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Hi, Michael
... It's highly personal.... As you go down the numerous bubbles of ANY suit shrink and your bouyancy goes from + through 0 to - ... The thicker and softer the suit the more negative you become.... And your lungs shrink also. And the lead stays the same.
I can say how I handle this:
1. My bouyancy on the surface is such, that I can easily breathe with only slightly moving my legs.
2. Nevertheless at depths more than 10 m I get rather negative and have to spend additional effirts to start moving upwords
3. So one day I decided I can use a lightweight, 10 to 14 mm hose connected to my belt and to the buoy.
4. I also pump some additional pressure in this hose so it preserves its volume at depth.
5. Thus the deeper I go the more hose I get down, and the more lift it creates PARTIALLY countering the loss of bouyancy.

6. ... I would like to use a monofin but I find it a bit dangerous, because of the lack of maneouverability at and near the bottom where I go spearfishing...
Greetings