Types of Diving BCD Styles | Dive Brief |

[@BarryMichaelDoyle]

I got a wing style BCD recently and had my first dive the other day. Your tip for deflating it slightly at the surface to get upright is great! I noticed it was difficult to sit upright, so I'm keen to try that out this weekend. Otherwise yeah, just like you said, it's great at keeping me at a good trim :)

[@Daveador876]

Just bought the Scubapro hydros pro, spent the last week testing it in the red sea. Absolutely love it. Well worth the money.

[@DeltaH-9]

I just started diving and I bought a Halcyon wing with a backplate, I love it and I've never had an issue being tipped forward or face down on the surface.

[@timgosling6189]

The thing about backplate/wing BCs putting you face down on the surface really should have been put to bed by now; they just don't. What they do give you is comfort, security and freedom of movement. I'll never go back to a jacket!

[@Larutus]

Only got certified in 2020 and went with a hybrid BCD. It’s good for helping me maintain horizontal position in water, but I do sometimes feel like maybe it was not the best “first” BCD to purchase. I’m learning with it though, and getting better each dive.

[@lutongbaru9165]

@askmark What is the best way to dispose decommissioned BCDs while minimizing impact to the environment? Can it be recycled in any way?

[@padraicmcgraw]

dumb question: Does the transpac xt harness not support backmount and sidemount systems with some configuration and hardware changes?

[@jrsob3026]

Don't know when I dove a jacket BC last but have dove a lot of backmounts, But now its all sidemount. I absolutely love my Xdeep stealth classic 2.0 and my DECO harness and bladder for when is really warm. The deco harness/bladder with 2 alum 40s or 2 steel 50s are the closest you can get to diving nothing at all.

[@marioschmitt4435]

Diving backplate ‚n‘ wing. Kinda fits my tec diving twin-cylinders at home as well as single-cylinder rec diving in my holidays. But I need to have two separate wings to fit both styles. Like the modularity of that system. Actual diving XDeep NX system with Zen and Project bladders.

[@YouTube_user3333]

Hollis S25 wing, Hollis hts 2 soft back plate with hts weight pockets. I can sling a stage or pony bottle on both sides. Soon upgrading to a Hollis SMS katana because I can back mount or side mount.

[@davemiranda953]

Where can I get that blue camp Mares XR wing from?

[@mechanikos84]

They only produced it for 1 year, 2019 i think.