Additional Weight Pockets for BP/W

[eweingarden]

I'm currently awaiting delivery of a HOG BP/W setup (BP is SS and tank I use is steel 100). When I'm diving in a 7mm wet suit in salt water, I may need more weight than the setup alone offers. I've seen the basic weight pouches, but I've read a number of reviews whereby people put them on the cam bands for trim. My two questions are:

1. If used on the waist belt, will they stay in place?
2. How does one dump weight if they're on the cam bands?
BTW, can someone give me examples of situations where one would need to dump weight.

Thanks.

 

[rhwestfall]

1 can use a tri-glide as a stopper
2 you don't, your buddy might
3 some form of emergency on surface (health), wing failure (equipment), last ditch to get to surface from OOG....

 

[gcarter]

https://www.divegearexpress.com/hardware/webbing.shtml#662

These make great "stoppers" as well.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Are you opposed to weightbelts at all?
You could always put a few lbs on a rubber freediving belt.
I'm not a fan of diving a balanced rig with a wetsuit. With drysuit it's fine because you have redundant buoyancy, but if something goes wrong with the wing at depth and you're heavy from wetsuit compression you could have a problem.
I always like to have at least a few lbs of ditchable weight diving wet.

 

[eweingarden]

gcarter - thanks for the link. to the others, thanks for enlightening me.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba 2]

I agree with Eric here. I personally use 4-6lbs on a rubber free diving belt with my BP/W, easy to don/doff, hardly notice it's there, splits up the weight, and just enough to make me positively buoyant without turning me into a Polaris missile.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

I put pockets on my rubber belt. One thing to note is that the average tri glide will not work on a rubber belt. It's too thick and they don't slide on. But if you go that way I sell tri glides I designed to work with rubber belts made out of clear 1/8 inch Lexan. I cut them on a waterjet. I have about a hundred on hand now. They keep the pockets from shifting around and work well for keeping them in place.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba 2]

Jim, how do the pockets work for you? I use old lead hard weights because they hug my hips and it pretty streamlined(granted it's only 2 2/3lb blocks). I've thought about pockets for if I ever need more weight.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

I like em. I use the XS and a brand I get from Australia. Since I might be taking the belt from the pool with a 2 mil shorty to open water in my dry suit the next day it makes changing weights easy. I can also if necessary carry an extra weight or two for a student who may still be deciding on what they want to use. Just drop it in the pocket and hand it to them if needed. They also allow me to quickly drop a weight or two, should I need to for any reason, and not have to drop the belt.
Translates into not having to worry about undoing the crotch strap to get rid of a hung up belt. Also allows me to drop only one weight if I need to. Rather than all of it. Not a big deal with a 3 mil in warm water. But if I have 12 lbs on it in my drysuit........
Two of the pockets are not as easily accessed in the back. The front two I can get to easily whether using the BPW, Jacket BC, or the sidemount rig.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba 2]

Good stuff! Thanks Jim!