LEG3ND ELITE BLACK + PRO HD COMPACT SET

This Aqua Lung set pairs the Leg3nd Elite Black Edition Pack with the back-inflation Pro HD Compact, and adds the Combo 2K console. The pack is the blacked-out Leg3nd Elite with its matching Leg3nd Octopus, and the mechanism underneath is unchanged.

Under the black finish the mechanism is the standard Leg3nd Elite: both stages over-balanced, work of breathing 0.7 j/L, and a DIN 300 bar first stage of 747 g. It carries two 7/16 inch UNF high-pressure ports and four 3/8 inch UNF medium-pressure ports. Deep De-Ice ribs and a permanent dry chamber cover cold water, and cover opening channels cut cracking effort by 20 percent. The Pro HD Compact is published at under 2.2 kg in ML/LG, about a kilogram under the wrap-around Pro HD, and it still takes patented SureLock II weight pockets. The Combo 2K console adds a 50 mm pressure gauge and an in-line depth gauge on one 80 cm hose, weighing 389 g.

The result is a primary second stage that throws no light back at a close subject, backed by an equal alternate, on a buoyancy compensator sized to the diver rather than to shop stock.

Sizing follows the Pro HD Compact, four bands from XXS/XS to XL/XXL; the rest is one size. Cylinder, computer, weights and exposure protection are separate. The wrap-around Pro HD is the alternative where surface flotation counts for more than packed weight. At R41,588 the set saves R10,397 on the parts bought singly.