Help with BC selection

[TheFoggyMask]

Uhhh, the Transpac has no backplate. I still can't fathom why anyone would need 34 pounds of lead.

Maybe I should look at the links before I comment. All I'm familiar with are diverite systems with backplates, so make my comment null.

I dive in Washington and wear a 7 mil full wetsuit. I'm a fatter-than-average guy and I only need 26 pounds. 20 on my belt and 6 in the backplate. You're just getting better, I know that I was overweighted for the longest time before I got my gear figured out. Unless you're about 5'9" and 230-ish pounds I doubt you need even 28 pounds. I'd arrange for someone from the dive shop or a DM to come out on a dive with you and just mess with your trim and weighting.

 

[SparticleBrane]

34 or 40 pounds? Holy crap...

In a 6.5mm two-piece I wear 12lbs on a weight belt and have 6 in the Halcyon SS backplate (with an Al80).

 

[Rogue_Diver]

It takes me 28 pound of lead to be neutral at the surface wearing my drysuit, insulation, mask, fins, hood, and snorkel neutral. My large black diamond BC (which I just swapped out for a backplate) took another 5 to get neutral at the surface. I dive in southern California where the water temps range from 50 to 60.

 

[GreenDiverDown]

I understand that 34# might be what you need right now with the gear that you are currently using. Going to a plate might help decrease it a bit. Perhaps a different cylinder would help, too. With a BP/wing, you would have numerous options for tweaking your weighting. Certainly, you could get your weight belt down to 10 pounds or less.