First Dive with BP/W...

[modustollens]

c I started out with an AT-Pac back in the 70's and can testify to the propaganda to discredit the BC.

AT-Pac - that was what I was looking for a picture of when I found that .pdf.

Looks like history has come around. I think the jackets may look modern and fancy and be comfortable on the shore or boat but the wing certainly felt better under the water, not that I felt uncomfortable above the water in it. I suspect aesthetics and marketing and style issues had a lot of influence on design rather than performance.

MT

 

[Peter_C]

I think the jackets may look modern and fancy and be comfortable on the shore or boat but the wing certainly felt better under the water, not that I felt uncomfortable above the water in it. I suspect aesthetics and marketing and style issues had a lot of influence on design rather than performance.

MT

Actually I found the opposite. We often hike to our dive sites, and with just an HP100 on my back, using what is supposed to be a top of the line Scubapro Knighthawk, I found my shoulder would hurt right at the neck. Switched to a BP/W and can stand for a long time with an HP130, including a lead wedge, on my back now.

To me simple and sporty is far sexier than stitched up fabric. Then again my stainless singles plate is fully polished, and every hundred dives or so gets re-polished.