The weightbelt goes outside with wetsuits, inside
with drysuits ( drysuit you need it to offset the
suit, and do not need to get rid of it). The open
water halcyon thing has nothing to do with DIR, as
it obviously does not carry over into the rest of
diving. It is an accommodation to thick wetsuit
diving or drysuit diving with OW gear where you need
a lot of weight. I use a weightbelt, but then I use
the correct drysuit or the correct wetsuit.



Christopher Brown wrote:
>
> Are these attached weight pockets in keeping with
the
> DIR thinking?
>

I am only just starting out in my conversion to DIR,
so I may be wrong, but
I believe the Halcyon ACB weight system is DIR - for
those using wetsuits,
not drysuits. The DIR material I've read suggests
the use of a weight belt
when diving wet (should not be required when diving
dry).  Of that, little
is recommended.  Seems to me a standard weight belt
would be worn OUTSIDE of
the crotch strap - it is suppose to be ditchable.
This added belt, buckle,
etc. is the origin of this thread.  The Halcyon ACB,
integrates to the
harness, eliminating the extra buckle (and belt)
while maintaining ditchable
function.  I would think it would also serve to help
keep the canister in
place, by virtue of it's method of attachment to the
harness (waist)
webbing.  But then I could be totally off base on
all this - this is why I
am trying to learn.

Quinn

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