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I am in the process of choosing a new (travel) BC, and the first consideration is jacket vs wing. I love the feeling of the wing from my little tech diving experience BUT I read in various places that one of the disadvantages of the wing is that you have to work to keep your head above the water at the surface as the wing is pushing you into an horizontal position head down. So... imagine the dive is going wrong, you've dumped your weights and are getting to the surface half conscious or unconscious. Is that the case of with a wing you die cos' you arrive horizontally head down whereas with a jacket you have more chance of survival?
Wings being considered are Scubapro Lighthawk, Hollis LTS, Zeagle Express Tech, Diverite Travelpac, Oceanic Biolite... not sure whether the model makes a difference to the above question....
Thank you in advance for sharing your experience!
I am in the process of choosing a new (travel) BC, and the first consideration is jacket vs wing. I love the feeling of the wing from my little tech diving experience BUT I read in various places that one of the disadvantages of the wing is that you have to work to keep your head above the water at the surface as the wing is pushing you into an horizontal position head down. So... imagine the dive is going wrong, you've dumped your weights and are getting to the surface half conscious or unconscious. Is that the case of with a wing you die cos' you arrive horizontally head down whereas with a jacket you have more chance of survival?
Wings being considered are Scubapro Lighthawk, Hollis LTS, Zeagle Express Tech, Diverite Travelpac, Oceanic Biolite... not sure whether the model makes a difference to the above question....
Thank you in advance for sharing your experience!