Warhammer
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Dilema....I have a brand spanking new Liquidfit Platinum 3mm full wetsuit, same in a 3mm sleeveless shorty, and same in a 6mm bibbed hood. Great fit on everything except the hood, which will be fixed after my trip next weekend. Trouble is I have yet to dive either of these and I as said I have a trip planned next weekend. So I decided to determine their bouyancy by sinking them in the tub. WOW! The 3mm full required 12lbs to get neutral, the shorty took 7lbs, and the hood is neutral somewhere between 2 & 3lbs, 2 floats and 3 puts it on the bottom. That comes to a whooping 22lbs of extra weight needed to submerge with these suits/hood in tow. Add that to my normal swimsuit weight required for freshwater of 8lbs(4lbs + 4lbs to offset AL80 @500PSI) and that makes me require 30lbs. Then add another 6lbs for saltwater and I now have a grand total of 36lbs of lead! That seems astronomical to me, what do you guys think? Was my experiment with the suits about right or flawed? I did my best to get all the air bubbles out of them during the test. Is this typical of new suits? These are my first new suits, so I expected somewhat more bouyancy, but didn't think it would be this much.
To complicate things further, I was informed today that we would be diving Panama City first then move to the fresh springs on Sunday. The original plan was right the opposite and I was planning on getting my weight right in the calm waters of the springs. Doing this in 3 to 4 foot seas is going to be very difficult, so I'd like to be very close to start with. Worse case senario, I could always use the anchor line, which I plan on doing anyway. But you never know what will happen, so I'd rather be weigthed correctly.
My BC's intergrated weight system can handle 40lbs, but me thinks it would be wise to split this much weight up between it and a belt. What do you think?
To complicate things further, I was informed today that we would be diving Panama City first then move to the fresh springs on Sunday. The original plan was right the opposite and I was planning on getting my weight right in the calm waters of the springs. Doing this in 3 to 4 foot seas is going to be very difficult, so I'd like to be very close to start with. Worse case senario, I could always use the anchor line, which I plan on doing anyway. But you never know what will happen, so I'd rather be weigthed correctly.
My BC's intergrated weight system can handle 40lbs, but me thinks it would be wise to split this much weight up between it and a belt. What do you think?