How much lift does your wing have?

[Nemrod]

18# Oxy for warm water, swimsuit through 3/2 mm and aluminum tanks or steel 72s

30# Oxy for 5/3 mm suits and general purpose using (more negative) steel tanks

45# Dive Rite for small steel doubles

20# SeaTec horsecollar for low profile diving

No BC, none, zip, none, from swimsuit up to 5mm, generally using steel 72 singles

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[NAM001]

DSS and Oxyvheq 28-32 wings divng steel singles and 3 mm. More than enough wing for the 3mm and farmer john. My sizing was for use to include the DS when i bought it that needs 19 for it. so single 3mm shorty and steel tanks can do me and the buddy.

 

[gcarter]

My SeaQuest Balance back inflate has 40#. Switching to SS plate and 32#. 7mm full + shorty, HP100's.

 

[ianr33]

. Diving with someone else who is in doubles and his own wing not having enough lift to assist them during an emergency. Is this an agency philosophy like DIR, PSAI etc

If the guy in doubles can not swim up with a failed wing, then he really should be diving a drysuit.

 

[ams511]

See. This is exactly what my buddy was talking about. Diving with someone else who is in doubles and his own wing not having enough lift to assist them during an emergency. Is this an agency philosophy like DIR, PSAI etc or are some people extra nice and buy wings intending to also float their "BCD malfunctioned buddy who would be diving doubles?"

I don't understand what your buddy is talking about. In a true emergency dropping the weight belt should be enough to make someone in a balanced rig positively buoyant. The only times it wouldn't is if they are grossly over-weighted or had a catastrophic dry suit flood. Also remember your SMB is also additional buoyancy and the larger ones have some decent lift.

 

[drbill]

28# travel wing or 32# Hog wing diving wet with a 7/5mm and 3mm hooded vest

 

[milbournosphere]

I dive a 7mm wetsuit (5mm gloves and boots, 5/3mm hood) with an ALU80 or steel hp100. I use a 40# eclipse wing. It is quite large enough for singles diving. Going any bigger, you'd probably have to bungee and deal with the problems that come from that approach.

 

[halocline]

I use the same rig wet (7MM) or dry (4MM CN) doubles or single, OMS 94# lift, single bladder, bungeed. My thinking is diving with others using doubles I may need the lift someday, hope not but ya never know, besides I got a really good deal on it.

To me using a 94lb wing for this reason would be like driving around in a school bus because I might encounter 20 or 30 people who need a ride. Come to think of it, I could probably get a really good deal on one of those, too!

 

[phoenix31tt]

I dive 23# Hog and it's about perfect for me.

3mm wetsuit/gloves/boots with 5mm hood and an aluminum BP

 

[fnfalman]

If the guy in doubles can not swim up with a failed wing, then he really should be diving a drysuit.

Or use a dual bladder wing. Or carry a lift bag.

---------- Post added January 13th, 2014 at 03:57 PM ----------

I use a 30-lbs Halcyon wing/rig or a 30-lbs Dive Rite wing/rig.

This is for SoCal 7mm wetsuit diving with Faber HP100 or HP120 tanks.

If I were to have to rescue a double-tanker who doesn't have redundancy lifting device (i.e. dry suit, dual air bladder wing, lift bag), then I'm going to strip that person out of his or her gears. I don't see the point of me trying to lift that person and that person's gears with my BCD.