Let me start with saying I dive BP/W and I do not consider BP/W to ever be a mistake. With that being said, I'm second guessing every choice I made when buying my son's gear.
For a 5ft tall, 120 pound, muscular frame (built like a running back) adolescent male, did I make the right choice buying a Halcyon Infinity system with the short stainless steel plate?
I know as he grows I will eventually replace the plate with a standard size (genetics preclude him from ever needing the tall version), but I went back and forth on getting the steel short or AL short.
With no exposure protection and a rental BCD, he dives with 6 pounds of lead. With a very well used 7mm Pinnacle Cruiser (that is older than he is), he uses 10 pounds of lead. This has lead to much consternation for me, as I know the short SS backplate is 4lbs negative, and the unweighted STA is about 2lbs (I bought the weight insert, but don't intend to use it unless needed). So right off the bat we're close. I don't know how much the backpad and shoulder pads are positive.... maybe a pound or two?
Should I have gone with the AL backplate so we could dial it in with lead in the ACB, or should I stop fretting over it?
You don't have to remind me that there are other options on the market. I've been waiting to buy him his first "H" rig since I saw his first sonogram. I just hope I got the right one for him.
For a 5ft tall, 120 pound, muscular frame (built like a running back) adolescent male, did I make the right choice buying a Halcyon Infinity system with the short stainless steel plate?
I know as he grows I will eventually replace the plate with a standard size (genetics preclude him from ever needing the tall version), but I went back and forth on getting the steel short or AL short.
With no exposure protection and a rental BCD, he dives with 6 pounds of lead. With a very well used 7mm Pinnacle Cruiser (that is older than he is), he uses 10 pounds of lead. This has lead to much consternation for me, as I know the short SS backplate is 4lbs negative, and the unweighted STA is about 2lbs (I bought the weight insert, but don't intend to use it unless needed). So right off the bat we're close. I don't know how much the backpad and shoulder pads are positive.... maybe a pound or two?
Should I have gone with the AL backplate so we could dial it in with lead in the ACB, or should I stop fretting over it?
You don't have to remind me that there are other options on the market. I've been waiting to buy him his first "H" rig since I saw his first sonogram. I just hope I got the right one for him.
