Made some weights

[Crawlin95]

Front ones are 3.5lb and trims are 2lb each.

Couldn’t justify the cost to buy weights when i could make these for less than $10

Used #7 shot and vac-seal bags to get them to the size that they would fit snug in my BCD and trim pockets. Came out great.

 

[johndiver999]

Now just tape them up with duct tape and you are good to go.

 

[Crawlin95]

Now just tape them up with duct tape and you are good to go.

Just to make sure they don’t bust?

 

[happy-diver]

Magnificent!
and if you want you can chop up a cheap sports bag for cordura and stitch some sacks

Magnificent!

 

[Bigbella]

Years ago, we took lengths of bicycle inner tubes and filled them with shot; sealed with neoprene cement; cinched at either end, sausage-style, with cable ties.

Cheap, ridiculously durable . . .

 

[happy-diver]

That's magnificent too and you can stitch that stuff too in the style of a croissant or a Danish puff pastry

 

[johndiver999]

Just to make sure they don’t bust?

yes they will get beat up on a boat and will sooner or later start spewing tiny beads of lead all over. A couple layers of duct tape will preclude that. Decent duct tape is waterproof, btw, especially in that type of application.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Gorilla tape is your friend with these.

 

[Alaskan Scuba Dude]

Thanks for the tip. I'm gonna cut open an old battery and melt the lead into a sardine can.

 

[Crawlin95]

Thanks for the tip. I'm gonna cut open an old battery and melt the lead into a sardine can.

Make sure you know how to melt lead safely. Fumes are a killer.