This is the greatest travel BCD! With no rigid plate it folds down to virtually nothing, and is not at all bulky. Now that airlines are cracking down on weight restrictions it's time to start looking at the easier options.

This is a jacket-style BCD with a simple velcro crossover cummerbund. The pockets are velcro also (no tricky zips) and I'll even throw in a safety sausage in one of them.

With 24lb of lift it is great for tropical diving when you're using a thin or no wetsuit and very little weight, but please don't buy this for use in colder water, because you won't have enough lift.

Unlike many of the cheaper models these days this BCD has a rear dump as well as the shoulder dump. There are three plastic D-rings and an accessory clip (the female end of a narrow quick-release buckle).

As for quality, this is very durable and you can see that even though there is no rigid backplate, it is a well-made and comfortable back pad. Because it is a Seaquest product, even though they have stopped producing this model you know that should you need them, servicing parts will be available long into the future because they make their equipment backwards-compatible.

Size: M/L