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[in_cavediver]

I am 1m75 75kg
in_cavediver: what do you mean by 7mm shorty? You dive in cold water with a thick wet suit but arms and legs in contact with the water?

The 7mm shorty is just a shorty style suit thats 7mm. It may be half of a farmer john but it I've never seen the other half. I wear it over my skin when I want a little more insulation in warmish water. If its below 70, I dive dry period. I hate being cold.

 

[RJP]

6' 2" tall
180lbs
DUI trilam suit and Bare Polar Extreme undies
DiveRite steel BP and RecWing with single tank adapter
Steel 119 tank

In freshwater I use ZERO weight, and I'm probably overweighted by two pounds.
In saltwater I simply add the STA weight and I'm good to go.

 

[Hawkwood]

I sure had the lesson regading weight and changes in configuration driven home to me.

At 28lbs I have been able to control bouyancy pretty well with my "normal" configuration. That configuration includes a one-piece Whites fleece undergarment along with a mid-weight Polartec long sleeve T and long johns underneath. I've been able to hover at the safety stop with 500-800psi remaining.

A few dives ago I wore my real light-weight base layer beneath all the other stuff. Everything was fine until I got around the safety stop depth (20-15ft). I could not maintain the depth at 15ft and popped up. The next dive I added the remaining 4lbs I had to bring my total to 32lbs. It helped, but at 10ft that was it and I was on the surface.

Obviously practice makes perfect and watching changes in configuration is important

 

[spectrum]

5-9, 205 LB
Bare Arctic & Hooded step-n shorty
PST E7-80
Sherwood Avid BC
Salt water
I use 26 pounds of weight.

Same thing in fresh water 18 pounds

Bare Arctic & Hooded 3/5 chicken vest
PST E7-80
Sherwood Avid BC
Salt water
I use 20 pounds of weight.

Same thing in fresh water 14 pounds

By the time I get into fresh water in a shorty and no BC I wear a +3.5 pound belt. Yes that's positive buoyancy!

In my drysuit, 7mm Atlan with my heaviest undergarments and the same cylinder as above my worst case is 44 pounds. As I go fresh or lighten garments it drops accordingly.

Pete

 

[pacchill]

SS back plate:
4.3mil 4kl
shorts Nothing

 

[WesTexDiver]

6 foot 155 pounds......5 mil suit steel 72 i wear 4 pounds in fresh water.

 

[mistressmotorsports]

5' 11", 225 pounds,

7 mm wetsuit, hood, gloves, jacket BC, rental AL80 = 22 lbs
same setup with my steel HP100 = 16 pounds

3 mm wetsuit, jacket BC, rental AL80 = 14 pounds
Haven't had the pleasure of bringing my steel tank to warm locales, so don't know what that would be.

All of the above are approx 1 lb over optimal, I like to take pictures (poorly.)

Mike

 

[runamonk]

5',10" 192lbs

Dry Suit
10lb SS BP (including sta etc)

AL 80 = 18lbs of lead
Steel 100 = 8lbs of lead

 

[alpenadiver]

6' 0" 215lbs
Bare XCD2-tech drysuit w/ ss-BP double worthington 95's = no weight
Same drysuit and BP w/ single AL-80 = 20 lbs
7mm wetsuit BC and single AL-80 = 20 lbs