weight question for using steel 120

[CuracaoJ]

Bas,

Those would be my steelies you'll be diving. Almost everyone on the team dropped 8 lbs when we switched from AL80s. I personally dropped 6, but I like to keep a little extra heavy for students. I would say drop 6 for sure from your AL80 weight, and I'll give you two singles. On your safety stop on the first dive Sunday you can drop the 2#s and see if you can go with minus 8 for the second dive.

Jeff

 

[eastcoastbas]

Hi Jeff! So I'll drop 6 and end up using 10. Do you have 2x3lbs and 2x2lbs. for me? Could bring my own if it fits the weight allowance. It'll be just my gear and a couple shirts... can't really weigh until saturday as it's all wet now and will remain wet till sat. As for giving me two singles at end of dive #1... it'll be interesting to see who's still around at the end of a 120 on my back ;-) Are those tanks filled to the regular 3000psi/200bar?

 

[CuracaoJ]

Bas, I have plenty of weights no worries there. The tanks will be filled a little hot, normally we fill them to around 3100-3200, but as long as everyone is okay with the regulator abuse I was going to top them off to around 3400.

 

[MMM]

Wow, and I get looks here in Cozumel with my 5 mm full suit and 3 mm hooded vest in the winter! I am also diving steel (only use LP95s) but like you I like to be toasty. But I have never seen people wearing as much neoprene as me. I drop 8 lbs or so from an Al80, depending on the steel tank brand. I wear a bit more when using the Faber tanks which the dive op in patronize uses for nitrox. I am not sure what brand his air tanks are, but the two have slightly different buoyancy characteristics...that I know for a fact.

yes, I will. I live on Bonaire and wear a 7 in the cold months. It's nice to be comfy when your dives often go over 100 minutes. 2 of those in a row and I get cold, add another long nightdive and I freeze in a 3mil. Also, I dive almost every day.

 

[eastcoastbas]

MMM, I know about the looks. But it's important to me to be comfy. I'm a guide and dive almost daily. It's my promise to my customers that we dive as long as they can last. And to help them dive even longer I'll trade my Al100's with the 80's they bring if they want to. I like to do long dives because I mainly guide on Bonaire's east coast. Most sites are remote, sometimes it takes some effort to get to where you wanna be so I think while you are there, get the most out of it. When I do a 100 minute nightdive I want to be as comfy as if I were sitting on the couch at home watching TV, instead I'm watching and showing fishies and other critters. Just hate the feeling when 60 minutes into a dive and wishing this was over because I'm getting cold. Another reason for the 7mm is the suits wear down in a few months and I'll be left with a 5mm. If it was a 5mm it would be getting close to worthless to me after it wears down a few mm's. Usually in july/august I switch to a 3mm full and use it into december.
Jeff, 3400 is fine with me
Bas

 

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