Drysuit questions

[Aardal]

To get back to the question at hand.......

Ankle weights are a good idea. They sorta help you stay comfortable in the water and you have a less of a chance of going to the surface feet first OR constantly fight to keep your feet level/ down. As for the wrist seals I would definitly turn it over to a professional and have them replaced. It is very inexpensive and well worth it. Should run you around $40-50 total.

Back to the can of worms......

I dive dry and I use my drysuit for bouyancy and not my BC. The only time I use my BC is to sit at the surface. There is no need to try and keep track of two air spaces. I can see both sides of the picture BUT stick with something that is easy and that works.

Aardal

 

[Lost Yooper]

Try using your suits for your primary buoyancy with a set of LP steels on your back, 5lb cannister light, and couple stages or deco bottles slung. If you're going in that direction, you'll need to learn how to do it right eventually. This is why I say what I do on the subject -- I tend to see things from a different perspective.

Mike

 

[Aardal]

This is starting to become a ticking time :boom: .......

Mike,

Thats funny that you mention that.......I just purchased a pair of OMS LP 125's and I see your point. I suppose I can come over to the dark side now :mean:

Aardal
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[DameDykker]

I prefere ankel weights as my legs are positive (Oh, you'r right they are a little thick). I even wear ankel weights with the wet suit!.

You can replace wrist seals your self. It is not difficult you just have to be very carefull and precise.

And for boyancy control I mostly use the suit, however, on deep dives where I'll need more air for boyabcy I'll tend to use the BCD as well. Otherwise the large amount of air in the suit will travel around too much. Then I'll just vent the BCD first and be neutral on the way up and then slowly the suit. On the surface off cource I'll use the BCD. If you use the suit here you'll be rather uncomfortable.

=-)

 

[Butch103]

from someone is is basically totally ignorant regarding the drysuit.........seen em a couple of times and thats it...............

You can add air to the drysuit..?? thru I assume a LP from your tanks..?? You would also wera your regular BC (whatever brand suits your fancy), again LP attached to BC...............

There is a difference of opinion regarding the bouyancy control when wearing a drysuit............Some use the suit for bouyancy contral and some their BCs for same..............

Am I correct so far...............

Is the main advantage of the drysuit, strictly warmth ??

Thanks for your input.......................

 

[Lost Yooper]

Yup, that 'bout sums it up, Butch.

Mike

 

[jmsdiver]

I used ankle weights with my last drysuit due partly to the Sorel liners I was using (really warm, but really bouyant!). I have not used ankle weights with my new drytsuit, however, because I can't wear Sorel liners with it because the attached boot is too narrow for them (feet are still warm, but not as bouyant). Others are right in saying the air moves within the suit, and if one is overweighted one can really feel that air moving around. I'm still experimenting with weighting for the new suit, it acts differently than the old one, so I may turn to those ankle weights yet for distribution reasons.

And, on the can of worms: well, I was taught both methods. I have yet to graduate to doubles, but could comfortably say that using the suit strictly for bouyancy with doubles (or a pony) is probably not feasible. Diving a single and using the suit strictly for bouyancy is feasible and I do it quite regularly with out the pony. However, using both BCD and suit can cause problems when all hell breaks loose: having to figure out that there is expanding air in both suit and bc on the ascent can be tricky under stress.

Cheers :mean: