Diving with or without bands?

caveseeker7 · Aug 5, 2003

I wasn't quite sure where to ask this question, but since it says 'bands' in the topic I figured this place as good as any. It's for those of you who tied the knot:

Do you dive with your wedding bands or without them? :rolleyes:

Feel free to elaborate if that depends on gear (gloves for example), attendance of spouse or amount of divers of the opposite sex at the destination ... .

And, in a related matter: Is it true that the ball and chain counts as weight and you can therefor take some off the belt?

5615mike · Aug 5, 2003

My wife and I never dive with any jewelry. Why would you? What is the need?

CuriousMe · Aug 5, 2003

but I wear my rings diving unless I'm wearing gloves. There's no reason to I guess....but besides the gloves, I haven't found a reason not to.

Peace,
Cathie

Zagnut · Aug 5, 2003

..but mine fits fairly snugly and most importantly my knuckles are big so it can't fall off very easily. In cold water my fingers shrink up a bit so it gets pretty loose but so far my knuckles still keep it on just fine. I figure if I start taking it off and on all the time, that's how I'll end up losing it, so it stays on all the time. My buddy misplaced his ring by taking it off all the time. My ring a simple gold band, though, with no stones or anything so it's not a problem...If I were a gal with a big rock, my thinking would probably be different.

DrSteve · Aug 5, 2003

Never wear any rings. What with the change in termperature and pressure I don't want my fingers to shrink and lose a ring, and on the flip side I don't want to surface and find my fingers swell any amount with a ring on! Incidentaly that's why I don't wear my rings in the summer months.

redacted · Aug 5, 2003

I don't think I'd want to go thru the re-weighting.

herman · Aug 5, 2003

After darn near losing a finger because of a ring I never wear them.

Boogie711 · Aug 5, 2003

If I take it on or off, I'm going to lose it. It stays on all the time - it only comes off for Basketball and Softball games. I worry enough about my car keys while underwater - I don't want to have to worry about where I left my wedding band too.

DennisW · Aug 5, 2003

I would never take it off before a dive. Why? First of all, I would never remember to take it off if I wanted to, second, I don't want to lose it. If it's on my finger, I always know where it is.

Dee · Aug 5, 2003

It's a thin, smooth gold band that has been in place for 30 years.

Two years ago I lost the engagement ring that went with it. I've never had the habit of removing my rings for anything so it actually didn't cross my mind to take it off for diving. Sure enough, the flag line got behind it on the surface and whoosh!...it was gone.

I haven't replaced it and probably won't. And if I had it to do over, I would remove any rings that don't fit very well and that are not perfectly smooth.

My only concellation...If I had to lose it, what better place than on a dive? And if you're ever on a site called Crab Ledge off Pompano Beach somewhere and find it, there's a reward!

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