Aqua Product Reviews and Ratings - Essential Equipment - 7.25" Tank Boot with 5 LB.Weight from Leisure Pro

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Brand: Aqua

Located in: Essential Equipment

The patented Tank Buoyancy Compensator is a supplementary, five pound ditchable weight system that is located on the bottom of your scuba tank to offset the positive buoyancy affects incurred by air usage throughout a dive. Often, the positive buoyancy generated by the diver's scuba tank will force the divers head down into the water, causing not only discomfort during the scuba dive, but creating a safety risk as well. The tank integrated design of the T.B.C. provides a compact, streamlined, and safe weight system for strategically positioning ballast at a point that maximizes its effects while minimizing the risks encountered when using an unweighted tank. In many cases, a diver can reduce or in some cases eliminate the amount of weight on his or her belt or B.C., thus increasing comfort and safety. In additions to being the ultimate tank ballast system, the T.B.C. doubles as a protective tank boot.

The tank end mounted ballast system locates the weight in the most effective location, providing maximum balance while serving as a protector for the bottom of the tank With the new back floatation Buoyancy Compensators the problem of staying upright on the surface is reduced by having the weight located at the bottom of your tank. This causes your body to become more upright on the surface of the water thus promoting comfort and safety.

Current models employ weights that are fixed to the upper third of the tank's exterior diameter which does not locate the weight in the most effective location for ballast purposes nor does the mounting method allow the weight to be released in an emergency. Furthermore, divers utilizing current systems would still need to purchase tank boots to protect the bottom of their scuba tank. Although current devices exist and the Tank buoyancy Compensator is a new product in an already equipment intensive sport, the benefits obtained by its design far outweigh anything currently available.

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Review Snapshot®

Avg. Customer Rating:

4.7 stars

(based on 3 reviews)

100% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:

Improves diving experience(3)

Best Uses:

Cold water(3), Recreation(3), Warm water(3)

I would buy another one if i need one

By Micro Bubble

from Salt Lake City, UT on 2/20/2009

Pros:

Improves Diving Experience

Best Uses:

Cold Water, Recreation, Warm Water

Describe Yourself:

Advanced Diver

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Aqua 7.25" Tank Boot with 5 LB.Weight:

love the tank boot, i don't have to put as much weight in the pockets and it is on the tank

Nice product

By SAB

from Holland, MI on 1/11/2009

Pros:

Easy To Use, Functional, Improves Diving Experience, Solid Construction

Best Uses:

Cold Water, Recreation, Warm Water

Describe Yourself:

Recreational Diver

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Aqua 7.25" Tank Boot with 5 LB.Weight:

This product functioned exactly as advertised. It was very easy to install on my tank and I had no issues with it during my dive. I did a cold water dive with a drysuit and it made a noticeable improvement in keeping me horizontal. I plan on taking it with me on my Florida dive vacation.

Very good product!

By JFK

from Ann Arbor, MI on 8/13/2007

Pros:

Easy To Use, Functional, Improves Diving Experience

Cons:

Poor Construction

Best Uses:

Any time you need weight, Cold Water, Extreme Depths, Professional, Recreation, Warm Water

Describe Yourself:

Recreational Diver

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Aqua 7.25" Tank Boot with 5 LB.Weight:

This is a very good product for someone who needs a lot of weight. I dive in Michigan, where the water is cold, and I wear a lot of neoprene. That tends to increase my bouyancy quite a bit, so I regularly dive with a lot of weight. Using this boot enabled me to take some weight off my belt, which was quite nice.

On the downside, the pin holding the weight does not stay in too well while I am on the surface. I didn't have a problem underwater (yet), but it seemed that the weight was falling off quite a bit on dry land. I'm hoping that this will not be a problem underwater, because it would be a shame to lose 5 pounds in the middle of a dive when I might need it later.

Customer Reviews about the 7.25" Tank Boot with 5 LB.Weight at Leisure Pro