One more question!! For now :)

[OnceLoyal]

Seaquest Balance. I am having a hard time getting it not to faceplant me. This is my first back inflate. I use around 8lbs and even tried moving 4 to the non removable pockets in the back. I don't really like that idea. Aslo it made a difference, but not so much to fix the problem. I will actually be diving with my instructor tomoorow so maybe he can help. Anyone else have this problem here?? All the reviews were great with this BC. I've also been playing with shoulder strap adjustments and nothing helps so far.
Sorry not trying ot be Thread hog, just a couple issues.

 

[fire_diver]

Stop over-inflating the bc. It's only supposed to keep your head above water, not your entire body. If you are properly weighted you should need zero air to be neutral, and therefore only a very small amount of air to keep your head above water.

Over wieghted = over inflated

 

[OnceLoyal]

I've been trying with different inflation levels. It is of course worse with a lot of air. Maybe I am being a wuss and expect to be able to float like life preserver?? Being my first back inflate maybe I just need to adjust ... I will see how it goes tomorrow. How much unmovable weight would you consider to be safe, if any??

 

[dkktsunami]

Stop over-inflating the bc. It's only supposed to keep your head above water, not your entire body. If you are properly weighted you should need zero air to be neutral, and therefore only a very small amount of air to keep your head above water.

Over wieghted = over inflated

Exactly

 

[OnceLoyal]

Sorry for this thread. Feel free to ignore.. Found some excellent articles in here. I will try a few more things out and if they don't work this BC might not be for me. Sorry for the ase of space!!!!! And thx for your guys responses.

 

[helimvee]

Have you done a weight check with an empty tank? Are you trim underwater?

 

[helimvee]

Don't apologize. It is a legitimate question and that is what the forum is for. Other than what has been suggested it is difficult to diagnose something like this on a forum. If you are able to dive with your instructor he/she should be able to help you out. Let us know.

 

[dkktsunami]

I've been trying with different inflation levels. It is of course worse with a lot of air. Maybe I am being a wuss and expect to be able to float like life preserver?? Being my first back inflate maybe I just need to adjust ... I will see how it goes tomorrow. How much unmovable weight would you consider to be safe, if any??

Lean back, like riding in an inner tube. As long as you are not over-weighted and not using heavy technical gear I would put as much weight in trim pockets as necessary to allow you to remain horizontal in the water when you are at depth. I have no ditchable weight - it is all in the 5 lb plate and trim pockets. It would take two unlikely failures to cause me a problem at the surface - a failed bc and no air.

 

[Guba]

I don't have that particular model of BC, but I do use a back-inflate. It's not integrated, so the differences between our two systems might make this response totally meaningless.

I, too, had the experience of "face planting" the first time I used my BC. However, I learned on the first dive to reduce the amount of inflation and saw great improvement. However, I had to toy with the configuration to get it dialed in. Immediately, I started splitting and redistributing the necessary weight I had to use to get under. I placed about 40 percent along my tank in pouches (non-ditchable) and the rest on my weight belt. However, I found that it helped if I moved the weight pretty far back on my waist. It all works. Trim is good in normal operations, and by leaning back I can easily maintain a face-up posture on the surface and surface swim upright. Just a few suggestions. Hope it helps.

 

[OnceLoyal]

Very cool guys thanks a lot. I have a dive at 9am tomorrow. This will be the first thing I will try and fix. I will get back with all of you tomorrow afternoon/evening.