Digger

I used to dive for years using the suit for buoyancy on OC, then started doign dives with a decent sized twinset and stages and it just became unmanageable. I started using the wing and couldn't believe how easy it became, and my trim was a thousand times better.

Now with the unit the buoyancy change is minimal, and I find using the suit fairly easy to do, and there isn't a lot of gas in there. I only have the stages I could need to remove, and they're only a couple of kilos difference.

I find myself weighted so that without removable gear I could dive and hold a stop, but I would either be a little bit squeezed on the suit or would get a very slightly short breath. It wouldn't be difficult, just a little cold in the drysuit probably. I'll trade this off for having less gas flying around suit/wing and having more weight. It's probably about 2kg difference. THe chances of having to remove stages and things is minimal, and I've done it by choice a couple of times out of a whole lot of dives so far, but not to a point it makes a massive difference. Slightly different with tools which can be easily lost when working underwater, so I'd be weighted ads per normal and the tools on top of that.

Digs.