I have yet another BP/Wing question. I'm a relatively new diver and am looking to avoid the all too common buy it/ebay it cycle. I'm trying to make a decision about which backplate/wing to buy. I'll be diving here in Utah, dry, and down south with a 3mm full wetsuit. I'd like to get into the cave and wreck diving scene also. Right now I'm leaning towards a 9lb. Fredt plate and 36lb. Halcyon wing with no sta. I'll use Halcyon's 15lb. weight integration. I will be diving with rental cylinder in the tropics, steel singles here (probably hp 100 or 120) and in the future doubles. I wear a 3mm wetsuit down south and in Cozumel it took 20lbs of lead with a "typical" BC. It may be a little less next time as that was my first trip and the wetsuit was a little big (a large then, traded for a med/tall now). That 20lbs felt neutral at 15ft./500lbs. I'm wondering if the 9lb. plate will ever be too heavy? How much bouyancy does a tri-lam drysuit add? Am I headed the right direction here?
Thanks!!
Dave
Thanks!!
Dave