I know this has been mentioned in many threads, and i have read nearly all of them.
However, each scenario is slightly different so i need advice that would work for my diving situation.
Switching to a wing/bp from a jacket BC.
This is geared towards diving with an AL80 with a 3mm.
I am 6' and 150lbs, so slim, with longer legs shorter torso, lean, no fat, slender bones.
I am neutrally buoyant in trunks but have relatively large lung capacity to body volume, so if i breath in I am very positive, breathe out very negative.
I normally need 6 lbs. I might be slightly light on exit with very low air but I can compensate with breathing and also I suspect the BC i was using is very buoyant, although dont know how much.
going to get a DSS wing/bp, and after talking to Tobin he suggested I get a SS backplate and smallest wing.
His math is nearly empty AL (4) + 3mm (4), thats 8 lbs.
SS plate+harness -6lbs-2lbs reg= -8.
Sounds perfect.
But after researching more, I am not so sure anymore...
First, what about stuff I add on, such as torch, a couple of bolt snaps, what ever else and negative fins, another thing about fins is that I am slightly leg heavy, so idealy I need a small (1lbs) weight pocket at the front to compensate for fins, and being leg heavy.
AND I would spend most of the dive overweighted by about 6lbs (say a 90ft dive +1lb for the 3mm and -4 for the full AL plus the reg and the wingplate thats -9lbs).
The kydex plate on the other hand is only 2lbs negative I think and I could use a small cam band weight. I kinda want to heed Tobins advice on this but counting in the fact that I was using a BC with only 6lbs the BC itself is probably 4lbs positive.
Hopefully there are people who have been in this situation before and can give me some solid advice. Also, I dont care about detach-ability of the weights.
So Kydex or SS?
Help me out please!
However, each scenario is slightly different so i need advice that would work for my diving situation.
Switching to a wing/bp from a jacket BC.
This is geared towards diving with an AL80 with a 3mm.
I am 6' and 150lbs, so slim, with longer legs shorter torso, lean, no fat, slender bones.
I am neutrally buoyant in trunks but have relatively large lung capacity to body volume, so if i breath in I am very positive, breathe out very negative.
I normally need 6 lbs. I might be slightly light on exit with very low air but I can compensate with breathing and also I suspect the BC i was using is very buoyant, although dont know how much.
going to get a DSS wing/bp, and after talking to Tobin he suggested I get a SS backplate and smallest wing.
His math is nearly empty AL (4) + 3mm (4), thats 8 lbs.
SS plate+harness -6lbs-2lbs reg= -8.
Sounds perfect.
But after researching more, I am not so sure anymore...
First, what about stuff I add on, such as torch, a couple of bolt snaps, what ever else and negative fins, another thing about fins is that I am slightly leg heavy, so idealy I need a small (1lbs) weight pocket at the front to compensate for fins, and being leg heavy.
AND I would spend most of the dive overweighted by about 6lbs (say a 90ft dive +1lb for the 3mm and -4 for the full AL plus the reg and the wingplate thats -9lbs).
The kydex plate on the other hand is only 2lbs negative I think and I could use a small cam band weight. I kinda want to heed Tobins advice on this but counting in the fact that I was using a BC with only 6lbs the BC itself is probably 4lbs positive.
Hopefully there are people who have been in this situation before and can give me some solid advice. Also, I dont care about detach-ability of the weights.
So Kydex or SS?
Help me out please!
