uh oh....look what i started. haha j/k thx for all the interest
just to touch on a few points brought up:
i wear a bare nex gen pro suit with a thin skin layer and a hollis aug100 for undies. i typically carry about 22lbs of extra weight (lead). about 10 on the belt and 12 in my jacket style bc weight pockets. so all of that is ditchable.
i am using a single xsscuba (worthington??) LP77 steel cylinder.
if i had to remove my gear - i still float perfectly fine in my suit with hood, gloves, and mask/fins/snorkel. i only would put about 10lbs in the suit. and i know it takes about 28 lbs added to get me neutral when wearing just the suit,hood, gloves, mask/fins/snorkel. i know because i tried it
what if my dry suit floods - at the start of any dive i am aprox 5 or 6lbs negative. if my suit were to completely flood i loose the aprox 28lbs of lift. my bc alone has about 28lbs of lift. if i ditch 5 or 10lbs from the bc and fill the bc, i now have 33 to 38lbs positive lift avail
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what if my suit flooded with my gear off (ie: if i was taking it off to hand it off to the boat crew) - well, i have never done that and can't see ever having to. and if i did, the odds that i would have a suit flood at that exact moment make that scenario extremely improbable
i was bored last night thinking of different approaches to my gear set up and thought this might be an interesting conversation. i do think it would be more comfortable for sure and less crowded than if outside the suit.
don't misunderstand, i am not gonna put 30lbs on a flimsy belt under my suit. now that would be suicide. it would only be about 10lbs and it would have to be on a set up that absolutely cannot come off inside. i am a fan of having plenty of ditchable weight. i don't subscribe to the philosophy that some have that it is ok to dive without any ditchable weight. that to me is an accident waiting to happen.
keep it comin !!