ccrprospect
Contributor
Hello,
I dive on a twinset, on a WTX-60R Apeks Wing with a steel backplate. When diving on an aluminum twinset, with a 7mm wetsuit, I need 8 kg of weight which I manage by placing a 5 kg V-weight in the middle of the twinset and then a 3 kg lead weight tied on one of the tanks. On a recent dive, the tank weight fell off suddenly but thankfully it was during a non-critical part of the dive (before being in deco) and I managed to safely abort and surface.
Are there any suggestions for alternative weighting configurations given the wing type/backplate I use? I have now become very wary of tying lead around a tank. Also while the V-weight is convenient with aluminum tanks, it does not work with steel ones.
I dive on a twinset, on a WTX-60R Apeks Wing with a steel backplate. When diving on an aluminum twinset, with a 7mm wetsuit, I need 8 kg of weight which I manage by placing a 5 kg V-weight in the middle of the twinset and then a 3 kg lead weight tied on one of the tanks. On a recent dive, the tank weight fell off suddenly but thankfully it was during a non-critical part of the dive (before being in deco) and I managed to safely abort and surface.
Are there any suggestions for alternative weighting configurations given the wing type/backplate I use? I have now become very wary of tying lead around a tank. Also while the V-weight is convenient with aluminum tanks, it does not work with steel ones.