Critique my BP / wings setup

[Soggy]

Wow...that's a lot of math for something much simpler.

Add up the in-water weight of everything you will be wearing. Don't worry about yourself or your wetsuit, since YOU are likely very close to neutral and, at depth, a wetsuit is likely to be so compressed that it only adds a few lbs of bouyancy. Do you have close to 27 lbs of lead+backplate+tank buoyancy+regs+fins, etc? If you are even close, go up to a 36 lb wing...

In fact, just go to a 36 lb wing. That is what almost all cold-water divers wear anyhow.

 

[lairdb]

Soggy once bubbled...
Wow...that's a lot of math for something much simpler.

Add up the in-water weight of everything you will be wearing. Don't worry about yourself or your wetsuit, since YOU are likely very close to neutral and, at depth, a wetsuit is likely to be so compressed that it only adds a few lbs of bouyancy. Do you have close to 27 lbs of lead+backplate+tank buoyancy+regs+fins, etc? If you are even close, go up to a 36 lb wing...

Well, it's a lot of explanation; not really so much math. Personally, I wish somebody had laid it all out for me when I was starting, rather than just "here's some lead; take some off if you don't need as much." That approach doesn't let people grasp the underlying logic or understand why they might need a 36 over a 27.

You've also assumed you know already how much lead, which is what two of the three calculations are about. If you know how much lead, then it's a lot simpler.

In fact, just go to a 36 lb wing. That is what almost all cold-water divers wear anyhow.

There is that.

--L

 

[jonnythan]

lairdb once bubbled...


Well, it's a lot of explanation; not really so much math. Personally, I wish somebody had laid it all out for me when I was starting, rather than just "here's some lead; take some off if you don't need as much." That approach doesn't let people grasp the underlying logic or understand why they might need a 36 over a 27.

You've also assumed you know already how much lead, which is what two of the three calculations are about. If you know how much lead, then it's a lot simpler.



There is that.

--L

It really is pretty easy to see the logic. What's your negative buoyancy at the heaviest point in the dive (at depth with full tank(s)), and what's the negative buoyancy of your entire rig?

 

[lairdb]

jonnythan once bubbled...


It really is pretty easy to see the logic. What's your negative buoyancy at the heaviest point in the dive (at depth with full tank(s)), and what's the negative buoyancy of your entire rig?

Yeah. Derive that from "here's some lead; take some off if you don't need as much."

Not all the instruction out there is all that comprehensive.

--L

 

[LUBOLD8431]

You might want to wait to check the new Oxycheq wings out. They will be available soon, like today or monday at most shops that are going to carry them...

They are going to give Halcyon a run for their money...

Check it out: www.oxycheq.com

 

[DiverAnderson]

I have looked into the Oxycheq wing and it seems perfect, it has just a little more lift to put me in the safe zone. The run about $240 which makes them roughly equivalent to the $268 out the door I can get a Halcyon wing for at my LDS (what can I saw, they love me).

I am worried that, since this is a first run of these wings, there will be problems with the construction. I have heard NOTHING about them from disinterested third parties so I'm going in blind but Patrick at Oxycheq says he can get me one by Aug 1st so we'll see.