Ok here is my question, I have a Aqua Lung Dimension i3 which I bought when I started my ow and aow combo class.
I like the bcd, I love the i3 system. I have 20 dives with it. The one issue I have found on every dive is I can not get my weight down with two problems, one I cannot fit enough weight in the bcd and two using the formal 10 of body weight plus 5 pound for salt water doesn't not work.
Example I just did my first ocean dive at casino point. I had to put n 40 pounds of weight and still was fighting to stay down. I only weight 225-230. On all my dives I have to 36-38 pounds to stay under.
I live in Nevada and dive sea base in Grantsville ut a lot. I wear a 7mm wet suite with those dives because its cold. Even when I have worn a 3mm on warmer dives its the same thing.
So far all the instructors I have been with have all said they don't get.
I'm to the point of selling my bcd and trying something else. I can't work on buoyancy control if I cannot get my weight down.
Any help would be great. Understanding I'm new but the it will get better with each dive is not coming true.
I like the bcd, I love the i3 system. I have 20 dives with it. The one issue I have found on every dive is I can not get my weight down with two problems, one I cannot fit enough weight in the bcd and two using the formal 10 of body weight plus 5 pound for salt water doesn't not work.
Example I just did my first ocean dive at casino point. I had to put n 40 pounds of weight and still was fighting to stay down. I only weight 225-230. On all my dives I have to 36-38 pounds to stay under.
I live in Nevada and dive sea base in Grantsville ut a lot. I wear a 7mm wet suite with those dives because its cold. Even when I have worn a 3mm on warmer dives its the same thing.
So far all the instructors I have been with have all said they don't get.
I'm to the point of selling my bcd and trying something else. I can't work on buoyancy control if I cannot get my weight down.
Any help would be great. Understanding I'm new but the it will get better with each dive is not coming true.