ucf you are talking to yourself if you are in fact trying to talk to me. I no longer see your posts, same as with Jeff. That saves band width and time.
You mentioned cave divers in another post that I can't find. I don't know if that was directed at me, but I will say that I do most of my diving in the ocean, not caves. I've only been a full cave diver for 4 1/2 years now, whereas I have 20 years of diving in the ocean. I have two other ocean rigs, one for single tank and one for doubles, and I do not have ditchable weight on them either.
In fact, I don't wear any lead at all anywhere on me or my rigs. All my rigs are properly balanced with the proper combination of tanks and plates so it isn't necessary. That's why I have three different BP&W setups, one for each type of diving I do. The only time I use a ditchable weight belt is when I break out my recreational BC and it's only because there's no where to rig permanent weight on such a rig, at least not with out investing time which I prefer to spend elsewhere.
I was half kidding and half serious when I said ditchable weight is for beginners. Yes, beginners need ditchable weight so a DM or someone else can save their ass when they panic on the surface the first time they swallow some water. Sorry, if that sounds disrespectful of beginers, I'm just being brutally fank in the interest of time and typing.
However, as an experienced diver that has been tested over the years, I know from experience that you will not see me panic on the surface. Therefore, I don't need ditchable weight. I can get back to the surface and maintain myself there in any sea conditions as necessary. I know, I've had to do it real world.
So I am confident that I don't need any ditchable weight, maybe you do. That's okay, it doesn't make you a bad person, just don't preach to me.
The more I read posts with divers of different experience levels clashing, the more I am really convinced that there needs to be two standards in diving. One for beginners and another for experienced divers that know what they are doing. One day, maybe me or someone else will write some. That would also save instructors from being put in a position of having to exclaim, "Do as I say, not as I do." Until then, please just accept that there is more than one way to skin a cat...