Draft entry. Specs not yet verified against the manufacturer.

AudaxPro

AudaxPro Stealth Evo 16 BCD, Aluminum Backplate

A DIR-style backplate-and-wing BCD, an evolution of AudaxPro's Stealth with a more padded, accessorized harness; sold soft (no plate) or with an aluminum or stainless steel backplate.

Wing / backplate

Modular harness and wing, the standard technical-diving setup. Expect to configure backplate, wing, and harness separately rather than buying a fixed jacket.

AudaxPro Stealth Evo 16 BCD, Aluminum Backplate
2.5Comparison Score
$759
Released—
Stylewing backplate
Weight-integrated—
Lift capacity35 lbs
Backplatealuminum
D-rings—
Trim pockets—
MaterialCordura outer shell
Travel-friendlyNo
Dry weight2600g
Fitunisex
Sizes—

"Lift capacity" is the manufacturer-rated buoyancy the wing/bladder can provide at the surface. Match it to your exposure suit, tank, and weighting, not the biggest number available.

Pros
  • Sold "soft" (harness and wing only) or complete with a stainless steel or anodized aluminum backplate, so divers can build the exact rig they want
  • Positioned as an evolution of AudaxPro's rigorously DIR-style Stealth, with a more comfortable, more accessorized harness on the same low-volume 16-liter wing
  • At roughly 2.6 kg it's lighter than many aluminum-backplate wing systems from larger brands
Cons
  • AudaxPro doesn't sell through US retailers, and the only clearly documented price we found (from a Hong Kong-based retailer) was roughly $760, so the listed price is a rough, single-source estimate
  • Exact D-ring count, size range, and inner-bladder material weren't documented consistently enough across retailers to confirm
  • Far less English-language documentation and independent review coverage than established technical brands like Halcyon or XDEEP

The Stealth Evo is AudaxPro’s DIR-influenced backplate-and-wing BCD, sold either as a soft harness-and-wing package or complete with a stainless steel or anodized aluminum backplate. AudaxPro describes it as an evolution of the Stealth, a “rigorously DIR” BCD, carrying over the same low-volume 16-liter wing but with a more padded and accessorized harness. Reliable specs on this model are thinner than on AudaxPro’s Travel and Stark Evo lines, so several fields above should be treated as approximate.