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better question is why are you so overweighted? If you have 9lbs of suit buoyancy why do you have that much extra lead on you?
Reg 2lbs max ish, likely less
SSplate with STA/Harness/Wing/SS cam bands is right around 10lbs total. Harness isn't 2lbs, in the water, closer to 1, and is offset by the slight buoyancy of the wing and inflator, 10lbs is pretty accurate since the plates are actually about 5.7lbs. Neither here nor there
AL80 is 1lb negative when full
So you're at call it 14lbs negative for just the rig. so S25 is plenty for that
You claim 10lbs and 18lbs for the wetsuit, so
10-14=-4. 4+14=18lbs
18-14=4, throw 4lbs of lead on there, 6 if you really want to. 6+14=20.
Now, I will see you are likely grossly overweighted, you shouldn't need that much weight with a SS plate, STA, and likely stainless cam bands, I would HIGHLY recommend getting a new weight check done because that is too much unless you have a LOT of natural insulation....
Wetsuits are generally 2-3lbs per mm, so 9lbs for 3mm worst case and that drops to about 3lbs of buoyancy at 60 or so feet, 5mm is 15 down to call it 5.
25 isn't enough with the 5mm suit if you're doing dives to 20m or more regularly, and you'd want to go to 30-35lbs. The Hog 32lb wing comes out of the same factory as the Hollis wings and will serve you much better and likely cheaper, not sure about international dealers, but Dive Right in Scuba and Dive Gear Express both ship internationally
Reg 2lbs max ish, likely less
SSplate with STA/Harness/Wing/SS cam bands is right around 10lbs total. Harness isn't 2lbs, in the water, closer to 1, and is offset by the slight buoyancy of the wing and inflator, 10lbs is pretty accurate since the plates are actually about 5.7lbs. Neither here nor there
AL80 is 1lb negative when full
So you're at call it 14lbs negative for just the rig. so S25 is plenty for that
You claim 10lbs and 18lbs for the wetsuit, so
10-14=-4. 4+14=18lbs
18-14=4, throw 4lbs of lead on there, 6 if you really want to. 6+14=20.
Now, I will see you are likely grossly overweighted, you shouldn't need that much weight with a SS plate, STA, and likely stainless cam bands, I would HIGHLY recommend getting a new weight check done because that is too much unless you have a LOT of natural insulation....
Wetsuits are generally 2-3lbs per mm, so 9lbs for 3mm worst case and that drops to about 3lbs of buoyancy at 60 or so feet, 5mm is 15 down to call it 5.
25 isn't enough with the 5mm suit if you're doing dives to 20m or more regularly, and you'd want to go to 30-35lbs. The Hog 32lb wing comes out of the same factory as the Hollis wings and will serve you much better and likely cheaper, not sure about international dealers, but Dive Right in Scuba and Dive Gear Express both ship internationally