CycleCat
Contributor
I never heard of BP/W until I joined Scubaboard a few weeks ago. Now I'm intrigued. My wife and I are in the process of getting OW certified and have gathered all our needed dive gear except BCD, regulators and tanks. We have spent enough $$ this year on certification and the gear we have so we are putting off the rest of the gear until next year. That does not mean I'm not shopping around!
Would I we be better off just buying a commercial BCD to start and wait until we get the experience to decide what we want before going the BP/W route, or is it worthwhile to go straight to the customizable option? I'm a pretty mechanically skilled guy (used to be a motorcycle mechanic), so I think I can deal with the assembly, disassembly and adjustments, etc.
If I go with the BP/W option, how do I decide what to start with? It would be a single tank. What else?
Would I we be better off just buying a commercial BCD to start and wait until we get the experience to decide what we want before going the BP/W route, or is it worthwhile to go straight to the customizable option? I'm a pretty mechanically skilled guy (used to be a motorcycle mechanic), so I think I can deal with the assembly, disassembly and adjustments, etc.
If I go with the BP/W option, how do I decide what to start with? It would be a single tank. What else?