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<font color='#008080'>Thought I jump in on this thread.. I use a bit of both - hence ticked the last option.
I find it easier to hold station using just the wing, but... it all depends on water temperatur and where in the dive I am.
I am originally BSAC trained and learned to use only the suit for buoyancy. When I started using twins and stages (even alu ones) I quickly found that my suit was not enough for buoyancy at depth, but I still automatically start using the suit, and then later start adding gas to the wing to avoid looking like the Mitchilin figure. I try and only have enough argon in the suit to keep me warm at depth and run buoyancy mainly from my wing, but my first reaction is usually to add gas to the suit - even GUE wasn't able to retrain me in that
If the water is warm I tend to use the wing more than the suit...
On the ascend, especially when reeling up, I prefer to use the suit only (with cuff dump) as it is easier to dump gas from that than having to faff about with the wing inflator as well as holding the reel. I actually make a point of dmping all gas from the wing before I start to ascend.
If I take photos I use the wing more to avoid accidental dumping of gas from the suit.
Once on deco, where holding a given depth is more critical, I use my suit only to keep warm, and fine-tune with the wing..
Sounds more complicated than it is, I suspect..
I guess it's all down to what works for you <takes cover to avoid being excomunicated from the DIR crowd>