simonknee
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Hi,
I am heading towards the Zeagle ET (see other thread for more info on the diving we do) for my first purchased BCD.
My wife thinks she may prefer a jacket to a wing and is looking at the Cressi Travelight Lady.
I have read a lot about the buoyancy capacity of BCDs and why you do not want one that is too large. I concur and we are low-weight/good-buoyancy divers. To me the limiting factor on going smaller is when the BCD cannot hold a full tank, regulator bits and any attached weights when dropped in the drink. This thread is about this specific aspect.
The Cressi Travelight Lady in Small has a stated 8.2kg of lift. Cressi Scuba Diving B.C.D - Air Travel Lady
She regularly requires 8kg of weight (compared to me she is more floaty, and wears a 5mm).
So if this 8kg goes in the integrated pockets this rig will sink, no?
Even at 6kg added it would seem marginal that this rig could keep itself on the surface.
The spec of the pockets allows 4.5kg and there are rear pockets that take another 2kg each.
So the lead-happy diving can squeeze 13kg into this puppy and it only has 8.2kg of lift?!?
Am I missing something? I must be? Or do some divers sacrifice surface float-ability for travel convenience?
Please note I am only talking about the fully assembled rig, in the water, on the surface, fully inflated, when a diver is NOT wearing it.
Simon
P.S. I also realise that this thread will head off into belts v. integrated at the drop of weight pouch which is fair enough but not my question.
I am heading towards the Zeagle ET (see other thread for more info on the diving we do) for my first purchased BCD.
My wife thinks she may prefer a jacket to a wing and is looking at the Cressi Travelight Lady.
I have read a lot about the buoyancy capacity of BCDs and why you do not want one that is too large. I concur and we are low-weight/good-buoyancy divers. To me the limiting factor on going smaller is when the BCD cannot hold a full tank, regulator bits and any attached weights when dropped in the drink. This thread is about this specific aspect.
The Cressi Travelight Lady in Small has a stated 8.2kg of lift. Cressi Scuba Diving B.C.D - Air Travel Lady
She regularly requires 8kg of weight (compared to me she is more floaty, and wears a 5mm).
So if this 8kg goes in the integrated pockets this rig will sink, no?
Even at 6kg added it would seem marginal that this rig could keep itself on the surface.
The spec of the pockets allows 4.5kg and there are rear pockets that take another 2kg each.
So the lead-happy diving can squeeze 13kg into this puppy and it only has 8.2kg of lift?!?
Am I missing something? I must be? Or do some divers sacrifice surface float-ability for travel convenience?
Please note I am only talking about the fully assembled rig, in the water, on the surface, fully inflated, when a diver is NOT wearing it.
Simon
P.S. I also realise that this thread will head off into belts v. integrated at the drop of weight pouch which is fair enough but not my question.