Rickk
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I didn't try it, but would guess that my 3mm wetsuit is a few kg's buoyant. I....
I dropped one kg when I stopped wearing my 2 mil shorty as a point of comparison. A full 3 mil suit, twice that??
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I didn't try it, but would guess that my 3mm wetsuit is a few kg's buoyant. I....
Something like that. Hard to say from thousands of miles away and all that, but that's a good starting place.I dropped one kg when I stopped wearing my 2 mil shorty as a point of comparison. A full 3 mil suit, twice that??
Nice plate, how, what, where did you acquire it.So is this aerated waterated or both
I am currently diving with a BC and am considering switching to a BPW set up. I dive warm salt water, no neoprene just board shorts and a rashie. I now use 4.5 kg weight and am thinking of dropping a half kg. I am currently on a fat loss/muscle gain quest and expect that by the time I hit my targets, if I do lol, I should be able to drop a second half kilo.
My concern is that if I go to a stainless steal plate, I will not be able to add any trim weight without being over weighted. I have no problems now being neutral at 50 bar as I can pass between positive and negative with my lung capacity with my BCD empty. Currently I need to be lungs fuller to get positive so I am thinking of dropping the half kg so I return to being neutral at half full lungs.
How much buoyancy does an empty BCD have over an empty BPW? I am thinking that there is at least a couple kgs difference simply due to the size of the BCD over a BPW. That would mean that without any trim weight I would already be over-weighted with a steel BPW.
Travel weight is not a consideration for me. I live in a dive destination and will leave my gear at the dive shop between dives as they have secure storage and are only a few steps from the boat/shore entry point.When I go to a different dive destination, I will most likely drive and again leave my gear at the shop between dives.
I am thinking that if I go to 4 kg lead now with my BCD, that switching to an aluminum BP, I would be able to drop another 1.5 or 2 kgs for the difference in the buoyancy between the two rigs and just have 2 to 2.5 kgs lead.