What level diver and what type of BC?

[crowleyW]

Did my OW course with jacket style BC and then moved to BP/W

 

[Walter]

I dive with a vest. I tried a jacket, but the arms got in the way.

 

[herman]

There are too many variables to get any kind of meaningful data if that is what you are looking for. I dive all of the above plus a horse collar and no BC at all depending on the dive. Add to that, the BP users tend to be more vocal so you will tend to get heavly skewed data from them..

 

[tstormdiver]

As an OW Instructor, I typically use a back inflate or a back inflate/ Jacket hybrid style BC when working with students. As an Intro to Cave diver, working towards my Full Cave certification, I use a BP/W in my technical configuration. I have no problems with switching back & forth between configurations.

 

[Kingpatzer]

When I'm helping out with OW classes I use a back inflate Zeagle Scout that I bought on sale for the purpose of destroying with chlorine.

When I'm diving by myself I use an OMS bp/w setup.

 

[Bronson]

I use a jacket BCD to teach, a balanced back inflate for easy lazy diving, a bp/w when i am doing serious diving and want full control.

 

[dwhthediver]

in the pool, jacket style that matches rental gear students will be using, open water, whether fun diving or teaching back inflate

 

[ssidiv3r]

Jacket style Zealge Ranger LTD when I'm Dive Conning and when I'm diving for pleasure. I want to get a BP/W set-up but it will take some time (mostly because [as a Dive Con] I can only use the gear my shop sells and they only carry two or three companies that make BP's). Bought a jacket style Mares Morphos Pro when I got certified and I hated it.

(did not fill out poll because of the possibility of a change in set-up)

 

[Lead_carrier]

Learned in a jacket, tried a BP, went back to the jacket. Didn't like the BP, plus I'm still waiting for my demise from not diving a long hose and BP. Oh well, you can always count on someone like me to screw it up.

 

[Nemrod]

Sometimes I use no BC or plate at all and a double hose reg because that is how I learned and like best. Sometimes I use a horsecollar BC with or without a power inflator. Sometimes I use a BP/wing with or without the "Hog looping" and sometime in the future I will use my new BC jacket with integrated weights and Air II. Why not do everything the same way all the time, because I don't need too and because I can use what works best for the particular dive at hand and the training level of divers I am with. YRMV
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