Search results

  1. Roy_W

    Heated vests - Do they actually work ?

    "As I don't know your dive profiles, I'll give you a general answer: Usually, you don't want to run heat all the way through the dive. When you begin a dive, you're on-gassing. Heat will help the process - exactly what you want to avoid" I have read this before and I am glad that you reminded...
  2. Roy_W

    Heated vests - Do they actually work ?

    Hi Mr_V, Where did you see the pads and the valve for only 620 €, I can't find better than 850 € ? 1400 goes a little beyond, 40% beyond lol. my budget but I could stretch it if it was truly worth it. For 1400 I would have to be 100% convinced that it's a lot more than just slightly better...
  3. Roy_W

    Heated vests - Do they actually work ?

    After reading the replies and also some other threads I am surprised that no-one appears to state that a heated vest is a "must have". Reading between the lines I would now almost suggest that it appears to be a nice to have but not a vital.. Alternatively, I am starting to take far more...
  4. Roy_W

    Heated vests - Do they actually work ?

    Some interesting comments, @Imla I have never thought about the idea of Merino or woolen underwear ( that's not such a bad idea). For the 1st actual layer we usually use the same first layer as we do for skiing, Odlo Thermal Underwear which are synthetic wicking garments... Odlo also make...
  5. Roy_W

    Heated vests - Do they actually work ?

    I am currently in the process of looking at heated vests ( full suits are simply beyond my budget limits) with a budget Limit 1000 Euros. Here in France/Geneva the lakes get cold in the winter, the temperature generally gets down to around 7° C ( 44° F). I dive with a SFTech Trilaminate Dry...
  6. Roy_W

    Shearwater Peregrine Won't Connect To Bluetooth

    I must admit that I do not like Shearwater Cloud, so I do not use it, and as you said Subsurface won't work. I have several computers from different makers hence my desire to use Subsurface...
  7. Roy_W

    Shearwater Peregrine Won't Connect To Bluetooth

    If I have understood anything, it's that Windows breaks the Bluetooth LE protocole, so I just sync with my telephone which in turn syncs with the cloud. Don't waste your time with Windows , it's just an endless heartache with Shearwater. It's a shame but I do not believe there are any other...
  8. Roy_W

    Thanks to DiveRace

    I would like to give a very positive thumbs up to the guys at DiveRace for their rapid treatment and handling of my recent trip cancellation. We had a trip planned in March to the Similan Islands aboard the DiveRace but due to serious health problems, I learned on Friday that I will have to...
  9. Roy_W

    Dry Suit - Weight harness - Lower Backpain

    I share that feeling.. If it's only a small percentage of the total weight I can understand doing it this way but I would be reticent of attaching the majority of the weight in this manner. Yes, it is extremely handy as you only sling it on your back just before you are ready to slip into the...
  10. Roy_W

    Dry Suit - Weight harness - Lower Backpain

    Are you using standard wingnuts to attach your twins ? I am, but I need a pair of pliers or similar to get them off as I tend to want them to be on nice and tight ?
  11. Roy_W

    Dry Suit - Weight harness - Lower Backpain

    What do you think about strapping weights to tanks ( the image is from XDeep's website, I am only using this as an example) ? Somehow I don't consider this as a very "secure" method, I can understand a 1 kilo trim but not 6 kilos of essential.
  12. Roy_W

    Dry Suit - Weight harness - Lower Backpain

    What's really surprising with the replies is that here in France/Switzerland the weight harness that I referenced is very common and I don't hear many people complaining.. Is this what you mean by a V-Weight, if so how to do you attach this to the Backplate, does it just simply get lodged in...
  13. Roy_W

    Dry Suit - Weight harness - Lower Backpain

    No , its 4 Kg .....
  14. Roy_W

    Dry Suit - Weight harness - Lower Backpain

    Like most others who dive with dry suits we have to use a weight harness for buoyancy compensation, in our case it means 7Kgs of lead. I can't explain why but on some dives the harness leads to minor/annoying back pain after 25 mins or so.. ( Not every dive but too often to be acceptable. We...
  15. Roy_W

    BP/W How to quickly adjust a crotch strap ?

    After a session of trying various methods, including a quick release buckle , I eventually settled on the following solution. Normally at the rear of the crotch strap the webbing runs through a triglider , loops through the backplate and then threads back though the same triglider, its a very...
  16. Roy_W

    BP/W How to quickly adjust a crotch strap ?

    OK that's simple and clever too :-) Since there's no tension on the crotch strap this seems like a goods solution too.
  17. Roy_W

    BP/W How to quickly adjust a crotch strap ?

    Lol, sometimes we forget just how simple solutions can be... Without any doubt I could do that... Especially for 1.6$. Cheers
  18. Roy_W

    BP/W How to quickly adjust a crotch strap ?

    Any photos or link in order than I can understand what you mean by a quick release ?
  19. Roy_W

    BP/W How to quickly adjust a crotch strap ?

    Those buckles actually look like a good idea, do you have a link. I can only find a Facebook page and I really don't want to create a FB account. It also got me thing whether or not a strategic bungee/elastic might be capable of achieving ....
  20. Roy_W

    BP/W How to quickly adjust a crotch strap ?

    Hi All, In the current season we are switching quite often between our dry suits and wetsuits. depending on the depth that we have decided to do. It's only around 9° at the moment at 34m so depending on how long we are down we use the appropriate suit. But when it's 34° on the surface the...
Back
Top Bottom