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Year
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Name
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Discription
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1964
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Safety vest
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Horse Collar with puffer and CO2 cartridge
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1971
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Buoyancy Compensator
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Heavy Duty with inflator hose with mouthpiece, NO puffer. Manual inflate only. The Over Pressure relief valve is located on the lower right side. Scubapro logo
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1972
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Buoyancy Compensator
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Optional power inflator added
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1974
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Buoyancy Control Pack
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Wing style, power inflator. A conversion Kit was available for Back Packs
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1975
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SCUBA System
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Hard pack that also contained the weights.
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1976
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CO2 cartridges were added to the Buoyancy Control Packs
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1977
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Independent weight system added and an optional pocket for Horse Collars
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1978
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Stability Jacket
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First full Jacket BC. All BC'c are now International Orange
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1981
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Super Cinch Strap
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All previous BC's had the Metal Band Clamp
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1983
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A removable pocket was added to the Stability Jacket
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1984
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A second optional pocket could be added to the Stability Jacket
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1985
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The Double Blue Stabilizing Jacket was added
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1986
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Heat Sealed Stability Jacket
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New cut, Polyurathane coated, bright colored straps on removable pocket flaps & shoulders. Orange & Blue
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1987
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Stability Jacket
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New cut. "Taco" Pockets now integrated Double BlacK, Orange and Blue. Velcro added to epaulets. 2 TRI - rings
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1989
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Finseal Stab. Jacket
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Red, Blue and Teal. The Double Black was still offered
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Cummerbunds
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This was a popular option
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Front Adjustable Jack
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Red, Blue and Teal colors
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Heat Sealed Stability Jacket
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A new look was given to the jacket to match the Finseal look. It had only one pocket
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1991
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Custom Black Stab. J
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Offered a standard accordian pocket and the right pocket would fold out.
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Soft backpack was an added option
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1992
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Classic Black Stab. J.
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Soft backpack and cummerbund attached. A pink accented BC was also offered
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Teal was discontinued from the Fin Seal line
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Com-pac Stab. Jack
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Heat sealed with larger arm openings. Black on Black, BLacK with Pink accent, Black with Blue accent
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Front Adjustable Jack
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Teal was discontinued and a Gray accented BC was added
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1993
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Com-pac Stability Jacket
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New colors. Black /Blue, Blue/Lime, Pink/purple and Purple/Teal accents to the basic black BC
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Accent Front Adjustable
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New styling offered with Black/dark blue, Blue/Lime, Pink/purple and Purple/Teal accents on Black
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1994
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Classic Black Stability Jacket
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Black/dark Blue and Black/Neon Yellow accents were added
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Finseal Stability Jacket
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All colors eliminated except Blue and Yellow accents were added to shoulder and pocket
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Master Stability Jacket
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Cordura outer shell with bladder inside of that. Extra lifting capacity. Yellow accents on pocket & shoulder
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1995
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ProPac Stability Jacket
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Same cut, but more economical. All black with Black/dark blue accents, Black/yellow & Purple and Black/Pink & Purple
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TechPac Stability Jacket
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Replaces the Master Stability Jacket
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1996
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Seahawk
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Weight integrated modular system. Choose your harness and aircell
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1997
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Classic Expedition
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Weight integraed with Black/grey and Black/Olive accents
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Falcon
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Lighter duty than the Seahawk and not modular. It is weight integrated Black w/Blue and Blac k w/neon yellow
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1998
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Venus
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First ladies BC offered by Scubapro. Weight integrated, back flotation. Black/pink/purple & Black/neon yellow /purple
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1999
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Classic NT
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Optional weight integrted. Black/silver/graphite , Black/Dark Blue/Purple and Black/Yellow/Purple
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Xtek
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Modular system. Choose harness, air cell and pockets 5 aircells offered and back plate
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Superhawk NT
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This BC is similar to the Seahawk except it is not modular and weight integrated
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Accent NT
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Optional weight integrated and a micro retractor. BlacK/Orange, Blue/Purple, Neon Yellow/Purple and Pink/Purple accents
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Tradewind
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Economical BC. All black BC with colored piping to indicate size
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2000
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Classic
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Weight integrated. Available in all Blue, Black with Blue trim or Black with Gray trim.
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S TEK
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Similar to X TEC. Modular with three different air cells. Pure TEK, Rec Tek and Trav Tec
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Accent
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Weight integrated and available in 3 colors. Black/Gray, Black/Blue and Black/yellow
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2001
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Classic Plus WYLAND
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Limited edition 4 different embroidered graphics.
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Classic Plus
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New patented weight integration system. 2 Napoleon pockets, 2 small additional pockets below the weight system, Soft pad and cummerbund. Black/Silver & Black/Blue
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Classic Sport
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non-weight integrated, no cummerbund or soft pad. Black with Yellow or all Black
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Ladyhawk
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New ladies cut B.C. weight integrated. Back inflation Black/Silver and Black/Blue
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2002
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Glide Plus
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Front adjustable & weight integrated B.C. Black /Blue and Black/Black
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Glide Sport
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All Black front adjustable B.C. Economical colored coded for size
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Knighthawk
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Weight- integrated, back inflation B.C. for men, available in Black only
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Stek
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Modular system with 2 aircells and weight systems
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Miro
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Youth BC
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2003
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Classic Air
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This B. C. had an integrated power inflator
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Glide 500
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The Glide Sport was discontinued and the Glide 500 was very similar in construction
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SASY
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Supplied Air Snorkeling for Youth This unit came either with a 13 or 19 Cu. Ft. tank & MK2/R190 regulator
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SASA
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Supplied Air Snorkeling for Adults. See above
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2004
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Glide Star
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Front adjustable weight integrated. Black in color. Production from Europe was very erattic so it was discontinued
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Equator
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This ultra-light BC was designed for the traveling diver. It came in Black only
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2005
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Pilot
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Black only with color tabs to identify size. This economical BC is popular in rental programs.
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SASY & SASA
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These units are no longer available
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2006
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Classic Air
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No longer available
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2007
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Classic Sport
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The Yellow and Black colors were eliminated and Gray accents were added
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2008
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Classic Plus
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The all Black Classic has now been changed to a Gray color
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Ladyhawk
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The Blue and Gray accents have been expanded to add more color to this popular ladies B.C.
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Bella
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A new design for Women's B.C.'s. The air cell now wraps around. Black/ Blue, Black/Gray & Black Red
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2009
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Glide Plus
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was discontinued
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Glide Pro
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Available in Black/Black and Black/Blue
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Equator
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Light wieght B.C. available in Black/Gray and Black/Blue
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