I have been using a sea quest malibu BCD and it has been working well. I am 210 lbs, usually dive with a steel 120 tank, 7mm wetsuit with 3mm gloves, booties and hood. Usually, I need 10 lbs of trim weight on the back and 12 lbs of weight in the front. Making it a total of 22lbs of extra lead. I am not sure what the buoyancy is for the sea quest Malibu.
I recently got a backplate setup. The donut said it has 30lbs of buoyancy but checking it, it has more like 25-26lbs of buoyancy. I have a 5 lb ss backplate and a 2 lb single adapter. Do you think this setup does not has enough buoyancy to keep me at the surface? Trying to do the math, it looks like it would be close to natural buoyancy, not sure how much buoyancy my wetsuit would add to it. What do you guys think?
I recently got a backplate setup. The donut said it has 30lbs of buoyancy but checking it, it has more like 25-26lbs of buoyancy. I have a 5 lb ss backplate and a 2 lb single adapter. Do you think this setup does not has enough buoyancy to keep me at the surface? Trying to do the math, it looks like it would be close to natural buoyancy, not sure how much buoyancy my wetsuit would add to it. What do you guys think?