Loss of weights at depth

[BioLogic]

I actually tested this because I wanted to see how fast I'd go up if I lost my belt. (No, this is not a Chernobyl scenario -- I had one hand around a line I could grab to halt ascent and my well-weighted buddy with a hand on my BC as a backup plan.)

Losing all my weight from a neutral buoyancy hover at 25 feet made me rise slowly, not rocket. It was a safe rate. That's with 5 ml and hood, 8 lbs of wt. I'll probably go to distributed wts on the drysuit because losing 12 or 14 lbs instead might change the equation.

 

[Michael_Lambert]

Well loosing a few pounds is one thing, Personally i lost 40 pounds in a pool in 10 feet and yes i pretyt much bolted.

 

[TSandM]

Yes, and losing weight at depth gives you much more time to accelerate.

 

[Michael_Lambert]

And even worse if the diver is not in the right mind of thought and not dumping air be it Wing or Drysuit.