Jacket vs back inflate for new diver?

[Marie13]

Yall, Update - I'm just happy to be alive after defying death last week in Cozumel with a jacket stye travel BC

You weren’t diving split fins, too, were you?

 

[Jafo19D]

So what did the OP end up getting?

Lot of SP Hydros Pro haters here but that's what I have and I absolutely love it. I'm so glad I didn't get a jacket style because I travel for all my diving. I came close to getting a BP/W but since I don't dive with a wetsuit comfort was really important for me. Also, it seems to me that its a lot easier to adjust than a BP/W. Another thing I love about it is that it's modular so if something breaks I just replace that piece.

 

[mcohen1021]

You weren’t diving split fins, too, were you?

Oh man, no, I took my 1968 vintage Mike Nelson Sea Hunt rubber fins. That way none of the great whites in Cozumel could keep up!