Now that I have a bp/wing with a weighted sta, ive noticed I need about 10 lbs of weight with my steel 120. I attribute the majority of the needed 10lbs to my drysuit, (Diving concepts, compressed neoprene, Pinnacle 200 w/200 g stretch thinsulate undergarment) but I was wondering about a few other things.
What do most peoples weighted sta and ss backplate weigh compared to thier own body weight? I put mine on a shipping scale and it came out to 19.5lbs. This was with harness (incl. crotch strap, small halcyon knife, and inflater & a atomic SS1 octo/inflater, dive rite SS tank buckles & bands. Its a koplin 1/8" medium bp. Doesent this sound about right weight wise for a bp/wing setup?
I have about 5 dives on this setup and while I havent dove it enought to offer a opinion, I have noticed that I want to avoid a weightbelt. So, what I did was to buy a few small dive rite pouches (not their weight pouches) and put them on my harness on the waist belt. I havent dove with this config yet, but hopefully it will be a good alternative to a weight belt. Has anyone else tried this and if so , was it a better alternative than attaching weight to your bp? My idea of the dive rite pouches was to keep the weight near the center of me and close to my hips.
I dont feel overweighted, but 20lbs with bp/wings sounds like alot of weight. My old setup of a jacket bc was 22 lbs of lead and that was fine. I probably could have even took a few off, but I only recently started wearing a drysuit. Before that, with a 7mm wetsuit I was at 18lbs of lead. I thought I would have been able to shed more weight with a bp/wing setup but maybe im wrong. Whats everyone else's experience been when switching over? I would have liked to check what my bouyancy was with 500psi @ 10' but since I was diving a 120 I never got the chance to get the tank that low. Maybe I should get a 80 and try it again?
I weight 173 and am 5'11. about 15% body fat.
What do most peoples weighted sta and ss backplate weigh compared to thier own body weight? I put mine on a shipping scale and it came out to 19.5lbs. This was with harness (incl. crotch strap, small halcyon knife, and inflater & a atomic SS1 octo/inflater, dive rite SS tank buckles & bands. Its a koplin 1/8" medium bp. Doesent this sound about right weight wise for a bp/wing setup?
I have about 5 dives on this setup and while I havent dove it enought to offer a opinion, I have noticed that I want to avoid a weightbelt. So, what I did was to buy a few small dive rite pouches (not their weight pouches) and put them on my harness on the waist belt. I havent dove with this config yet, but hopefully it will be a good alternative to a weight belt. Has anyone else tried this and if so , was it a better alternative than attaching weight to your bp? My idea of the dive rite pouches was to keep the weight near the center of me and close to my hips.
I dont feel overweighted, but 20lbs with bp/wings sounds like alot of weight. My old setup of a jacket bc was 22 lbs of lead and that was fine. I probably could have even took a few off, but I only recently started wearing a drysuit. Before that, with a 7mm wetsuit I was at 18lbs of lead. I thought I would have been able to shed more weight with a bp/wing setup but maybe im wrong. Whats everyone else's experience been when switching over? I would have liked to check what my bouyancy was with 500psi @ 10' but since I was diving a 120 I never got the chance to get the tank that low. Maybe I should get a 80 and try it again?
I weight 173 and am 5'11. about 15% body fat.
