mack50md
Contributor
I have a Pro QD and will just relay my experience and hope it helps.
Forcing you face forward is usually the result of overfilling your BC on the surface. Let in just enough air to keep your head above the surface and keep your fins out in front of you.
I am also heavy. Those weight pockets carry up to 20 lbs each in the XL size. I played with trim on the rear pockets and no longer use them. Found it much easier to use the BC handle behind the neck as a tank height measuring guage to adjust the tank height. Higher the tank is above the band, the more down angle on your head in a horizontal. Opposite is true with the tank lower on the band. Takes a couple of dives to get the hang of it. Really sensitive with steel tank placement.
Nope. Pouches come out of the BC and the weights come out of the pouches. After rinsing, I hang the pouches on the lowest D rings on the BC to dry using the inside velcro straps on the pouches. I use an old small oven rack for shot weight packs and just let them sit until they dry. Don't need to turn them.
Read the ownwer's manual. Seaquest strap and buckle threading is tricky. There is an illustration in the manual. I made a photocopy of the page and stuck it in my log book. Funny... I used it last weekend for someone else with a QD. Definitely need to work with a wet strap.
Good diving!
Central Fla:
Forcing you face forward is usually the result of overfilling your BC on the surface. Let in just enough air to keep your head above the surface and keep your fins out in front of you.
I am also heavy. Those weight pockets carry up to 20 lbs each in the XL size. I played with trim on the rear pockets and no longer use them. Found it much easier to use the BC handle behind the neck as a tank height measuring guage to adjust the tank height. Higher the tank is above the band, the more down angle on your head in a horizontal. Opposite is true with the tank lower on the band. Takes a couple of dives to get the hang of it. Really sensitive with steel tank placement.
Central Fla:2. I can not think of any way to dry my gear other than disassemble the pouches completely and let them air dry turning the shot bags many times to get them dry, the noise from the clothes dryer was a dead giveawayMy guess is that it just has to be disassembled.
Nope. Pouches come out of the BC and the weights come out of the pouches. After rinsing, I hang the pouches on the lowest D rings on the BC to dry using the inside velcro straps on the pouches. I use an old small oven rack for shot weight packs and just let them sit until they dry. Don't need to turn them.
Central Fla:
Read the ownwer's manual. Seaquest strap and buckle threading is tricky. There is an illustration in the manual. I made a photocopy of the page and stuck it in my log book. Funny... I used it last weekend for someone else with a QD. Definitely need to work with a wet strap.
Good diving!
