Thank you for the encouragement!
I am going diving tomorrow with a bag full of webing and different weights. Plus, a dive buddy with a ton of experience, so that should help
Back inflate bcd tilting to the side
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I am going diving tomorrow with a bag full of webing and different weights. Plus, a dive buddy with a ton of experience, so that should help
Hi guys, problem solved.
I removed the shoulder trim weight, and went a kg lower with the overall weight. A world of difference, everything was spot on, just awesome.
Also tried with more weight, to learn how to balance myself if I mess up the weight in the future (still waiting for delivery of my wetsuit) and I got the hang of it, but is a pain in comparison of effortless diving with proper weight.
As for the strap - tried diving with a shorter bungee instead of the strap, but didnt seem to have any effect on my balance, so I will let it be for now.
Will do some more diving on monday, but I think the problem was the weight itself. As I felt really comfortable with empty trim pockets, I will just ignore their existance in the future
Thank you for all the advice!
I removed the shoulder trim weight, and went a kg lower with the overall weight. A world of difference, everything was spot on, just awesome.
Also tried with more weight, to learn how to balance myself if I mess up the weight in the future (still waiting for delivery of my wetsuit) and I got the hang of it, but is a pain in comparison of effortless diving with proper weight.
As for the strap - tried diving with a shorter bungee instead of the strap, but didnt seem to have any effect on my balance, so I will let it be for now.
Will do some more diving on monday, but I think the problem was the weight itself. As I felt really comfortable with empty trim pockets, I will just ignore their existance in the future
Thank you for all the advice!
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Hi @LuckyLukeHi guys, problem solved.
I removed the shoulder trim weight, and went a kg lower with the overall weight. A world of difference, everything was spot on, just awesome.
Also tried with more weight, to learn how to balance myself if I mess up the weight in the future (still waiting for delivery of my wetsuit) and I got the hang of it, but is a pain in comparison of effortless diving with proper weight.
As for the strap - tried diving with a shorter bungee instead of the strap, but didnt seem to have any effect on my balance, so I will let it be for now.
Will do some more diving on monday, but I think the problem was the weight itself. As I felt really comfortable with empty trim pockets, I will just ignore their existance in the future
Thank you for all the advice!
Keep an open mind. I dive a Scubapro Knighthawk all year around in Florida and dive a full 3 mm, 5 mm, and 7 mm wetsuit with or without a 5/3 mm hooded vest. I dive the 3 mm with 8 lbs of weight in the waist pockets. I dive the 5 mm with 14 lbs, 12 in the waist pockets and 2 in the trim pockets. I dive the 7 mm with 20 lbs, 16 in the waist pockets and 4 in the trim pockets. As per their name, the weight in the trim pockets helps me with proper trim when I am carrying the extra weight with thicker wetsuits.
You will learn your own best weighting with a variety of exposure protection. I would not abandon the idea of controlling the shifting of your wing by having it under more constraint.
Best of luck
Maybe you just naturally lean to one side.
At my first formal inspection in the Navy after my commissioning, after the inspecting officer corrected my tilt and lean, he asked me how many helicopter and car crashes I had been in, and I couldn't even begin to come up with a number.
Embrace the tilt/lean and love the feeling past 3atm when everything briefly fits back together again.
At my first formal inspection in the Navy after my commissioning, after the inspecting officer corrected my tilt and lean, he asked me how many helicopter and car crashes I had been in, and I couldn't even begin to come up with a number.
Embrace the tilt/lean and love the feeling past 3atm when everything briefly fits back together again.
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I have the same BCD and had the same problem initially. It was absolutely the fact that I was carrying too much weight. In my old jacket style bcd I would carry 8lbs with a 3mm wetsuit so when I went to the Exotec, that's where I started. I then started incrementally dropping weight down till I was only at 4lbs total, but the problem persisted. Finally on my last outing I said screw it and went with zero weights... PERFECTION! No more tilting and my overall buoyancy/dive experience is lightyears better than in a jacket style BCD. Seems it just took some getting used to carrying less weight, but wow, the Exotec is a beautiful piece of equipment once you get it dialed in.
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