How do you carry your weights from place to place?

[soonerwink]

I use hard weights and have about 50# different sizes on one weight belt. It is very easy to transport and store. I usually dive with large groups and several new divers, that way I always have extra for other divers.

 

[OceanLover91]

Wow I'm loving all the responses I seem to get on this board, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy (as my instructor likes to say, lol) Thank you to everyone who has responded. I'm thinking I am going to just get a weight belt and wear it around my hips, I tried carrying them in a heavy duty bag today up to the pool for my confined water dives (granted it's a really LONG walk from the car to the pool) and I kept having to switch hands and it was just really uncomfortable, I think it would just feel better being evenly distributed on each side of me. Although I do think I have too much weight, I sink like a rock, super fast!! and it's hard for me to get off the bottom, but like I've read I will learn with time...

Thanks again to everyone that has taken the time to respond!!

 

[Sanlanman]

I use a long shoulder strap hooked to a couple of small mesh bags that have fixed nylon loops on the end. I use mesh bag weights and an assortment of weights go in the bags or in the removable dump pockets of the BC. Its easy to sling the shoulder strap and weights over my shoulder and carry them and my dive bag at the same time.

 

[Pacific Taco]

I carry my weight in an ammo can like someone else mentioned. I like that they're solidly built, won't fail and water tight.

All these "my BP/W is all the weight I need" posts are making me feel bad...and fat. Hopefully I'll build a resentment towards warm water diving so when the opportunity arises I'll refuse on principal and therefor never risk my willingness to wrestle into a 9mm suit and dive 52* water.

 

[Hawkwood]

Heavy-duty canvas military mechanic's bag. Picked it up at a big surplus store in Billings. Identical in size to the Akona bag, but for $10.

 

[Fatterboy]

Dempsey rolling hardside bag with all my other gear. My wife and I also have some on the barge so we don't have to carry them everywhere.

As far as the "gear only" divers, not all of us float. I can lie on the bottom of the environment wearing only fins, mask and regulator with my tank lying beside me and breathe without floating; and I'm a BIG boy (5'11" 240#).

 

[Andr3vv]

I put the weights in the weight belt and wear it. ^ ^