My BC is small, I'm a medium

[terraglide]

This is my first post so I hope I'm doing this right. I recently bought a scuba pro
Glide Plus in a small. the manufacturer suggests 155 pounds max. I'm
175 pounds. The bc seems to fit fine, but I'm wondering if there will be any problems
with this scenario, (buoyancy, Balance, etc.

Thanks for your input,
Parker

 

[eponym]

Good post, good question.

Will that BC still fit well over a thick wetsuit or a drysuit?

BC lift can be critical when other things go south. How much weight do you use, what tank, what other gear (camera, lights, etc.)? How negative might you be in the worst case, full tank and (if drysuited) flooded drysuit?

As to trim, your BC's air cell design (width, length, and other factors) may help or impede good horizontal trim. I don't know the Glide so I can't say.

Again, good post,
Bryan

 

[Hallmac]

Welcome aboard,

You say it fits fine so I am going to reply based upon that.

The suggested weight listed by the manufacture is for girth guidelines and not for it's lifting and balancing capabilities.

As you learn to dive you will find that trim, and buoyancy has more to do with proper weighting and you, or how you hold your position in the water than what the equipment does. For some it takes a while to learn, for others it comes rather quickly.

I can take my unit off, hold it tucked under one arm, and stay level and trim the whole dive.

There is not a B.C. made that does not have enough lift for a diver weighted correctly.

 

[TSandM]

Guidelines are precisely that -- if the BC fits (you can get it on over your exposure protection, fasten all the fittings, and it isn't sloppy when you are diving) then it fits. It doesn't matter what the recommend size is.

 

[terraglide]

Thanks for your input...the bc will fit over my other gear just fine, so I think it's a no brainer.

Parker

 

[nomro]

I don't think there will be any issue if it fit wells , the only issue (which I don't think will happen) is the lift capacity , especially when you are on the surface of water , you might need to inflate it a bit more than usual to keep you +ve bouyant leading to a squeeze effect on your chest that could be minor squeeze.
Anyway if it fits well , I don't think any of that would happen.