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Were you asking 'real' tech divers for their opinions? I find it hard to believe that a cave diver would say NO to attaching weights to your backplate. As for how to attach them, my favorite way to attach them (when I needed extra weight) was to cast a weight in the "V" between the the backplate and my back. You cannot get the center of mass of the weight any closer to your own center of mass, and this leads to a comfortable feeling. The only other option is if you want to use drop weights (presumably cave, not wreck diving). Then you can 'hard mount' less weight and clip the rest off on your harness somewhere. Lee On Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:33:19 -0400 "Jeff Thompson" <jeffmeo@ba*.ne*> writes: >I'm just starting to get into "tech" diving and recently bought a wing >type BC with a stainless backplate. My question is, since the >stainless back plate weighs about 6lbs, I now only need another 14 lbs to get >down using a wetsuit. Would it be ok to eliminate the weight belt and >attach lead directly to the backplate, such as the P-weight? I've been told >yes by some and no by some. Any opininions? > Thanx, > Jeff _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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