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Something is seriously wrong with your setup if you require 28# of lead. Jim Sender: Kevin Harkins Date: 8/18/99 4:04 PM >List, > I have a question regarding weight pockets with a DIR rig. I have already >searched the archives on this topic without finding adequate info. > > Here's the question... do the weight pockets sold by Halcyon fall within >the DIR regime for gear setup? > > I really dislike wearing a weight belt with my backplate/wings and would >rather move to weight pockets. The pockets sold by Halcyon seem to be the >"safest" ones I've seen on the market regarding accidental loss of the >weight and they have d-rings built in. Also, from a safety standpoint, they >seem to be safer to me than a weight belt as if you have to ditch your >weight, they allow you the opportunity to only ditch half of it at a time, >and possibly be able to make your deco stops if you were weighted properly. >Whereas with a weight belt, you lose all of your weight and bolt to the >surface. To put this into context, the type of diving I'm doing is light >deco diving in the ocean utilizing twin Al 80's, and Al 40's as stage >bottles, wearing a 6 mm wet suit. With this setup, I require 28 # of lead, >so I'd rather get it off of my weight belt and into some place more >comfortable. The option of going to a drysuit and steel doubles is not >really an option for me at this time. I'm also trying to stick within the >DIR framework, as I believe in this system as a whole and want to stick to >it. I'd be very interested in hearing comments regarding Halcyon's ACB >system in relation to DIR, both good and bad. George, List? Thanks in >advance! > >-Kevin > > >_______________________________________________________________ >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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