| Sounds like you're doing what I should have done before I bought my Buddy Commando (I have a nearly brand new one for sale now, but I'll resist pimping it on you!).
Definitely, definitely try both before spending your money.
I started with a standard BCD (Scubapro) on which I suffered 2 broken shoulder clips (on 2 brand new BCDs, one a replacement after the first failure). The BCD was great to dive and reasonably light in weight (for those foreign trips), but did suffer in the quality department.
After the second failure I spent a little more and got the Buddy Commando. These are absolutely bulletproof and last a long time, but they are heavy and bulky BCDs and not ideal for travelling (flying).
I then tried the Frog Indigo wing, and although I didn't like it at first it did grow on me and I wouldn't go back to a BCD now. The things I thought I liked about the BCD I found that actually I didn't when I perservered with the wing. I took this with me on the Red Sea liveaboard holiday back in December (backplate, harness and wing).
That said however, it's horses for courses, and I would never try to push one or the other on someone. You need to try both and make your own mind up, but do try more then one dive if you can and be objective about the pros and cons of each (from your perspective).
You'll get lots of different opinions from people, but at the end of the day it's you that has to dive and be comfortable with it.
Oh, and one point worth making is that BCDs are not life-saving devices and are not guaranteed to keep you on your back on the surface any more than a wing is...for that brown stuff in the motorised whirry thing moment...  |