sharkmasterbc
Contributor
Head down to the beach at Whytecliff park in West Vancouver BC any sat or sun and you will probably see at least 30-40% of the divers using BP/Wing. I guess there seem to be a lot more people on theis board using BP/Wing than there are when u get out diving but in the past year or so we have definetly seen the increase in the amount of people on site with BP/Wing.
I was introduced by an PADI course director who let me try his setup and in turn after buying mine I lent it out as much as possible. I would say about 4 out of 10 people perfered the BP/wing to the jacket. Some people just don't care about trim, fit, functionability etc, all they want to do is look at fish...some people are in love with their jacket BC, and attaching as many gadgets to it as possible, others swear by the BP/wing setup...I say whatever works, Theres an old timer who lives somewhere on the Sunshine Coast in BC who uses a bucket for a BC...he has been diving this way for 25 years (although I don't see how he could really help out a buddy in an emergency...but i digress).
Maybe the reason there seems to be more people on the board advocating/using BP/wing is because people are slowly comming to the relization that it is better...just MHO.
I was introduced by an PADI course director who let me try his setup and in turn after buying mine I lent it out as much as possible. I would say about 4 out of 10 people perfered the BP/wing to the jacket. Some people just don't care about trim, fit, functionability etc, all they want to do is look at fish...some people are in love with their jacket BC, and attaching as many gadgets to it as possible, others swear by the BP/wing setup...I say whatever works, Theres an old timer who lives somewhere on the Sunshine Coast in BC who uses a bucket for a BC...he has been diving this way for 25 years (although I don't see how he could really help out a buddy in an emergency...but i digress).
Maybe the reason there seems to be more people on the board advocating/using BP/wing is because people are slowly comming to the relization that it is better...just MHO.