DIY Weight Pouches?

[shotthebreeze]

I started to try to make my own pouches until I found these ready made "fill your own" with velcro:
http://www.scuba.com/scuba-gear-154/044057/XS-Scuba-Weight-Pouch.html

I had a 25# bag of #8 shot and got several different sizes so I could mix and match the weights. For the price it makes it difficult to make a case for making your own pouches.

-Mark-

That makes life soooooo much easier...

 

[konasdad]

I forgot to mention they also make ankle weights that can be filled if you need them:
http://www.leisurepro.com/Prod/CategoryID_976/Context_974/Sort_Stock/DescSort_0/Filter_6%3d529/AQUWB96.html?Hit=1

-Mark-

 

[FatRob]

I sewed some old net curtains into a whole bunch of pouches...
different sizes, I doubled up the fabric so that I have 2 thicknesses (this is a pain but makes soft flexible conformable bags) then weighed out lead shot on my kitchen scales, and poured it in... then finished the holes in the top by bar tacking across with zigzag on my sewing machine... again a pain.

To finish them off I made some exact copies of Halcyon's 10lb pockets, and improved them a bunch with adjustable buckles.... work real nice

 

[Jeremy Bouwman]

I just finished a few weights myself. I got my girlfriend to sew the pouch out of some light jean material. Everything is double stitched with a zigzag type stitch across that, so it isn't going anywhere. I even got a number with the amount of weight sewn onto the pouch. I love them.

 

[Razor.]

I also used some rip-stop nylon and some lead shot from a ripped 10kg weight bag. After fighting an unruly sewing machine for an hour, I convinced my GF to sew them for me. :thumbs-up