I currently creating a DIY harness weight belt by attaching D rings on my normal belt ( hard weights) to suspenders. To be able to ditch this weight, I would either have to cut it off, or take off my BCD then take it off my shoulders. While i do feel very comfortable underwater with ditch and don skills, I do feel that in an emergency I might not be able to get it off quick enough.
I do two types of diving:
1) Recreational - Double AL 80's, Backplate and Wing, and crushed neoprene drysuit. I have only used my drysuit once in semi deep water, and I needed about 40 lbs of lead
2) Public Safety Diving - Single 80 with 13ft pony bottle - jacket style BC, crushed neoprene drysuit, and Full Face Mask with coms. we are also always tethered. Due to the nature of the job, and the type of water i'm usually diving in, I'm rarely in water more than 15-20 feet deep. Sometimes we are in 5 feet of water, and we like to be very negatively bouyant so that we stay on the bottom and not bounce up and down.
What is everybody's views on this?
I do two types of diving:
1) Recreational - Double AL 80's, Backplate and Wing, and crushed neoprene drysuit. I have only used my drysuit once in semi deep water, and I needed about 40 lbs of lead
2) Public Safety Diving - Single 80 with 13ft pony bottle - jacket style BC, crushed neoprene drysuit, and Full Face Mask with coms. we are also always tethered. Due to the nature of the job, and the type of water i'm usually diving in, I'm rarely in water more than 15-20 feet deep. Sometimes we are in 5 feet of water, and we like to be very negatively bouyant so that we stay on the bottom and not bounce up and down.
What is everybody's views on this?