OldNSalty
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I am just curious, how would you advice someone who is looking at dropping some of their gear?
I guess first I should define what I am thinking. For me, I already dont have a lot of extra gear but I was wondering about trying a dive without a BCD. Now honestly, I hardly use a BCD even when I am wearing one. Usually, the only time I touch the thing is to let the air out at the start of my dive and then add some air back in when I hit the surface. Now this isnt true 100% of the time, sometimes I do feel a need to adjust the air at depth but not on every dive.
My thoughts for now is to maybe try a beach dive with no BCD-Maybe in 20 feet of water or so just to see how comfortable I would be in this configuration. Would this be the way to go or should I try this out in a pool first? What else should I consider?
Thanks for the input.
I guess first I should define what I am thinking. For me, I already dont have a lot of extra gear but I was wondering about trying a dive without a BCD. Now honestly, I hardly use a BCD even when I am wearing one. Usually, the only time I touch the thing is to let the air out at the start of my dive and then add some air back in when I hit the surface. Now this isnt true 100% of the time, sometimes I do feel a need to adjust the air at depth but not on every dive.
My thoughts for now is to maybe try a beach dive with no BCD-Maybe in 20 feet of water or so just to see how comfortable I would be in this configuration. Would this be the way to go or should I try this out in a pool first? What else should I consider?
Thanks for the input.