Cressi Travelight BCD : The Divers Ready Review
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- We are reviewing the Cressi Travelight BCD in Bimini in the Bahamas! Check out the specs on the Cressi Travelight here:
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We take this compact, light BCD for a beautiful dive around Bimini's reef and I share my thoughts on this travel BCD, how it feels to scuba dive it and which Scuba Divers I feel this BCD is best suited for.
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Cressi Travelight BCD : The Divers Ready Review
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I use this BCD as my primary BCD because living in TN we have to travel to nearly every dive site we want to go to. I agree 100% with the comments of how it feels in the water and how versatile this product is. New to the Channel and really loving the content!
I bought this BCD several years ago and it is well worth the money. I've used it in the Caribbean, Med, Red Sea and Thailand without any problems at all. Very comfortable and lightweight with lots of pockets and d-rings.
Thanks for watching, Kevin! James
Excellent review, this is refreshing compared to all the other product reviews that repeat the manufacturer specifications. Please keep the wonderful videos coming. Thank you
Thanks Rameshwar! We appreciate you, buddy. James
I read a lot of reviews on this BCD but your review was by far the most informative. So much so that I purchased one. Looking forward to using it next month on our Socorro Island liveaboard trip.
Thank you for your your honest review and from now on I will check your channel first!
I’M USING ALL CAPS BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEST REVIEW. I haven’t done my open water course yet but I saw your review on top 5 things a new diver should get. I was looking at some BCDs and I saw this one.
I've been looking for a new travel BCD and have been thoroughly unimpressed by what the market had to offer until I saw this. Great video! Appreciate your honest and comprehensive thoughts.
Thanks for watching!
Using this BC for a while, both locally and abroad.
Very comfortable, not much squiz when fully inflated. Plenty of lift.
Weight pockets saying 10lb each - forget about it, anything more than 5lb each - and you will tear this thing apart.
Hi Amadeuss, thanks for watching. I can believe that. It's definitely not a heavy duty BCD, but it's not designed to be.
Dive safe.
James
This is the very last video on your entire playlist that I have yet to watch. Not saying that you need to hurry up and come out with some more videos but... Lol, I'm only kidding brother. Thank you for all that you do for the diving community, keep up the great work.
I just bought the Cressi travelight BCD last week. I can't wait to try it in 2 weeks in Egypt :D Thanks for the review!
Im in Egypt next week 😄 have fun there.
Oh man, everyone commenting on this video is heading to Egypt! I'm jealous! Have fun. James
Thanks a lot! :)
Divers Ready thank you 😄
Thanks James, I was looking at the Aqualung Axiom until I got the alert for this video. You’ve changed my mind and it’s the Cressi Travelite for me!
Hi Wade, two very different BCDs, there. The Axiom is a tough, hard wearing BCD, not a light travel BCD, but it dpeneds what you're going to do with it. If you're a vacation diver, I would definitely go with the Travelight. Dive safe. James
Thank you! I think this will be perfect for me as I will be living in the Philippines and with warm water and light travel to several nearby islands, this will be perfect!
Great review. Thanks for giving your impressions and not just a rundown of the specs. Did not expect to sit through a 12 min review but here I am having gotten a ton of value from it. Thanks!
Very good clear and good explanation. Thanks James.
Thanks Eduardo. Glad you liked it! James
Just got a used one and can't wait to test it 🙌
Great review! I was hard-pressed between this, the Scubapro Litehawk II, and Hydros Pro for my first BCD. After weeks of reading every review I could find, reports of it being marginally more durable than the others and more suited to my needs as a travelling photographer, I ended up picking the Litehawk II. It's been great so far, but I think one can't really go wrong with any gear from the current popular manufactures, the standard is incredibly high
Hi Akbar, I completely agree with you. The technology and materials at the top end are incredible. Thanks for watching. James
Interesting evaluation, I had not realized that the Cressi was so feature packed. I've been wanting to switch to a back inflate so now the fun begins.
I had a Cressi Air Travel BCD. It is the Back Inflate counterpart to the Travelight. It seemed good, but it was 4 pounds positively buoyant. I had to add 4 pounds of lead just to offset the BCD. I now dive with an aluminum BP/W.
I’m tossing up between cressi travel light and aqualung zuma, thanks so much for filming this amazing video !!!!!
Same with me, which did you end up deciding on?
Got this BCD recently. Going to try it next week on a liveaboard in Egypt.
Awesome, Vadim! Enjoy Egypt! Great diving. James.
Good info for me, a new Open Water Diver. I have Tecline mask, provided by my course dive company, and bought a Cressi Donatello dive computer.
Great review, I appreciate you not reading off the specs as you noted. I'm looking at this vest for my daughter (age 12) because of the weight to features ratio and because you mentioned it runs small which is great because she is sooooo skinny. I also want her to have an easy upright position on the surface that full wrap arounds offer compared to wings. I find LP to be a good online retailer I just wish they had more starter package options. Thanks again, love your channel.
Please review and explain wing backplate alternatives for people who have only used traditional BCDs. Also weighting for larger divers and wing backplate setups.
I brought the Cressi Airtravel back in 2014 when they 1st come out, like it !
I also liked the vid and saved it to my play list !
Do i win the free dive holiday in Bimini now ??? lol
Hi James, first congrats for your channel. Very very nice. I have been diving with the cressi travel bcd for around 7 yr. I probably have a 1st gen of this bcd and I agree with you that this new features, integrated weight pockets, are no sense for travel bcd. My one doesn't have, only the full pockets. I use one very tight as well and the reason is because its very light if you get the size above it may cause a problem during th dive. As it's very light, it will start to float a bit and may cause you some discomfort, mainly if you like to dive very near to bottom or taking pictures. It's very good to reduce i don't know 1 or 1.5kg from your bag what in the end you can compensate with another gear as your fins, i use holles f1 fins and they are very heavy. In the end I strongly recommend for hot water and travel divers I just did a maintenence on my and spent less then $20 for all replacement. Again, congrats for you channel.
My experience: 👍 Leisure Pro 👍
Thanks for watching, D H! James
11:16 Really enjoyed it! My vote: Poseidon Origo BCD.
You mentioned "tropics" or "warm water diving" a lot regarding this BCD. Would this BCD be good for colder water (Iceland??) as well? The fact that it folds saving space and weight in a bag that will be holding a neoprene drysuit and undergarments is very appealing to me....thanks! Love all of the content!!
Nice review. I would like to some reviews on TUSA's gear which I haven't seen so far do. TUSA's has been around for many years and make some very good gear, I can say that because I buy a lot of their top of the line gear since 1989, I just bought a new hole setup which I really like, I like seeing your reviews, just wish you share more different gear instead of the same branch all the time.. Thank you dive safe. 🇺🇲👌🏼
good review loved the seaplane interruption visual. I started with a cressi travelite, it is a good and functional BCD. Only question in my mind is durability, it uses a thinner 210 denier nylon rather than the more durable 420 or thicker. It was a perfectly functional BCD. I have found since I moved to AL BP/W that I just use that, even for traveling. You also have to deal with the plethora of folks who "look down" on Cressi as cheap products. Cressi has some work to do with reputation and improving their service network in the US.
Hi The Loosenit2, I agree with you 100%. For me, what always surprises me about Cressi is you often get the most bang for your buck in terms of features/price, and this BCD was no exception for me. OUr next video is BPW Vs Jacket. Hope you'll like that one! Dive safe. James
With this jacket BCD, I notice you were diving with a traditional octo on your reg set. I think you normally dive a long hose/primary donate and necklace reg set. Is that coincidence or is there some reason a long hose and necklace don’t work with a jacket style BCD.
I was that kid on the boat, you probably don’t remember me but yeah I was the one asking how much subscribers you have. :)
JIREN guy Hi Buddy! Of course I remember you! You were celebrating your grandfather’s 90th birthday, right? Nice to see you on here! Welcome to our channel! James
Great info. Thanks.
My concern with Cressi is durability. I purchased an R1 at Leisure Pro at a great discount. In my first dive trip a large tear developed above one pocket. I wasn't using the maximum weight in the weight inserts either. I have a warranty replacement and will assess on my next trip. One woman at a local dive shop told me before my dive trip that Cressi does some good things, but the BCDs don't last long.
I found the R1 very comfortable, though.
The main usability issue was the difficulty zipping and unzipping the pockets, which required.a surprising amount of flexibility. So I added some T-pulls to the zippers, which will probably reduce this problem.
Hi Skzion2, thanks for watching. Only time will tell for me. I only put ten dives on it in the Bahamas. If I have longevity issues, I will do a follow up. Thanks. James
#askdiversready What´s in your bag?What do you use both for traveling and when you do the more technical diving?
Hi Ricardo, thanks for watching! I want to make a film about this so badly! It will happen, I promise. For now, you can see a list of my every day gear choices on our website: www.diversready.com/selections.html Thanks again! James
I'm in the market for a new travel BCD - you've got me interested .... i'll be checking this one out, thanks :-)
Thanks Mike! Dive safe. James
OK, been a subscriber for a few months now, binge-watching in quarantine, live now in the Philippines(from Texas). Many islands here to travel to for diving. Two options bring your equipment or rent when you get there. Travel BCDs is something I have been looking at for about a year now. This one seems good, but it is a jacket(I'm looking to get away from jackets as they make me feel like I'm back in the Army wearing body armor---too bulky and no sense of freedom). This jacket seems like it is easily portable, but I know from research there are many travel BCDs. What is your honest recommendation for a travel bcd given the time to get to a destination here is not very long but space is a premium? Back-plate or Jacket...me preferably, is backplate or doughnut, single tank.
can you review the cressi scorpion pls. thanks.
The Cressi BCD deflate to slow and the trim pockets need to be added on the tank strap making it very hard to adjust.
I understand why you did this. However, I would personally have a small issue (maybe bigger) with not using my regular setup. I want to enjoy my dive and not fidget using something else while on vacay. Good info though my friend.
Hi Rontourage, that's totally understandable. And I agree, if weight/space isn't an issue for you, then you should absolutely travel with your normal set up for familiarity reasons. Thanks for watching. James
Divers Ready any time! Btw, I am always diving with Scubatyme so I hope I get a chance to meet ya! Located in here in Fort Myers. Aka Ron!
🤔 yeah I'm one of those weirdos... An aluminum bp and up to a 30# wing pack nice enough for me. I've even done kit including a ss bp/w minus fins and exposure in my carry on.😁
Oh we can get so religious when we talk about our scuba gear choices.🥴🍻
Of course I'd dive it at least once if it showed up in the mail for free!🤣
Could a bp/wing be considered clothing if you wear it while entering the plane?
Maybe. I dunno.🙂
Hahahah... maybe?!
James. What mask do you dive in this video?
Hi C. Patrick! I had to go back and check tape! It's the Atomic Subframe. I have a few Atomic masks. I also use Tusa, Scuba Pro, Apeks VX and I have one Mares somewhere. Thanks for watching. James
It’s small because it’s a European fit. Not American sizing which is shorter and fatter 😆💯%True story