spoolin01
Contributor
I've got a friendly dispute going over a rubber belt I bought on eBay and am looking for a little intel. I dive in NoCal with a little in the Channel Islands and yearly trips to Hawaii. I have used a cam-buckle rubber belt for 4 years or so and can't imagine why anyone would ever wear nylon! However, rubber belts seem rare among scube divers here and in the few LDSs I frequent. The few belts I've seen packaged or sold by the foot are all ~1/8" thickness. I wear between 10 and 40# lead depending on the situation, and the first belt I had lasted 4 years before it got nicked and tore. The belt I just bought is 1/16", which I can imagine might work fine for freediving or warm-water scuba where only a few lbs of lead is required. I'll probably take it to Kona in two weeks. However, I'm curious what goes on elsewhere. Is 1/16" common for scuba?
Mike
Mike