XDeep Zeos or Zen

[GiantMoray]

Thank you all for your help!! I was wondering, do you know if it is too complicated to stay in a vertical position with those wings? Because maybe we have to drill some stuff in a vertical shelf.

Cheers,

Generally you want to be horizontal and the wing helps with that, but I’ve never had any issue manoeuvring to keep vertical, if anything I have to concentrate more to stay horizontal!

 

[Sascha314]

Thank you all for your help!! I was wondering, do you know if it is too complicated to stay in a vertical position with those wings? Because maybe we have to drill some stuff in a vertical shelf.

Cheers,

A wing holds you more on the vertical. However especially with doubles, which you do not use. But even then a good trim always is accompanied by proper equipment adjustment. So you may adjust it a bit different, so you have more weight on to the bottom. This will make it more easy to get in a vertical position. Especially with a drysuity, once you are in that position air is pressed out of the feet so making it more easy to stay feet heavy.

Maybe consider a non donut wing, so less possible air at the bottom.

Can you testdive maybe? We have some possibities at least.

 

[happy-diver]

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[makar0n]

Thank you all for your help!! I was wondering, do you know if it is too complicated to stay in a vertical position with those wings? Because maybe we have to drill some stuff in a vertical shelf.

Cheers,

It is way easier to be horizontal-ish with a wing than vertical-ish with jackets in my opinion. And you don't have to be perfectly flat - dive as you find it comfortable, my usual position for example is often head down on the account of looking at things and avoiding any reef contact
Also with a well fitted backplate/wing setup you will have way less drag than with those humongous jackets, meaning easier fining. Similarly less trapped air etc, meaning less weight needed - more neutral. Both will translate to you using less gas = longer dives. And if you ever want to change anything, you can, i.e wing but keep the rest, rather than having to buy a whole new jacket.

That said, yes it will take some dives to get used to and properly adjust it i.e. straps and stuff - but that's like with about anything.

 

[Sascha314]

She is going to perform scientific tasks/work. That requires sometimes other trim which is teached to be the best. But its just not working best in that case.
Consider circumstances as well...

 

[happy-diver]

Here I am horizontal twice on separate days see the perpendicular bubbles the wreck is crooked

and again I am moving slowly no particular current cruising over a crooked wreck

Modify your opinions, dive skillfully horizontally in a jacket, think I am going diving in my jacket horizontally

Does anyone want to buy my horizontal jacket

 

[makar0n]

She is going to perform scientific tasks/work. That requires sometimes other trim which is teached to be the best. But its just not working best in that case.
Consider circumstances as well...

Unless she is going to walk on the bottom in some weird underwater astronaut pose, the interesting stuff will be below and you definitely don't want to then dive fins down, possibly damaging/destroying it. All the underwater archeologist I knew used wings, due to mostly flat/head down position. And when you do want to go vertical, i.e. look at the wall, it's really effortless as well.
And definitely not an U shaped wing - those often trap air on the side when using back dump plus you do want lift at your bum, that's what helps being horizontal ;]
And yes, you can do it with a jacket too as skillfully demonstrated above by our resident Aussie poet

 

[Pepa]

haha thnks for all the pictures and commets
Sasha is right, sometimes maybe we have to drill in a vertical shelf, and a vertical position is needed. But let's see. Taking into account that the Zen has a more bulky bottom, maybe I should go for the Zeos?

 

[FreqFlier]

sometimes maybe we have to drill in a vertical shelf, and a vertical position is needed.

In most cases proper weights/trim weights placement will do the trick. Trial and error...

 

[inquis]

we have to drill in a vertical shelf, and a vertical position is needed

Tough to push on the drill like that.