely to the left waist strap, facilitating routing path of the 7 ft hose used on my primary reg. what I don’t like about it right out of the bag are the integrated weight pouches. They’re identical, meaning they’re zipper up on one side of the BCD and zipper down on the other. I’m curious to see how the zipper wears as hard weight stresses it. If the zipper fails on the zipper-down side, bye-bye weights. It looks like anything smaller than a 4# will fall right out. I’d love to see a couple more D-rings, and I still have to figure out how to mount the mesh bag that carries my 6-ft SMB. Other than that, if you like back inflate, so far I’ve found it to be pretty comfortable.
I also agree with that assessment. I've tried it out several times and it gets difficult when the things starts folding up because it does not have rigidity. I like the video. Very informative
I completely agree with that whole assessment. I have tried every one of them and you touched on everything that I was thinking. Great video man
Finally, someone that gives it you straight!
Nice Review!
I recently picked up the Hydros Pro. I’ve been diving a Dive-Rite stainless backplate for over 20 years, and I’m looking forward to the decreased weight in my bag when I travel. I’ve come to prefer a waist strap mounted knife and I don’t like the scubapro knife location. I’ve read a few reviews reporting the knife was lost on the 1st or 2nd dive after install. A Gerber River Shorty Knife affixes easily & securely to the left waist strap, facilitating routing path of the 7 ft hose used on my primary reg.
what I don’t like about it right out of the bag are the integrated weight pouches. They’re identical, meaning they’re zipper up on one side of the BCD and zipper down on the other. I’m curious to see how the zipper wears as hard weight stresses it. If the zipper fails on the zipper-down side, bye-bye weights. It looks like anything smaller than a 4# will fall right out.
I’d love to see a couple more D-rings, and I still have to figure out how to mount the mesh bag that carries my 6-ft SMB.
Other than that, if you like back inflate, so far I’ve found it to be pretty comfortable.
👍👍 nice review
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Hey Jon, had any issue with this bladder wanting to taco too much?
I never had much of an issue with it but I also stay weighted where I don’t generally put much air in my bcd
What's your favorite rig so far?
Honestly, the Scubapro litehawk. Followed by the knight hawk.