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Starting to move into Trimix and I'm finding that Ali80's are really floaty even when full. So I'm thinking about steel for when I'm using trimix.
Does that make sense to people? What are others experience.
Luxfer's shouldn't float when full. Catalinas maybe. I don't know what kind of Ali's you are diving in the UK. Anyway, I don't know many folks who don't dive steels by the time they move on to trimix, only because the water is so cold in trimix depths that you want to counter the buoyancy of the drysuit and thicker garments anyway.
Dry suit, trimix, and al80's for me. No problem. I'm weighted neutral without cylinders and start hanging cylinders at my 20' stop. I climb out without any cylinders on. It's really nice when the water is rough.
I know from personal experience with my Faber 85's the ends get really floaty with trimix. I bought some Worthington 85's with heavier bottoms that I'm going to try.
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