cool_hardware52
Contributor
However, a properly trained technical diver can dive a set of doubles, in a wetsuit in a exotic location just for fun cant he?
Sure, why not? If the logistics at the "exotic location" allows for doubles, and you choose to bring your doubles regs on your trip to this exotic location, go for it. With a set of al 80's and a wetsuit have at it. When have I said anything to the contrary?
Let me be clear here. The diver about to embark on a once in a life tour of the Pacific doesn't need me or anybody else to tell them about the pro's and con's of dual purpose wings. They already know, and are likely sufficiently skilled to "make do" with whatever is available. They probably have a gear locker full of wings, and know only too well what each does best.
OTOH, the typical inquiry on SB about "do it all" wings is made by the uninitiated, not the "old pro"
It is a fact that most BP&W's will never see a set of doubles, even if the diver thinks they will be diving doubles in a "year or two"
IMO, it is a dis service to sell these new BP&W divers a wing that will negate many of the advantages of a BP&W, on the small chance that this same wing will be just what they need when (or if) they transition to doubles.
Tobin