CRESSI LIGHTWING

[Music] hi dealers scott from cresley australia and i'm very excited today to talk to you about our new light wing bcd this is the latest release in cressie's long line of travel bcds chrissy is synonymous with travel bc's we make them light we make them tough and they're very well designed first thing you'll notice is how small this one is in medium two kilos including four what weight integration pockets and inflator hose makes it one of the lightest bc's on the market but what i'm going to show you guys is it's not light on feature when you open it up the first thing you'll notice when you pull it out the bag as i did is the materials used in it traditionally with travel bcs you see really lightweight materials used not going to stand up or last this bcd has been especially the wing we'll start with the link very high quality materials using the vacuum this is the same material that is used in the wing on our top end commander very tough watershed straight off it quick to dry puncture resistant the next thing that we're looking at the back of it i want to talk about is the cam strap and the harness design traditionally we've seen a lot of variations people trying to make their bc's lighter what they've done with this system is they've put a full-size kanban right at the bottom that is mounted through the actual harness you wear and i'll show you the harness in a moment in doing so when we pull this up tight we are pulling the tank and we're sandwiching together with the harness we're not allowing that to separate and float which can happen with aluminium cylinders at the top you'll notice the secondary strap designed around the valve of the neck of the valve sorry pulling it into place making sure it's nice and secure when we turn around at the actual harness itself you'll notice this mesh looking material this is a rapid dry very comfortable on bare skin material very light but also very tough you'll see a panel down the back and under both arms they call this a semi rigid back plate because in the back here there is actually a ridge of material that you can fold it but when you squeeze it this way it feels quite rigid this is designed to give the bc extra stability as well as protection from the tank at the back other things we'll note i'll throw it on to show you this is its full weight capacity we see a lot of travel vcs on the market that have pockets that require to be used if you want to put weight in them you lose your pockets they have fitted into this cressy's lock aid system what's great about the lock aid system very quick to remove large pockets four and a half kilo capacity and also just as easy to reload up here we have an adjustable sternum strap system simply unclip it move it down to where you want it to be multiple points up the inside and secure it across your chest easy to adjust carabiner points the other thing it's got is a really nifty little pull down pocket reach up in here grab that down it pulls large capacity at 2 kilos 30 pounds lift full weight capacity and high quality materials it is a very aggressively priced and high quality bc we're launching it now for our 2020 season check it out thanks for watching

Channel: Coastal Agencies Australia

Views: 389

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: CRESSI, Dive, Dive Travel lightweight BCD

Id: GUy1JJFv-2U

Length: 3min 43sec (223 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 29 2020