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More Buoyancy Tips

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Quick Buoyancy Tips If you are struggling with buoyancy and trim on your rebreather, there are a few things you can consider: If your feet are heavy, get lighter fins. Heavy fins, such as the popular Jet Fin design, were originally designed for divers wearing thick neoprene drysuits. Membrane-style dry suits rarely require negative fins unless you are diving with thick buoyant undergarments. Try leg gaitors to keep air out of your feet and consider a dry suit that is equipped with separate boots. Get a rebreather specific wing. Not all rebreathers come with a harness and wing. There are…

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Rebreather Diving Buoyancy

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Minimal Loop Volume I recently received an email from a diver who was having a bit of a struggle with buoyancy on his new rebreather. An experienced rebreather diver, he was diving a back mounted counterlung for the first time and wondered whether this was a part of his frustration. My advice to him included two things. The first step was to work on achieving comfortable minimum loop volume, which entails exhaling additional volume until your deepest inhalation just begins to trickle the ADV. At this volume, any molecules of oxygen that are used up are replaced by the solenoid…

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