Moving those 4 pound may do the trick. If not a belt is the next thing to consider IMO. You may only need to put a small amout of weight on the belt but it will be further down on your body and will shift the balance some. Spring for soft weights and you won't even know it's there, I don't notice my 14 pounds of hard weight on my belt.
You did ask for other ideas and one would be a DUI weight & trim harness. These are like suspenders with ditchable weight carriers. Having the suspenders lets it ride low instead of needing to stay up on your hips.
http://www.dui-online.com/bc_wt.htm
Have you done a weight check lately? Your build and suit are probably not exactly as mine but with that tank 20 pound is my fresh water weight requirement. Extra weight never helps the situation. You may be spot on for you and your gear. Just a thought.
Pete
You did ask for other ideas and one would be a DUI weight & trim harness. These are like suspenders with ditchable weight carriers. Having the suspenders lets it ride low instead of needing to stay up on your hips.
http://www.dui-online.com/bc_wt.htm
Have you done a weight check lately? Your build and suit are probably not exactly as mine but with that tank 20 pound is my fresh water weight requirement. Extra weight never helps the situation. You may be spot on for you and your gear. Just a thought.
Pete
planecrazy29:I have the same problem. I can be neutral, but if I'm not moving forward, my feet float. I am diving in fresh water w/ 7mm wetsuit, 7mm boots and atomic split fins. I have a back-inflation BC that is weight integrated. I dive with a total of 26 lbs of weight, 22 in the dumpable pockets and 2 ea. in the non-dumpable. I'm a new diver and this is really irritating me. Oh, I also have an E7-80 that I have mounted as low as possible on the BC. On my next dives this weekend I will try moving the weights from the non-dumpable to the dumpable pockets. If that doesn't work, other than ankle weights or a belt, any other ideas? I'm even considering new booties / fins.
-Aaron