lmorin
Contributor
I think your comments exactly prove the point regarding one major reason why the vast majority of divers have no interest in BP/W and will never have. They do not want to take the time or responsibility of adding pockets; they want to purchase a BCD off the shelf with pockets. You hate pockets and imply that the ability to remove them from a jacket BCD is actually a negative feature; the vast majority of divers do not agree. Finally, you want a BCD that can accommodate doubles. The vast majority of divers only want to dive singles. It is an apples and oranges situation. There is no reason for either preference to change.If you'd like to add weight pockets to a backplate, you can if you'd like. Try to add weight pockets to a non weight integrated BC. You can't. You can also add a pocket. Try to remove a pocket from a jacket BC. You can't. I h8 pockets on a BC.
I know I can use a backplate with doubles or singles. MOST jackets cannot, and the ones that can are limited in what size doubles they can accommodate.
---------- Post added August 25th, 2014 at 01:44 PM ----------
Absolutely not true.On a side not I rekon this thread should be stickied and any new jacket V BP/W threads are just merged into it.
Again I don't really understand the pockets argument, I've never seen a jacket with useful pockets as they are usually restricted by the bladder and integrated weights.