why would any one get a jacket BC

[Cacia]

If your buddy wears one, they are great because you can stash stuff in their pockets.

 

[Diver Dennis]

Make up and stuff Catherine? Hey, tell us about Kona. MTV is there too, you must be famous by now...

 

[Cacia]

Make up and stuff Catherine? Hey, tell us about Kona. MTV is there too, you must be famous by now...

yes.
I may need yours in Bali, I am bringing lots of stuff. So, keep your jacket BC till after that.
Kelly Slater has cool eyes. Bruce Irons has a nice chest. the bikini models made me look bad. wow, were they thin. I am just jealous. I did my best getting towed out through the surf zone, but I did scream a little. Lets put it this way....I was glad to have the bungee reg! My camera and housing survived the ninja splash. Whales were breaching all around. I will post when I get home some photos. The poparatzi showed up afterall even though I kept my mouth shut.

 

[Diver Dennis]

I'm glad you're having a terrific time. When do we see you on MTV?

 

[StSomewhere]

Nope. You'd have to convince me that it's easier to put on and adjust a harness with only one buckle than a simple vest. Furthermore, you'd have to convince me that it's easier to travel with a large steel or aluminum plate with the added weight than a simple vest and bladder.

Travel with a wet BCD and get back to me on the whole "travel with a large steel or aluminum plate with the added weight than a simple vest and bladder" thing...

 

[kidspot]

Nope. You'd have to convince me that it's easier to put on and adjust a harness with only one buckle than a simple vest. Furthermore, you'd have to convince me that it's easier to travel with a large steel or aluminum plate with the added weight than a simple vest and bladder.

I would definitely agree with you that a jacket is easier to don/doff and to adjust... However adjusting it exactly the same way every time "may" be more difficult. Of course if you put an adjustable Q.R. on each shoulder strap [gasp] of a bp harness that would make them about the same in terms of ease in donning/doffing... Simplicity is too subjective in this instance. one buckle is simpler than however many a jacket may have (I have seen as many as 7 on one vest) however multiple adjustment points makes getting into the straps easier...

As for travel, my entire bp/wing/harness lays in the bottom of my suitcase and takes up less than 3" of room... the jackets I've seen take up 1/3 - 1/2 of the same bag... A bp/wing is no wider than a jacket, but it's a LOT thinner (the plate is maybe 2" thick at the bend) and the wing is only 1/2" or so thick (at least mine is). weight with an Aluminum plate would be under 4# with the entire rig and with a SS plate under 8#. When my wing arrived I couldn't figure out what was in the box because it was so small - only 6x8x6 inches... and the wing only filled up about half of it

Not to say there are not MUCH larger wings out there that would be large, only that most I have seen are quite small (including my doubles wing). Oh and as Stsomewhere "implied" some wings will dry very fast (mine is usually dry in a few minutes and ready for putting away)

Just some things to ponder...

Aloha, Tim

P.S. While my bias is definitely toward a BP/wing vs a Jacket - I know many good divers who wear Jackets - it's more the diver in the gear, than the gear on the diver ... btw - I also know some terrible divers who wear bp/w

 

[loosebits]

My god, how many times does this discussion have to be rehashed? Can we just shut down this entire forum until something new happens in stab jacket or BP/W development? We're wasting bits.

 

[dherbman]

My god, how many times does this discussion have to be rehashed?

Until we are all wearing the same thing.

 

[StSomewhere]

My god, how many times does this discussion have to be rehashed? Can we just shut down this entire forum until something new happens in stab jacket or BP/W development? We're wasting bits.

Who died and made you a mod? :roll:

 

[TheRedHead]

That thing being a BP/W.