My recent(11/20) dry suit class taught me to use my dry suit for bouyency. It was through an SDI instructor.
And do you find that you do that, or have you worked out that it's dependent upon the circumstances?
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My recent(11/20) dry suit class taught me to use my dry suit for bouyency. It was through an SDI instructor.
Then he was not teaching to the recommendations in the manual. I know as I wrote the manual and the course requirements. This was in consultation with many drysuit mfgs.My recent(11/20) dry suit class taught me to use my dry suit for bouyency. It was through an SDI instructor.
Then he was not teaching to the recommendations in the manual. I know as I wrote the manual and the course requirements. This was in consultation with many drysuit mfgs.
Then he was not teaching to the recommendations in the manual. I know as I wrote the manual and the course requirements. This was in consultation with many drysuit mfgs.
Over 130 pages.Over 94 pages…. Were they paid by the word?
Must be lots of pictures of gurning students and adverts for drysuits...Over 130 pages.
The adverts come after the 130 pages. The book is a publication of DUI and Viking owners, so it is not surprise. The advertisements are for DUI, Viking, Whites, and Diving Concepts.Must be lots of pictures of gurning students and adverts for drysuits...
And do you find that you do that, or have you worked out that it's dependent upon the circumstances?
Then he was not teaching to the recommendations in the manual. I know as I wrote the manual and the course requirements. This was in consultation with many drysuit mfgs.
I cannot speak for Wibble, but I think many of the people who respond to these threads (and they come regularly) are also technical divers, and technical divers dive heavy. I do a lot of my drysuit diving in steel doubles, and with that gear, I do everything I can to lighten the load. I use an aluminum backplate instead of steel, for example. Even so, when I am on the surface at the beginning or end of a dive, I have to get my wing pretty full to keep my head above water.I am still new to diving dry, about 50 dives on my dry suit so far, but yes. I find using my dry suit for bouyency control and comfort is the best for me. My experience is limited however to diving in the NW OH area quarries/wrecks.
I found a section in one of the manuals that came with my dry suit. Specifically it's the user manual for the SI tech dry suit valves. The picture should be attached. It tells me to keep my BCD empty during the dive.
That being said, you have WAY more experience than I do diving, just like my instructor has WAY more experience than me as well. So I usually defer to the experience to become familiar with the material/procedures/conditions and then when I am comfortable tweak as required.
The main thing here is to realize there is more than one way to dive dry, I prefer not using the wing and I did try the wing for buoyancy for a while before adopting my preferred method, avoid dogma and find what works best for you.I am still new to diving dry, about 50 dives on my dry suit so far, but yes. I find using my dry suit for bouyency control and comfort is the best for me. My experience is limited however to diving in the NW OH area quarries/wrecks.
I found a section in one of the manuals that came with my dry suit. Specifically it's the user manual for the SI tech dry suit valves. The picture should be attached. It tells me to keep my BCD empty during the dive.
That being said, you have WAY more experience than I do diving, just like my instructor has WAY more experience than me as well. So I usually defer to the experience to become familiar with the material/procedures/conditions and then when I am comfortable tweak as required.