Just realized I had my weights all wrong for years

Been diving for about 8 years now, mostly doing inspection work on rigs in the Gulf. Last month I was helping a new guy check his setup and he looked at my weight belt and just said 'you're way over where you need to be' and showed me the math. Turns out I was carrying 10 extra pounds this whole time because I never adjusted after switching to a drysuit. Anyone else find out they were doing something basic completely backwards?

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alice_barnes3517d ago

Wait, you carried ten extra pounds for years without noticing? That must have been brutal on your air consumption and trim the whole time. I can't believe nobody called it out sooner during a dive, but I guess we all trust our own setups until something clicks.

grant.kevin17d ago

I read somewhere that an extra ten pounds is like diving with a small steel tank strapped to your belt.