aquacat8
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Now you know why cold water divers are obsessed with steel backplates, steel tanks and dry suits.
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Now you know why cold water divers are obsessed with steel backplates, steel tanks and dry suits.
Yes, they did. I think the point that @aquacat8 might be trying to make is this?:Did anybody mention that you do not lose your insulation layer at depth in a dry suit?
Actually I never had a dry suit, But whatever you use for cold water you need what may be a surprising amount of weight. Steel tanks made the biggest difference to me. If diving wet it can be interesting to do a weight check with just the wetsuit. Ah HA! There’s the culprit!Yes, they did. I think the point that @aquacat8 might be trying to make is this?:
All things being equal, my drysuit with thick undergarment is 8 lbs more positively buoyant than my 7mm wetsuit. I think that is the reason that some people are likely to want to use a steel backplate and steel tanks- (to offset the amount of lead required to carry). Not as a result of compression, but as a result of inherent additional positive buoyancy of the drysuit and undergarment.