Wow! So it wasn't exactly how I imagined trying one out but it worked... I rented one today to try out on a dive. Went down, rented my gear, headed up to the river... got all geared up... soooo much easier than fumbling with a stupid jacket BCD... and it was so much more comfortable... so off into the water I went... I figured that the back inflate would push me onto my stomach... I floated back on my back no problem... so when it was time for the dive, I let the air out and away I went... as soon as I started going down, the weight disappeared and it was like there was nothing there, it was easier to move around in and felt soooooo natural. Anyways, a couple of minutes into the dive and it was too cold to continue (I thought I could brave it without my vest/hood)... but the couple of minutes I tried the BP/W out it was way better than anything I had ever tried... I think I'm sold... I still need to do a full dive in one but I was really happy with it... Oh and BTW it was a Halcyon Eclipse with the Stainless BP and the weighted STA... VERY NICE!
I think I'm sold on a BP/W
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welcome to the club my friend
Gradual Ascent
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:lol: But wait .. there's more call in the next ... :lol:
Mikey0929:
As some would say welcome to the dark side. But being serious you will truly enjoy the BP/W setup. And depending on your weighting requirements you can use SS, Al, or hard plastic backplates and your STA can be light or heavy.
I dive with a Dive Rite plastic plate and no weight with a 100 or 120 steel tank and full 3 mm suit. In my drysuit I use a SS plate and just wear 8 lbs on my weight belt to sink comfortably with my 7.5 mm neoprene drysuit.
It is also extremely easily to stay horizontial with a good BP/wing setup.
jonix
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welcome to the club 
that's exactly how i reacted when i first tried the bp/wing. never looked back.
that's exactly how i reacted when i first tried the bp/wing. never looked back.
Mikey0929:
I've reciently taken students out for check outs in a wing and bp....they can remove and replace much faster and with no difficulty. Most are simply sold on the simplicity and comfort of the unit..
Ron
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<Mr. Burns>
Excellent... *rubs hands together*
Excellent... *rubs hands together*
Methinks thou hast just had a sip. wait til you take a good long draught. When I first got mine i said that I would not sell my probe so that I could use it for classes as a DM. Ebay is beckoning me as my instructor is coming to the realization that this is not a passing thing with me. And if I can demo all the skills in it, why not use it? As Ron said, remove and replace is much faster and easier IMO. The gear exchange might be a little different if the other person is way different size but hey. I do have an older but fully serviceable seaquest ADV that I could use for those kinds of situations. And what I could get for the probe would pay for O2 cleaning my doubles and converting my regs to DIN
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