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May I ask why you need more weight higher? To me it seems she is top heavy and compensating for it.

Keep in mind that the goal is to breathe naturally. Intentionally lowering breathing rate (ie using 10 seconds for each breathcycle) has the conscequence that you need larger volumes to ventilate the proper amount of CO2. A normal breath for an adult person should be between 400 and 500mL and a...

Never put them on the ground. Alway carry with a plate on my back. If balance in stairs is an isse, a cane/pole can give added stability on the way up.

Possible tips for solution (Regards, one who has the same issues) Weight positioning is quite logical. Smaller lungs, more fat on hips/but*/thighs makes for a different point of balance. With tank valves/regs being where they are, standard "male/unisex" equipment will cause top-heavy config in...

Please people... Keep in mind that the OP is a new diver NOT YET STARTED their OW class. While this discussion can be productive and necessary, it might be a bit over the top for the level of the OP.

The answer is as easy and as hard as divers are different. Depends a lot on bodytype/composition. Skinny tall male/male with a lot of musclemass (keep in mind, these are stereotypes) tend to be leg heavy (think balancing scales. Or even better... don't worry too much about it yet. this is...

If you have just a smidge of ambition to actually dive locally in/around the Oslofjord, which has some really world class cold water diving in all directions within 8hrs driving, then anything BUT a steel plate is madness to buy as your "everyday" plate. Norway is cold(!) water, drysuit...

Beginners DO use them around where you live. ProDykk teaches Open Water in them. Don't remember what OFD does, but they did use them. You will not be assumed to have a certain skill level for using a BPW in Norway. All the dive shops in the Oslofjord area are well accustomed to using/setting...

Yes. But I assume that you, as an experienced diver also know the consequence of continuing to dive with only the one usable regulator. Does your buddy accept the risk you are taking on their behalf? People are usually taught buddy diving within ISO-standard recreational diving. Standards...

Keep in mind that while switching to your back-up is an option to get a dry reg, most would consider this a "non-fixable problem" and one that will demand an immediate return to the surface. the consequence of this way is that you do not have a regulator to donate to your buddy in case of...

Check your mouthpiece for tears between lips and reg, and check the diafragm for tears.

Oslo, Norway! Within 24hrs there is Wrecks in Åland, Mines i Finland and Sweden, Caves i Norway, Wrecks all along the coast of Norway. The only cold water corals within recreational diving depths in the world (AFAIK). Caves in France. Within Norway: Wrecks in the Oslofjord, Kristiansand...

I have no idea of relative weight comparisons. I just give my experience of "average" needed lead for a male, drysuitdiver, europe, wintertime, D12 steels, BPW... Basically, the standard in scandinavia with the same tanks varies from 3-4kg to 6-7 depending on bioprene, musculature, insulating...

Assuming you dive in Netherlands with a dry-suit and winter undergarments, Try a 4,5kg v-weight and 2+1kg on your left side waistband, just thread them in on (not both) of the holes, with the hole not used on the outside) If you do not have a can light, secure the weights with an extra belt buckle.

Winds, yes. Snow, occationaly. You actually never know on the west coast. Was there in January and had -15c and snow topside and -1in the water. And +5-10c a different year. In Ålesund we had sleet in May… And… you can have sunny days, 27c and 4c in the water diving caves in Northern Norway...

1. Yes. Depending on times of year I have experienced Orcas (Very rare though), seals, sharks and all the little different critters. All within recreational depths. 2. Yes. Frankenwald, Fernedale&Parat (spectacular double wreck with safety/decostops on a gorgeous "sailrock" littered with...

Thank you! That was very kind to say, and made a bit of a down day a little bit better. I am just a lazy person who try to share whatever tips I got that made my diving easier. I have a neuromuscular disease, and getting to do the dives that I get to do (GUE T2, C2 CCR2) has been in a lot of...

No I am not. (I know there is a sticker under my name that says so, but I have no idea where it came from, or how it got there) However, I do have 10 years as a GUE diver with maybe more than a little motorchallenges and therefore a personal need to analyse movements and the whys and the whats...

Make her a good breakfast and provide a good lunch. Staying well hydrated and nourished is essential for energysurplus and warmth. (Oh and stay away). Personally, being pearshaped, a BPW made wonders for ease of diving, but in the beginning, anything goes. Just stay in the background. One...

Yes. The smallest of the small flutter can be "a butterflys wing" with most of the movement from the ankle. However, usually, the modified flutter gets its motion from the knee. Lock your hips and thighs and move from the shin and to the foot. You get more power the closer to the knee you get...