DevonDiver
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Initially.....So, is it possible that a diver would just prefer a harness with adjustable straps and quick releases?
As other posters have stated, people gravitate towards the single-piece harness, not the other way around.
Having begun diving as a poodle-jacketed newbie, many people cannot initially break from their familiarity with being entombed within a mass of flapping nylon and buckles. As experience and appreciation develop, the natural evolution is towards the simplest, most effective configuration.
When I bought my first wing (for doubles) it was complete with a deluxe harness. The harness lasted 1 week. My first tech course, with Mark Powell, rapidly taught me the error of my ways... and the next weekend I was diving single piece...and never looked back.
It is absolutely fair for people to state that they prefer fancy comfort harnesses... but with the benefit of experience, they will most likely change their minds. That is the benefit of experience. If people are happy to spend the money on kit they will probably not like, or use, in a few years - then fair enough.
For me... I think diving is expensive enough, without having to replace your kit all the time...
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