Does anyone know where I can get a V-weight for a reasonable price?
Or at least some tips on how to pour my own?
Or at least some tips on how to pour my own?
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jonnythan once bubbled...
The Halcyon ones, now that I look at them, seem to be the ones that sit between the bp and a set of doubles.
I see this guy at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/vweight/pweight.htm pour his own in the bp channel and called it a p-weight, so I guess that's what I'm looking for.
Has anyone done this?
Don't want to go the ACB route and would like to have as little weight on the belt as possible when I get in the water.
As it is, I'll have the 6 pound backplate, which will leave about 14 pounds on the belt.
If I could pour, or buy, a p-weight, that would probably take 8 pounds or so off the belt. Then when I buy steel tanks.... I could probably do with no belt at all.
jonnythan once bubbled...
I think I'll just go ahead and try to pour my own. Instead of a single bolt hole in the back of the channel (which probably wouldn't work with a Pioneer), I'll try to drill a pair of holes laterally through the sides of the channel and shove one long bolt through there. That way the lead will pour around it, and that should hold it in, while still (maybe) allowing me to get the bolt and weight out one day if I wish.
Does that sound reasonable? Any estimates on how much lead I'll be able to get into it?