ekremer
Contributor
Really you propose for a person to sit on the ground, get into their bc, and somehow lift it, with tank, and weights. That is a great way to get a back injury. Try getting your buddy to help, or try something like this:With all due respect, that's stoopid. First you heave the BC onto a tailgate or a bench, then you load it, then you don it and jump in. Or, if there's no tailgate or bench near you, load the BC while it's on the ground, sit down with your back to the BC, don it, get up, jump in. Heaving a loaded BCD from the ground and up is a pretty effective method for pulling a muscle or three. I needed only one or two dives with a weight-integrated BCD with 5kg in each pocket to understand that. It's not rocket science.
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I see you have never touched a Zeagle BCD before. the Ripcord is not for normal removal or placement of weights, instead you have this magical thing called a zipper. The ripcord is to quickly release the lead.I see you believe in good and constructive pre-dive buddy communication.
And since I often dive from a small boat, SOP being to release the weights and hand them up to the boatman before climbing aboard, I'll never consider a weight-integrated BCD with a ripcord system. YMMV, of course.
AFAIK, there's only one way to release a standard issue weight belt. No problem there. The (potential) problem comes when your buddy has a weight-integrated BCD and you aren't intimately familiar with the release system. Of which there - again AFAIK - are at least a half dozen different flavors. Are you always 100% sure that you know how to operate the specific flavor of your insta-buddy's quick releases?
So you think there is only 1 flavor of weight belt? what about the big heavy free diving weight belts with a more traditional buckle?
MAKO Freedive Weight Belt
Also what happens when your buddy puts his belt under his crotch strap?