Weight Change with new Steel tanks

[iluvtheocean]

you are overthinking it.... do it the easy way -- put all your weight in the integrated pockets, do a beach dive with a buddy, and do a weight check at 500 psi

 

[Phil_C]

you are overthinking it.... do it the easy way -- put all your weight in the integrated pockets, do a beach dive with a buddy, and do a weight check at 500 psi

Yep - probably but overthinking is fun sometimes - and instructional - although you would be surprised how often I have done the calc's then tested it with a proper weight check and things don't match.

So it doesn't matter how much you overthink it, you will still only get a ball park figure and a real world weight check with a near empty cylinder will beat the guestimate every time.

Dive safely - Phil

 

[mala]

I think most people are thinking of the Faber FX series when going to steel. I did it and in south florida dropped 6lbs of my weight. I think you are going to be correct with dropping 2 pounds.

I like to think of it more as moving weight from one place to another.

 

[Bob DBF]

Drop 2#. A lot of divers may loose more weight because they do a weight check and also find out they were overweighted as well. Never a bad idea to do a new weight once in a while in any event.

If you were diving old steel 72's it's about the same.



Bob