I just had this exact same problem setting up my new Ultima dryglove system and was about to give up and pay someone at the dive shop to do it for me.... Fortunately I figured it out.
What ended up working in the end was mounting just the glove O-rings on the plastic glove rings, and leaving...
Are you looking at the regular Lotus or with the i3 inflator?
I dove the Lotus i3 for two years. It fit me a lot better than the unisex BCDs I got certified in as I have a narrow waist but am tall.
Things I liked:
- Being able to put weight on the cam bands helped with my trim
- You can put up...
This weekend is the Concours d'Elegance so there will be many extra cars and people in the area. Make sure you arrive extra early if you want to get parking!
I actually bought 2 Aqualung griplock cam bands (you can buy them separately from a BCD) for use with my BPW. They're not too expensive and fixed all the similar frustration I had with the more traditional style.
When I bought my first BCD, I had to get a women's specific one in order to get the waist straps to fit correctly. I'm pretty small, and when I got certified none of the rentals would be properly tight against my waist and it would be flopping around a lot. Wearing a women's specific one...
One dive at Breakwater last Saturday, did the pipe and metridium fields. Lots of particulates, visibility was a very green 5-10 ft. It was really cold! 48ish on the surface and 46F at depth. Nevertheless buddy and I managed to do 50 min despite him being in a wetsuit. Saw a good number of...
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