Years ago, after I had been doing technical diving with a backplate and steel doubles for a while, I did some warm water diving with an old back inflate BCD with trim pockets in the shoulder. I had learned in the past that distributing the weight evenly gave me excellent trim. I had also learned in the past that I was perfectly weighted with a 3mm suit with 8 pounds, hopefully distributed among 4 2# weights. Unfortunately, the boat I was on had nothing but 4# weights. So I had the choice of being badly over-weighted or badly out of trim. I decided to go with 16# evenly distributed, even though it would make me far over-weighted.
It was great! I could hover motionlessly on the reef, watching the sea life effortlessly. I could handle the extra gas in the BCD pretty well, probably because I had gotten used to being overweighted at the beginning of a dive with a steel back plate and steel doubles.
So, this will sound like a sacrilege to some, but if I have to choose between good trim and perfect weighting, I go for the good trim. It makes diving so much easier.
It was great! I could hover motionlessly on the reef, watching the sea life effortlessly. I could handle the extra gas in the BCD pretty well, probably because I had gotten used to being overweighted at the beginning of a dive with a steel back plate and steel doubles.
So, this will sound like a sacrilege to some, but if I have to choose between good trim and perfect weighting, I go for the good trim. It makes diving so much easier.