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depends on which mfg, what the fill pressure is etc. In a drysuit, 3mm, or 5mm, you should be OK. Marginal, but OK.
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Yes, the DSS rig will also cost me A LOT on shipping and duties.
The VDH plate looks nice but I would prefer a SS for the additional distributed weight.
That's all I need I want to cover 3mm and 5mm with Alu / Steel tanks of 12l and 15l, i.e. all my warm water diving. If it then also works with a 5mm + hooded vest, even better (and should cover even slightly colder places usually requiring a 5mm / 7mm)depends on which mfg, what the fill pressure is etc. In a drysuit, 3mm, or 5mm, you should be OK. Marginal, but OK.
Main reasons for SS for me are that I should be able to get towards very little required additional weight on most of my warm water dives - potentially even at some point to 0 in 3mm. Generally I hate (heavy) weight belts and I could surely get rid of them and only have a few lbs as trims or a pretty light weight belt.BUT, if you really want a SS BP, I will say that I got a Blue Reef SS plate a few months ago. It was on sale on LeisurePro for $49.95. I made it my dedicated plate for doubles and I am perfectly happy with it. It is not as flat as the DSS plate, which is a little nicer for doubles, maybe, but not quite as nice for a single tank, as it would position the tank just a little further from your body. not sure the difference would be noticeable, though.
That is based on the assumption that you want to be roughly neutrally buoyant at the safety stop with (almost) empty tank and would be more negatively buoyant at the start of the dive? Difference of a full to an empty tank seems to be generally around 7lbs, i.e. the max in this calculation would be:no.
A is correct
B has to also add in the weight of gas in the tank. I.e. wetsuit buoyancy + weight of gas since those are the two things that it has to compensate for as they are the variables
That is based on the assumption that you want to be roughly neutrally buoyant at the safety stop with (almost) empty tank and would be more negatively buoyant at the start of the dive? Difference of a full to an empty tank seems to be generally around 7lbs, i.e. the max in this calculation would be:
-10 lbs (5mm wetsuit compression)
- 7 lbs (gas)
=> -17 lbs?