petrieps
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I never said any such thing. My first response was "I would avoid the ankle weight if possible, adding mass to your legs making fining more work. If you have floating feet, consider gators.", my second to clarify the point with turnerjd was "Being a useful tool is one thing, but your post seem to advocate them as a primary requirement."
Neither directly states nor implies ankle weights are useless and actually admits the can be a useful tool. We have both been around long enough to know there are few absolutes in diving as conditions, people and gear can be very diverse. I stand on my advice though that they should not be the first thing to reach for. BTW: I do actually own a pair of ankle weight and have used them a few times, so I am not just regurgitating scuba board lore.
Easy does it GOG. I had made the post AD was talking about. AD simply stated a reason to use ankle weights.