Greetings,
Pretty much every time I'm drift diving in the Niagara River (Ontario, Canada) I find an integrated weight pocket with some weights in it. Now I've drifting along fairly fast and visibility is usually pretty bad. So when I see one of these weight pockets I usually have one shot to grab it. But then I'm drifting along with too much weight and struggling to hold on to the thing.
I'm in a drysuit with a BP/W. I figure I can add a little air to the drysuit to compensate for the extra weight. But I need to have my hands free. Anyone have any ideas what I can use to stow the weight pocket in?
I don't want to put it in my drysuit pocket. Probably not a good idea to put weights in the pocket and I have no idea how much weight is in these pockets. Could be 3 lbs or could be 20 lbs. Based on how hard they are to hold, I'm guessing it is more like 10 or 20 lbs.
I also don't want to put it on one side of my body because that will throw off my trim, especially if it is 20 lbs.
I have these two pockets from Diverite:
I was thinking about putting these on my waist belt near the buckle. Not sure if they'll be big enough to hold the entire weight pocket but might be easier to hold it in these pockets rather than just by my hand.
Anyone have any other ideas? Last two weight pockets I found but couldn't hold onto were a Mares and a Sherwood.
TIA,
Darrell
Pretty much every time I'm drift diving in the Niagara River (Ontario, Canada) I find an integrated weight pocket with some weights in it. Now I've drifting along fairly fast and visibility is usually pretty bad. So when I see one of these weight pockets I usually have one shot to grab it. But then I'm drifting along with too much weight and struggling to hold on to the thing.
I'm in a drysuit with a BP/W. I figure I can add a little air to the drysuit to compensate for the extra weight. But I need to have my hands free. Anyone have any ideas what I can use to stow the weight pocket in?
I don't want to put it in my drysuit pocket. Probably not a good idea to put weights in the pocket and I have no idea how much weight is in these pockets. Could be 3 lbs or could be 20 lbs. Based on how hard they are to hold, I'm guessing it is more like 10 or 20 lbs.
I also don't want to put it on one side of my body because that will throw off my trim, especially if it is 20 lbs.
I have these two pockets from Diverite:
I was thinking about putting these on my waist belt near the buckle. Not sure if they'll be big enough to hold the entire weight pocket but might be easier to hold it in these pockets rather than just by my hand.
Anyone have any other ideas? Last two weight pockets I found but couldn't hold onto were a Mares and a Sherwood.
TIA,
Darrell