BP users - Weight belt, weight harness or pockets?

[DutchDown]

What I'd like to find out is how you bp/wings users prefer to carry your weight. As far as I can tell, those are the three options and I am curious to see if there is a clear winner in terms of popularity. Reasons would also be appreciated.

 

[Mo2vation]

I dive 20 with a drysuit and my steel 100. Pull 6 for the plate, that means I need 14 - so I added 7 a side in the Halcyon ACB and I'm good.

I could have gone with a heavier plate and a weighted STA, but I like the peace of mind in being able to ditch weight. My very first dive after being certified, the inflator blew off of my rental BC...rapid (and I do mean rapid) gas loss. I jammed my finger into the hose, ditched my weight and made an ascent.

It sort of scarred me...I like having ditchable weight. I've read about people that don't wear any weight - they have doubles, heavy plates and channel weights... not for me. If I gotta get topside, I want to get lighter.

K

 

[metridium]

Options not listed include:

P-weights (aka channel weights)
V-weights
steel tanks

For single-tank drysuit diving, I recently acquired a P-weight for use with SS backplate and steel tank. Any extra weight goes into the ACBs.

For doubles, I don't use any extra weight, other than the plate and steel tanks.

I've hated weightbelts since the first time I put one on. Haven't tried a weight harness yet.

 

[ABQdiver]

with pockets for soft weights for me. Got mine from Idaho Sewing

So I guess mine vote is a weight belt with pockets..

 

[Dryglove]

ABQdiver once bubbled...
with pockets for soft weights for me. Got mine from Idaho Sewing

So I guess mine vote is a weight belt with pockets..

Ditto for me

 

[Tanstaafl]

Right now I'm using a weight belt with hard weights. Most of my diving is in warmer water and I only need a couple of pounds of extra weight.

 

[DutchDown]

Darn these rented fingers! Apologies, Met, I am asking about ditchable weight. I carry my non-ditchable weight in my LFS (lead-filled-skull).

 

[metridium]

DutchDown wrote...
Darn these rented fingers! Apologies, Met, I am asking about ditchable weight. I carry my non-ditchable weight in my LFS (lead-filled-skull).

In that case, change my "other" vote to "ACB", at least for singles.

 

[WreckWriter]

No ditchable weight.

WW

 

[Blargh]

I use a lead-filled STA and a soft weighbelt for singles.