Anyone still use an old Aqua Craft Dive Belt??

[huntsman53]

I was wondering if anyone still uses the old Aqua Craft Dive Weight Belt? Is there a market for them? I picked one up Saturday at an Estate Auction and it has 4 large "9" or "6" pound Lead weights and two smaller unmarked Lead weights that are possibly "2" pounds. Sorry but I am not sure what the actual weight of each weight is since I have not taken the belt apart to weigh them but with all of the weights on it, it weighs a lot.


Frank

 

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[huntsman53]

Updated with pics!

I weighed the belt and each Lead Weight individually but did not write the weights down. I had the weights memorized but got side-tracked and forgot them but will re-weigh everything and post them later.


Frank

 

[Jason in Enid]

If youre looking to sell, I'd buy if the price with shipping was right

 

[huntsman53]

"Updated with weights!"

Not sure how accurate my' weighing scale is anymore but the following are the weights I got:


Weight Belt with buckle and weights: 30 pounds, 8 ounces

The two smaller weights with no weight marking:

#1 3 pounds, 8.6 ounces
#2 3 pounds, 10.8 ounces

The larger weights which are each marked with a "6":

#3 5 pounds, 10.8 ounces
#4 5 pounds, 11.6 ounces
#5 5 pounds, 11.4 ounces
#6 5 pounds, 10.0 ounces

 

[clv]

Just sold two of those weight belts my self last week, the weight is marked on the weights 4@ 6lbs can't see the other two but looks like 3 or 4 lbs. scrap lead around here goes for $2 per pound. 32lbs total so at least $70 + 5 for each belt, maybe $100 to the right person.
The industry has move to using the buoyancy compensatory to hold the weights now. I don't think that is safe, but they didn't ask me.

 

[G.I.B.]

The BC's with integrated weights have a proven quick release weight pouch. Just grab the handle and pull 'em out.

Very safe.

 

[Jason in Enid]

The BC's with integrated weights have a proven quick release weight pouch. Just grab the handle and pull 'em out.

Very safe.

Until the retaining system fails and 10 pounds of lead falls out in the middle of a dive, turning you into a polaris missile with lung and ear baro-trauma and possibly DCS .

 

[seekerGH]

This belt makes my back hurt just looking at it.

 

[huntsman53]

This belt makes my back hurt just looking at it.

LOL!! Yeah, I have a bad back and it kills me to carry it around.


Frank

 

[huntsman53]

Until the retaining system fails and 10 pounds of lead falls out in the middle of a dive, turning you into a polaris missile with lung and ear baro-trauma and possibly DCS .

Could you rig a Dive Bag with a quick release to catch the Lead weights just in case of a failure? If the release was intentional, you just hit the quick release on the Dive Bag. I don't dive but think that something like this could be rigged up as Safety backup in case the release fails. Do you all use a Dive Rope attached to the weights to retrieve them later?


Frank

 

[ARC]

I wear pouch belts with soft sacks. Only I use stainless buckles.

 

[huntsman53]

I wear pouch belts with soft sacks. Only I use stainless buckles.

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I only have a soft sack as well but don't plan on dropping either of my' weights out of it anytime soon!


Frank

 

[dts52]

Huntman - I remember those weight belts fondly. Many years ago and many pounds of uh... let's call it bouyancy ago I only needed about 10 lbs. Now I shudder to think how much I would need. Great find!
HH
dts

 

[huntsman53]

Huntman - I remember those weight belts fondly. Many years ago and many pounds of uh... let's call it bouyancy ago I only needed about 10 lbs. Now I shudder to think how much I would need. Great find!
HH
dts

Thanks!

I have never dove under the water since I was about 6 years old when my sister and her friends nearly drowned me in a Public Pool which had lots of Chlorine in it. I swallowed so much Chlorine treated water that I got Chlorine Poisoning and had a severe headache for three days. I have tried a little Snorkeling just under the surface of the water but that is as far as I can get since. It is hell not being able to get over the near drowning incident because before it, I was able to swim the length of the pool twice under water before surfacing and it was a big pool.

They had some other vintage Scuba Gear at the Estate Auction but no tanks or regulators and the price went too high for me to bid on the stuff. Besides, if flippers or wet suits won't fit my' feet, then I very seldom even consider them. I wear a size 17EEEEE shoe by the way. Heck, I fish and hunt and have always wanted a nice pair of bib waders. However, because the makers of waders think that if you have a size 17 boot or shoe, then you much be 8 1/2 feet tall. I picked up a set of waders that would barely fit my' feet about 15 years ago but they were so long in height that I could literally wrap the bib over my' head and tie the straps under my' arms. They worked great if it was raining but it was hell to see where you were going!


Frank

 

[Boatlode]

I still use a weight belt. The BCD's with integrated weights are too heavy to carry around, especially when strapped to a full tank.

 

[Jason in Enid]

I still use a weight belt. The BCD's with integrated weights are too heavy to carry around, especially when strapped to a full tank.

Thats why I like using my BP/W.

 

[seekerGH]

Other than from the initial open water cert, I have never done, nor seen a weight belt drop....(one done on purpose)

 

[stoneshirt]

If youre looking to sell, I'd buy if the price with shipping was right

Better send it by Mule!

 

[Rmeav8r]

If youre looking to sell, I'd buy if the price with shipping was right

If that is the case:
Flat rate USPS, I've stuffed almost 70 lbs into a large or medium rate box several times. Best deal for small heavy items and around $15 insured.