Recommended Weight Belt

[alewar]

Thank you all. I'll try one of those rubber belts.

Is there any reason to prefer one kind of buckle over another?

 

[TSandM]

Well, the tongued buckle on the freediving belt basically cannot let go by accident, whereas the compression buckles we usually use certainly can.

 

[ScubaInChicago]

I'm not a fan of weight belts, the loss of 5lbs can make for an uncomfortable ascent when underweighted. It's DIR to be as balanced as possible and not overweighted. Below should be a video link of a shallow diver losing their weight belt, it's never going to happen at a good time, Murphy's Law

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujgu3Z85998

 

[alewar]

I'm not telling it can't happen, but that video looks staged.

 

[danvolker]

I'm not telling it can't happen, but that video looks staged.

It shows how ridiculous it is to use split fins, or other useless fins, or NO Fins at all.

 

[ScubaInChicago]

OK, how about this one

Weight Belt Recovery - YouTube

 

[victorzamora]

One thing about the rubber belt with the tongued buckle: It's actually easy to remove purposefully. If you pull on the "excess" side, you can get the buckle undone with a flick. However, it'll never come undone accidentally. Same can't be said for the compression ones.