85m air dive

[ajduplessis]

You should have a balanced rig to start with. a Lift bag is lift bag, not a redundant/backup buoyancy device.

 

[ScubaSteve]

You should have a balanced rig to start with. a Lift bag is lift bag, not a redundant/backup buoyancy device.

I was responding directly to your statement. Not to its relevance or whether it should be required or not.

 

[ianr33]

You should have a balanced rig to start with. a Lift bag is lift bag, not a redundant/backup buoyancy device.

How do I balance my rig with cave filled 104's and a couple of stages? That's around 430 cu ft of gas and will weigh around 32 lbs. How do I balance that??

 

[SC_Hoaty]

How do I balance my rig with cave filled 104's and a couple of stages? That's around 430 cu ft of gas and will weigh around 32 lbs. How do I balance that??

Maybe some folks on this board have that much hot air?

 

[Cave Diver]

The buoyancy compensator is a fine tuning device. It's not like a lifejacket or anything like that. There's no such thing as redundant buoyancy or backup buoyancy or backup any of this stuff. The drysuit is not an inflation device, it's not a backup anything. Drysuit is to keep you warm.

You should have a balanced rig to start with. a Lift bag is lift bag, not a redundant/backup buoyancy device.

That's a pretty narrow viewpoint.

 

[Cave Diver]

How do I balance my rig with cave filled 104's and a couple of stages? That's around 430 cu ft of gas and will weigh around 32 lbs. How do I balance that??

Use helium, it will make your tanks lighter.

 

[netmage]

How do I balance my rig with cave filled 104's and a couple of stages? That's around 430 cu ft of gas and will weigh around 32 lbs. How do I balance that??

Like this.....

 

[jtivat]

You should have a balanced rig to start with.

I would like to see your balanced rig for a 30 minute 300' dive in the Great Lakes.

 

[ajduplessis]

How do I balance my rig with cave filled 104's and a couple of stages? That's around 430 cu ft of gas and will weigh around 32 lbs. How do I balance that??

Support divers. I would have stage and additional travel gas at various points throughout the cave, allowing a lighter (balanced rig) to be used. Do the guys from WKPP take all the gas and DPV's they need with them? No. If you plan on doing these kind of dives, you need to plan and have the support team/structure in place.

 

[ajduplessis]

I would like to see your balanced rig for a 30 minute 300' dive in the Great Lakes.

Please show (pics will do fine) me your 30 minute 300 feet setup, and I will gladly show you how to have it setup balanced.