jenazah
Contributor
Although I rarely post any thread in this board. I do read it almost everyday so I feel like I know some of you here and I really value your opinion. My question is about surprisingly, BP and Wings. Now before you guys refer me to countless other threads about BP and Wings. This is SoCal related, somehow.
I got certified last year, during my class I used a jacket style BC and a one piece 7- mm wetsuit. I'm 210 pounds I used 26 lbs of weight during training and it seems to be working fine. Once I got certified I bought an Aqualung Malibu and a 2-pieces Bare 7-mm. Instead of losing weight, now I need 28 lbs. Because my new BC has a lot of inherent buoyancy and I added more wetsuit.
I love doing shore diving, but full gear with 28 pounds of weight and a hike up in Malaga Cove is just too much for me. I know, I need to get in shape, and I 'm already start jogging because I love diving so much. But I still need to cut down my weight.
I was thinking if I change my BC, which has about 3-4 lbs of inherent buoyancy, with a 6 lbs backplate, that's about 8-10 lbs swing. Am I right ? And then if I change from Al-80 tank to Steel 80 or Compact Neutral Al-80. Thats another 3-4 lbs. So I could trim down my weight from 28 to maybe 18 lbs ?
So what do you guys think ? Am I right on this ? Please be brut and honest. Spare me the "go with what you comfortable, try it first and see what you like" replies. Do you think I should change to BP/W and Steel tank ? Is it worth the investment ? It's probably going to cost me about 750+ bucks.
I got certified last year, during my class I used a jacket style BC and a one piece 7- mm wetsuit. I'm 210 pounds I used 26 lbs of weight during training and it seems to be working fine. Once I got certified I bought an Aqualung Malibu and a 2-pieces Bare 7-mm. Instead of losing weight, now I need 28 lbs. Because my new BC has a lot of inherent buoyancy and I added more wetsuit.
I love doing shore diving, but full gear with 28 pounds of weight and a hike up in Malaga Cove is just too much for me. I know, I need to get in shape, and I 'm already start jogging because I love diving so much. But I still need to cut down my weight.
I was thinking if I change my BC, which has about 3-4 lbs of inherent buoyancy, with a 6 lbs backplate, that's about 8-10 lbs swing. Am I right ? And then if I change from Al-80 tank to Steel 80 or Compact Neutral Al-80. Thats another 3-4 lbs. So I could trim down my weight from 28 to maybe 18 lbs ?
So what do you guys think ? Am I right on this ? Please be brut and honest. Spare me the "go with what you comfortable, try it first and see what you like" replies. Do you think I should change to BP/W and Steel tank ? Is it worth the investment ? It's probably going to cost me about 750+ bucks.