Peter, my husband, is running a private OW class for two students. One started out the first day in the pool in the shop rental BCs, which are jackets. She thought diving in the pool was great fun, but complained that the tank didn't feel like it stayed put very well, so the next day, she showed up for class in her mother's back-inflate BC. She said that was MUCH better. But today, Peter put her in one of our backplate setups . . . by the end of an hour and a half or so in the pool, she was all smiles (grin from ear to ear) and said, "This is SO much better! I love this thing. I'm going to tell my mother that this is what I have to have."
She likes the paddle fins better, too . . .
She likes the paddle fins better, too . . .