Useless Statistic of the Day

[wetman]

Ok, i have no idea why i'm interested in this but - How much weight did you take off after you got more comfortable in the water from what you started with?

I went from anywhere around the mid 30s to from 6 to 10 depending on the undergarments. I really spent time on it earlier this year and was surprised at how much i needed to drop to be truly balanced.

steve

 

[chiara]

Started with 22, now I am down to about 10 when wet, 14 when dry.

 

[Dytis]

or metric?

 

[chiara]

Imperial, I'm getting used to it, it would be 11 and 5 in kgs.

 

[detroit diver]

26-----------> 0

I was highly over-weighted!

 

[Rooster1]

with 7mm farmer john went from 30 to 15 pounds

 

[Tim Ingersoll]

Started at 17 lbs. and am down to 10. :nod:

 

[Big-t-2538]

Started at 28 lbs (weighed 225 lbs)

Gained 30 lbs...went down to a 26 lbs belt

Now I am back to 225-230, and have 24 lbs...total of only a 4lb drop, but I cannot get neutral 15 feet with less than 23 lbs...I've tried and tried....it just doesn't happen....so I dive with 24.

 

[Welshman]

12kgs now down to 8kgs. That's salt water with a 3mm wetsuit for a 202 pound male.

 

[SubQ]

8kg to 4kg with a 3mm full length in salt water. Thats when diving for fun.
When I'm guiding I like to be a bit overweighted, just in case somebody is underweighted (so I can pas them my spare weights) or I have to sink quickly to catch a "stray"