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Help!!!!!!!!! leaving for dive site in 45min ! How much weight does my son need to sink a mens xl 7mm in saltwater???????? I know his bathing suit weighting and how much do I add??? I know many threads just help please!!!!!!!!
need help quickly with weighting
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The Kraken
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Just a guess, but I'd say 22# wouldn't be too far off.
the K
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new yawk
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The Kraken:
just for the suit K??
Suggest you start in a pool and get his weights sorted out before you go to the big bad sea.
Be very carefull when you first entry the water.
An old 7mm, slightly too small is more like a 3 or 5mm and it could be as little as 10lbs, a brand new 7mm, slightly to large with trapped air, could be as much as 30lbs.
Be very carefull when you first entry the water.
An old 7mm, slightly too small is more like a 3 or 5mm and it could be as little as 10lbs, a brand new 7mm, slightly to large with trapped air, could be as much as 30lbs.
PePaw
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Whats the size and weight of your son ?
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Thanks guy's! K you were right on the money. He uses 10 lbs with a bathing suit and we added 16 more and no go, added 4 more to a total of 30lbs and he was able to descend. If he had used his air down to 500psi we could have seen if it was enough but we exited with 1000 psi each so 22 might have been very close to perfect for a fairly new 7mm.
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