In the pool, I'd suggest putting the rig in or across your lap. Depending on the situation, straddling the tank might work as well.
Just make sure you stay with it.
Just make sure you stay with it.
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Only if you plan on taking it off under water. Why would you want to do such a thing?
I would suggest never taking your right arm out of the shoulder strap.
I have *maybe* been known to take my bc off to take my wetsuit off so that I wouldn't be the person who peed in said wetsuit .
And I use integrated weights, always just kept one arm through and hold it in front of me and its enough to offset wetsuit
My question is should I always carry enough weight on my belt to not be positively buoyant when not wearing my kit ?
So when you do the PADI skill you do it on the bottom, not floatingWow, that doesn't sound too easy to actually (halfway) duff and don your wetsuit underwater! I'll have to try that some time.
But I'm guessing that's not the time you want to straddle your tank/bc to stay neutral.
So when you do the PADI skill you do it on the bottom, not floating
So when you do the PADI skill you do it on the bottom, not floating
I don’t think it was taught to me correctly then.The recent Padi standard has been to remove and replace 'without losing control of buoyancy, body position and depth'.
Which pretty much means not grounded to the actual bottom, or otherwise who ever wrote it sure used a bunch of extra words they did not need. Not sure if by bottom you meant underwater on planted on the bottom.
A weight belt that stays on you sure makes it easier. Handy in the water as well if you ever need to remove the BC after you pass the class.