Kaneda13
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Been working on getting my weight down as much as possible to help with my dive time before running out of air. My last 2 dives I've beaten my previous record for time down, the last one at 58 minutes (probably closer to 56 as we surfaced for a minute to better talk about what we want to explore in the quarry). Anyway, in fresh water with a full 3mm wetsuit, an AL80, and my normal gear, I was carrying 2 x 3lbs in my side pockets, and 2 x 2lbs in my trim pockets. I felt good the whole dive, using only 3 or 4 bumps on my inflator to keep me off the bottom. They problem came up at 900PSI left in my tank. On both dives I'm becoming positive at 900PSI left in the tank. My normal plan is to be on the surface at 700PSI, so I'm loosing a few minutes of time, and even after dumping all my air, once I hit 900 I'm going up, ready or not. Should I move up to 4 x 3lbs, or would it be ok to swap out one of the 2lbs for a 3lbs, or will that make me "lop sided" underwater?