? What rig?
Weighting with Dry Suit
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? What rig?
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I put 24 lbs on my belt (no shoulder straps how does one lose a weight belt?) and 6 pounds clamped on my AL80. I use a Tenka spring loaded buckle that takes up the slack as the suit compresses. Lose a weight belt?!?!
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I don't think its as hard as you would think especially shore diving the local lakes around here. If it comes a little loose during the dive, you didn't tighten it enough, you put it on with air in your suit that exhausted when you started the dive, etc.
Then, fumble around taking your fins off in 3-4' of water so it starts to slip. On your way to exit, there it goes. If you are sludging through a soft bottom, you might not even feel it hit your feet.
I'm much happier with the straps to be certain the thing stays where I put it.
Portly lads, with no hips. They're options are to hoick the weightbelt up so it sits above the "keg" (as opposed to six pack) but below the pecs, or have it on the keg where everything tapers down and gravity does it's natural thing.
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umm... my hog harness. sorry for any confusion, i call my main gear setup my rig.
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Then I shall just feel blessed with my weight requirement!!
If I had to distribute 26lbs, I'd probably have a SS plate (6lb) with a weighted STA (6lb) and cam band pockets (6lb), with the remainder in a weightbelt.
I just don't really like weights in a belt... I much prefer the weight over the top of my lungs rather than on my hips. Weight belt under the harness - not a worry to me.
It's not that I won't give up, but did you re-check when you shifted from AL80s to steel 100s?
Yeah I did. I may just be fat, but I have actually been exercising regularly (6 days a week @ 1hr a day) and my weight requirement has been dropping as I become more negatively buoyant. But yea, 26 lbs is where I was at. I had thought about adding an STA for added weight, because I like less weight on my belt (dont we all?). BUT, I am not totally opposed to being able to drop weight if i need to for some reason. Also, if i need to ditch my rig I dont want to worry about positive buoyancy as soon as I leave my stuff behind.
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