There is an almost overwhelming bias on SB in favour of BP/Ws. To be honest, in many ways they do offer a lot of advantages, but one solution does not solve all problems.
If you have the option of trying the Zeagle BCD, then I would recommend that you try it. It may be exactly what you are looking for. Zeagle makes some very good BCDs and it is something to consider.
If, however, you decide to go with a BP/W, as others have said, there are options in how you rig it. I have mine rigged a little differently than the standard "Hogarthian" rigging (which is kinda ironic since my last name actually
is Hogarth). Instead of running the webbing from the shoulders down to the bottom of the BP, I have small loops of webbing (about 12 inches) that I have looped through the bottom of the BP with a D-Ring. I then threaded the main webbing through the D-Ring. This allows me to tighten the harness as tight as I want. Purists will say that I have introduced 2 potential points of failure, but I am willing to see it as an acceptable risk.
Here is how I have rigged the bottom of my harness (on both sides). The black webbing is a section about 12-18 inches long. It is threaded through the bottom slots in my BP. The blue webbing is my main harness webbing. It is threaded through the D-Ring (from behind). This allows me to have it as loose as I want to or to cinch it as tight as I want. It also makes getting out of my BP/W incredibly easy.
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