I am ashamed to ask, but... BCD weight question.

[CALI68]

To get right to the point. Look into The Zeagle Ranger,

 

[trickery]

In my cert. dives, i had a two piece 7mm suit on and an 80c tank. i wore 15 pounds of lead and was fine. i was using the scubapro accent bcd. it is one of the older models.

 

[Desa]

If you are wearing 15lbss of lead, you will want more than 17lbs of lift to compensate the effects of presure (cpmression=less bouyant) on your wetsuit at depth

 

[trickery]

i am only 138 pounds, 16 years old. i want something right now, and then i am goign to buy another bc later

 

[waterwraith]

i am only 138 pounds, 16 years old. i want something right now, and then i am goign to buy another bc later

For the suit you are wearing 17lbs of lift does not seem like it is enough. The Dacor rav may work for you now but you should plan carefully and get a BC that in an emergency situation has enough lift. Also the 17lb lift is only for the small Dacor rav.

 

[fmw625]

I wear an Aqua Lung Maverick (M) BCD. I believe it has about 30 lbs. of lift. Never had any problems so far. One question though. As you go deeper and your wetsuit compresses, does it ever loose all of its bouyance or just some of it (assuming within rec. diving limits)? I can see where you would need to compensate for this. Is the bouyance loss that great?

 

[Boogie711]

At 100 feet, a 7mm wetsuit is more like a 2mm. Yes, the bouyancy loss is great.