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Hi everyone,
I'm in the process of tweaking my doubles setup, and while I have a long ways to go at the moment I'm concerned about weight. Right now I have a pair of Pressed Steel HP120s (each is -10.5 lbs full, 0 lbs empty). At the moment I dive them with a DR Super Wing, steel BP, a single piece webbing harness, and a Pinnacle Evolution Drysuit with full wool undergarment. I should mention that I'm 6'9", so I take up a bit more space than most people. I didn't have a chance to check the buoyancy of drysuit yet, but it'll happen soon.
I dove them last week, and immediately noticed that I was somewhat underweight. Dropping at the beginning of the dive was somewhat troublesome, but the major issue was later on when we were returning. My tanks were about half capacity and as soon as we reached 10' it became a struggle to maintain depth. Given that my tanks still had some 10 lbs of air in them I worry about what would happen had I been empty.
So my question is this; what options should I consider for adding extra weight? I'm particularly concerned about whether or not I should incorporate ditchable weight, or focus on adding a v-weight or other option. I have an 8 lb v-weight as well as a spare AL backplate, so I have a few options in that regard. I also plan on grabbing an XL Backplate and single bladder wing from DSS sometime in the future.
I'm in the process of tweaking my doubles setup, and while I have a long ways to go at the moment I'm concerned about weight. Right now I have a pair of Pressed Steel HP120s (each is -10.5 lbs full, 0 lbs empty). At the moment I dive them with a DR Super Wing, steel BP, a single piece webbing harness, and a Pinnacle Evolution Drysuit with full wool undergarment. I should mention that I'm 6'9", so I take up a bit more space than most people. I didn't have a chance to check the buoyancy of drysuit yet, but it'll happen soon.
I dove them last week, and immediately noticed that I was somewhat underweight. Dropping at the beginning of the dive was somewhat troublesome, but the major issue was later on when we were returning. My tanks were about half capacity and as soon as we reached 10' it became a struggle to maintain depth. Given that my tanks still had some 10 lbs of air in them I worry about what would happen had I been empty.
So my question is this; what options should I consider for adding extra weight? I'm particularly concerned about whether or not I should incorporate ditchable weight, or focus on adding a v-weight or other option. I have an 8 lb v-weight as well as a spare AL backplate, so I have a few options in that regard. I also plan on grabbing an XL Backplate and single bladder wing from DSS sometime in the future.