Can anything be done to lessen air consumption for a beginner scuba diver?

[RonFrank]

Lizardleg,

You sound like a perfect candidate for a larger tank. My buddy Dan is around 250lbs and he dives with AL100s. The steel tanks are more compact and a steel 100 has about the same footprint as an AL80. They also have better buoyancy characteristics.

 

[TSandM]

I'm 5'4" and 120 lbs, and my husband is 5'8" and quite a bit more than that. We both have pretty darned good SAC rates, but his is about 30% more than mine. I dive HP100s, and he dives 130s, and we're both happy.

 

[rhwestfall]

So, what are you insinuating here TSandM???? I'm not big, I'm just... well, you see... it happened like this... crap, okay. I'm big. Now hand me that PB&J will ya'?


I'm only 235 lbs.. Stark naked. Without the prosthetic on. After fasting for two days, and breathing helium. By the time I get the prosthetic and required liners, sleeves and doohickeys on, tennis shoes, and shorts and a t-shirt, I'm about the 250 mark. Throw a full scuba rig on top of that with an AL80 and lead - let's just say the boat tends to lean toward whichever side I'm sitting on. An AL80 on me looks like an AL63 on my wife - and she STILL manages to stay down longer than me.

LOL - thanks for the mental image..... time for:

 

[Lizard Leg]

Come on - it's not that bad!!