Brief background: I got certified OW and drysuit at the same time in Oct. 2016. Lost enough weight that original drysuit was too big. I've been diving wet for a year. Have a Fusion on order, Aqualung is taking their good old time, and my shop gave me a loaner Fusion out of their rental fleet. I have good trim diving wet - see my avatar pic (that was about a month ago).
I've got 8 dives under my fins with the loaner Fusion. I am turning out to be very foot heavy. Will try to hover and my legs just drop. This is happening in both single tank BM, as well as SM. I did a session with SM instructor Saturday. First time SM in a drysuit. He noticed the heavy feet and signaled for me to add some air to my suit and go upside down to get some air in my feet. Helped some.
Single tank BM:
HP80
Halcyon BP/W with weighted STA - 12 lbs total
16 lbs of added lead, distributed evenly between both hips and 2 pockets on cam bands (so 4 lbs x 4), so 28 lbs total
Deep 6 Eddy fins
SM:
2 x HP80s
Hollis SMS75
NO additional weight
Deep 6 Eddy fins
The Eddy fins I have are the S/M, so they are a bit softer than the larger sizes.
Besides getting some air in my feet, what else can I do? I'm going to try dropping 2 lbs this weekend (Lake Michigan wreck diving, 3 charters so 6 dives total) from my hip pockets. I'm on the lake at every opportunity the next few weeks, unless we're blown out and then it's the quarry.
It's extremely frustrating, as I'm up to just over 150 dives now, and it feels like I'm starting from scratch. I know you need about 20 dives in a drysuit for it to be sorted, but this is just making me go Grrr, Grrr, Grrr. I can just imagine having to add air to my suit and doing a "handstand" while on the line descending to a wreck!
I've got 8 dives under my fins with the loaner Fusion. I am turning out to be very foot heavy. Will try to hover and my legs just drop. This is happening in both single tank BM, as well as SM. I did a session with SM instructor Saturday. First time SM in a drysuit. He noticed the heavy feet and signaled for me to add some air to my suit and go upside down to get some air in my feet. Helped some.
Single tank BM:
HP80
Halcyon BP/W with weighted STA - 12 lbs total
16 lbs of added lead, distributed evenly between both hips and 2 pockets on cam bands (so 4 lbs x 4), so 28 lbs total
Deep 6 Eddy fins
SM:
2 x HP80s
Hollis SMS75
NO additional weight
Deep 6 Eddy fins
The Eddy fins I have are the S/M, so they are a bit softer than the larger sizes.
Besides getting some air in my feet, what else can I do? I'm going to try dropping 2 lbs this weekend (Lake Michigan wreck diving, 3 charters so 6 dives total) from my hip pockets. I'm on the lake at every opportunity the next few weeks, unless we're blown out and then it's the quarry.
It's extremely frustrating, as I'm up to just over 150 dives now, and it feels like I'm starting from scratch. I know you need about 20 dives in a drysuit for it to be sorted, but this is just making me go Grrr, Grrr, Grrr. I can just imagine having to add air to my suit and doing a "handstand" while on the line descending to a wreck!