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Can someone tell me Sporasub weight plates measurements ? I want to do plates myself
Thickness
Width
Height
Big thanks !
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Yes! I have those rectangular mesh bags loosely filled with lead shot in my camo Mares weight vest & it works very well...Has anyone tried using soft scuba weights in this vest? (The 'soft' weights are basically flat mesh bags filled with shot.)
I don't know if these would stay flat or 'ball up' in the Sporasub vest's weight pockets, but it sure would be a convenient way to make this vest a lot cheaper to populate with weights...
Is it necessary to were these.Are they good enough to make a difference? having to take extra kit.
No it is definitely not essential, especially when just starting out. However, I find it easier to carry/wear for walk-ins as well as providing better distribution in the water than carrying 22-25lb of lead on my belt. With less lead the belt is also more comfortable & easier to deal with. (However, your legs will still float up!)Is it necessary to were these.Are they good enough to make a difference? having to take extra kit.
No it is definitely not essential, especially when just starting out. However, I find it easier to carry/wear for walk-ins as well as providing better distribution in the water than carrying 22-25lb of lead on my belt. With less lead the belt is also more comfortable & easier to deal with. (However, your legs will still float up!)
If you have back problems, a weight vest might well help - although you would carry more weight further up your back when walking in, which might not be so good - depending on where your back problems are. In shallow water, with just a heavy weight-belt your belt wants to stick to the sea bed but your body & legs want to float up, bending you backward into a U-shape but with a weight-vest your body no longer floats up, at least not to the same degree; that might provide some relief.
Yes, it is another item of gear that needs to be rinsed and dried and mine uses bags of lead shot, which take a long time to dry out. You can dive with it wet of course.
The Mares weight vest has one size that fits most - I am quite wide shouldered 46"/XL-XXL and it fits me but with not much more room to spare, I suspect it might be too small for some very large/wide-shouldered folk. It has no catch, so quicker & therefore presumably safer than a quick-release buckle -- actually I question the use of the phrase "quick release" for those plastic rucksack buckles. They are quite fiddly, require quite a lot of finger dexterity (which may be lacking if your hands are cold) and they do not always set or release cleanly - I think they were designed for rucksack cl
Bugger stuffing around with quick release.Another way to do this.A recovery vest with pockets full of lead shot ,best of both worldsNo it is definitely not essential, especially when just starting out. However, I find it easier to carry/wear for walk-ins as well as providing better distribution in the water than carrying 22-25lb of lead on my belt. With less lead the belt is also more comfortable & easier to deal with. (However, your legs will still float up!)
If you have back problems, a weight vest might well help - although you would carry more weight further up your back when walking in, which might not be so good - depending on where your back problems are. In shallow water, with just a heavy weight-belt your belt wants to stick to the sea bed but your body & legs want to float up, bending you backward into a U-shape but with a weight-vest your body no longer floats up, at least not to the same degree; that might provide some relief.
Yes, it is another item of gear that needs to be rinsed and dried and mine uses bags of lead shot, which take a long time to dry out. You can dive with it wet of course.
The Mares weight vest has one size that fits most - I am quite wide shouldered 46"/XL-XXL and it fits me but with not much more room to spare, I suspect it might be too small for some very large/wide-shouldered folk. It has no catch, so quicker & therefore presumably safer than a quick-release buckle -- actually I question the use of the phrase "quick release" for those plastic rucksack buckles. They are quite fiddly, require quite a lot of finger dexterity (which may be lacking if your hands are cold) and they do not always set or release cleanly - I think they were designed for rucksack closures & straps, not for safety-critical quick-release. They are also quite small & might prove difficult to locate & release in some situations. That said, I would be inclined to release my belt first before worrying about the vest - unless the vest is snagged on something of course. But I think the Sporasub design makes up for that by releasing the shoulder straps too.
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