Newbie from Canada

[Chanty75]

BC is personal preference. I usually recommend trying each style prior to buying but it looks to late for that.

The rental equipment I used while getting certified was a scubapro jacket style bcd. I hated it. I love my Aqualung Lotus

 

[formernuke]

I hated jackets from day one. My first bc was a zeagle ranger (back inflate) then went bpw.

 

[Boarderguy]

I plan on doing both but not traveling this year. Dove last weekend in 57⁰ water temperature. 7mm wetsuit just isn't cutting it. Gear put away til next spring !

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Go dry and dive year round. No more cold surface intervals. Only need to towel your hair before going home. Dives are more comfortable and thus more enjoyable.

 

[Edward3c]

I plan on doing both but not traveling this year. Dove last weekend in 57⁰ water temperature. 7mm wetsuit just isn't cutting it. Gear put away til next spring !

I was out yesterday. It was 12C below 10m and progressively colder nearer the surface, and 6C or less near the surface, freshwater (rain run off) sitting over saltwater (see profile below). Even in drysuits we felt the cold, the dive would have been really uncomfortable if we’d warn semi drys.

My suggestion is get a drysuit, with training, then you can dive year round.

Congratulations and welcome to the underwater world.

 

[Chanty75]

I was out yesterday. It was 12C below 10m and progressively colder nearer the surface, and 6C or less near the surface, freshwater (rain run off) sitting over saltwater (see profile below). Even in drysuits we felt the cold, the dive would have been really uncomfortable if we’d warn semi drys.

My suggestion is get a drysuit, with training, then you can dive year round.

Congratulations and welcome to the underwater world.

Hi, and thank you. Will consider the drysuit for sure !

 

[drrich2]

I thought I had a bpw lol Geez I'm confused... I have a Aqualung Lotus back inflation-style bcd

Enjoy what you have. A BP/W setup is modular, which means you can (and often have to) make decisions about the various components (e.g.: backplate, wing, harness/webbing, whether to add a single tank adapter) then put them together (or have someone else do it, like I did), whereas what you have was probably all-in-one and ready to go right off the rack.

 

[TMHeimer]

Welcome from Halifax, NS area.

 

[davecampbell]

welcome, from Hamilton.