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Den 14:22 24-05-99 +0300 skrev Anttila Matti: >I'm diving with twin 10 litres 200 bars (ss) and one 7 litre EANx and >one 5 litre O2. I'm buying Halcyon Wings (Explorer) for deep ocean >dives mainly. What size would be the best? 45, 55 or 65 lb? From your email address I deduce you're in Finland, so I can imagine your setup. I also assume you dive in open water. Anyway. As you dive in Finland you are probably wearing loads of undergarments under your dry suit to keep warm. That means that you are quite buoyant while your twin set is quite heavy (especially if you use a 3,5 kg. V-weight and a 3,5 kg. canister light as I do). You want to have enough buoyancy so that you can take the kit off in the water (so you can get it up in a RIB or something) without it sinking. This means that we that dive in cold water need more lift than the warm water divers. I am now using a 65 pound wing with 2 x 7L aluminium stages. This is slightly overkill and I'm getting a 45 pound wing soon for non-deco bottle diving. My recommendation: 45 or 55 depending on how heavy (V-weights, canister light, etc.) you twin set is. Regards from Denmark, Peter -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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