Description
A new version of the very popular Aquapro 5, one of the most successful Cressi BCDs. Over the years, this popular model has been constantly improved and it now comes in this version that is so well-equipped and with so many accessories that it has little to envy the best products on the market, while retaining a very accessible purchase price. The new version (marked with an R) goes well beyond a normal aesthetic restyling and involves basic parts of the actual jacket, like the form of adjustable straps and bag, the adoption of a new back pack, the configuration of the normal pockets and the weight pockets.
Technical features
Without wishing to alter the highly successful and very well-balanced form of the bag, the two shoulder straps have a 20 mm increase of distance between them and the jacket profile flares out more in the underarm zone, guaranteeing decidedly superior comfort. The accessory pockets, which used to be closed with Velcro, have been enlarged, and now fold out and are zip-closed. The “gravity” weight pockets, applied to the side of the main pockets, now have a bigger capacity and can easily hold up to 3 kg of weight per pocket. Their pocketbook opening makes it easy to stow the lead weights, even while in the water. New Fastex buckles of a generous size guarantee the opening and closing operations of these pockets. The backpack is completely new, anatomic, light and very hard-wearing. The rear part incorporates an elastomer non-slip element, for perfect grip of the tank, assisted in this operation by a second adjustable strap, to be placed round the neck of the tank or on the valves and fittings. The upper inner side has a strong carry handle for the unit and the entire backpack is thickly padded.
Other features 420-denier nylon, a light but strong material was chosen for the construction, combined with a special self-draining net fabric and inserts made from strong grip rubber material. The waist strap is separate from the bag and is surmounted by a dual adjustment strap, to allow natural “fold out” opening of the BC (Freematic system) when there is a large amount of air, thus preventing any compression and squeezing sensation at all to the diver's body. It has 3 dump/pressure valves: one is situated on the upper extremity of the hose, a second one on the right shoulder, controlled by a small tubed line and a third one fitted to the bottom, right rear, controlled, as with all Cressi-sub jackets, by a small tubed line that has the control on the lower front side of the BC to find the control knob more easily and quickly.
Technical features
- 2 external net weight pockets, which can also be activated in the water
- 2 large zip-up accessories gusset pockets
- 3 deflation and pressure relief valves
- Rear valve with front control
- Well-padded rigid backpack
- 2 stainless steel, 50 mm D-rings on the shoulders
- 2 hi-tech polymer 50 mm D-rings on the bottom edge of the jacket
- 2 hi-tech polymer 30 mm D-rings above the pockets
- Extreme lightness and minimum bulk in transport
- Material: 420-denier nylon and self-draining net fabric
- Sizes: XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL
- Buoyancy in Newton: 60 (XXS), 75 (XS), 90 (S), 105 (M), 150 (L), 160(XL)
- Buoyancy in kg: 6.1 (XXS), 7.7 (XS), 9.2 (S), 10.7 (M), 15.3 (L), 16.3 (XL)
- Buoyancy in Pounds: 13.5 (XXS), 16.9 (XS), 20.2 (S), 23.6 (M), 33.7 (L), 36.0 (XL)
- Weight in kg: 2.500 (XXS), 2.550 (XS), 2.650 (S), 2.850 (M), 2.900 (L), 3.000 (XL)
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