Combining buoyancy arms with regular segments

[boogs]

I am currently using an S90 in a Fisheye Fix housing with 2 - 5" ULCS segments, 3 ULCS clamps, ULCS tray, and a single strobe. It is quite negative and it is a pain sometimes when I hold it with one hand, especially when I have the heavy UWL-10067 on the caddy.

I am planning to add another strobe arm and I was considering on getting 2 - 8" buoyancy segments so that I will have a regular 5 inch segment and an 8" buoyancy segment in each arm, with the longer buoyancy segment on the strobe end. I would like to keep the regular 5 inch arms because I have wet lens caddies attached to them. However, I am concerned that I might have handling issues underwater, and most rigs I see with a combination of regular and buoyancy arms have the buoyancy arms attached to the handle side. Is it okay to use a regular 5" segment with the 8" buoyancy segment if I want to be switching between wide and macro wet lenses during dives?

 

[bvanant]

Should be no issue either way. Just make sure that you set it up so it is rather symmetrical so it doesn't twist.
Bill

 

[boogs]

Thank you Bill

 

[ozziworld]

Hi Boogs,

Did you ever get the float arms set-up? Was wondering how it worked-out?

 

[boogs]

hey ozz, nope not yet. Most likely I'll have it by the end of October. I'll let you know how it goes! Also, I emailed ULCS about this and they also said its a non-issue.