STAs and What size wing for BP?

[fishchaser]

Cool. Thanks for the replies guys. It seems like this LDS guy (shop owner and instructor) is extremely helpful but just plain wrong here. I truely believe this guy wasn't trying to sell me something, and that he just believes you need that big of a bag. Very concerning. He asked his partner if they've ever sold a 45# version of the Recon, and the reply was "not a single one...all 75#". When I asked him to explain it in detail, he seemed to think that the 35# of lead was to offset 35# of bouyancy of the air in the suit, and when compressed at depth, you'd have zero drysuit bouyancy and 35# of lead for the wing to lift. I tried to argue that only a portion of the lead was for the airsuit buoyancy, and the rest was for the body (fat and air), which does not disappear at depth. He didn't agree.

I’ll just show you the difference if you can make the time. PM, email or call if you want to go dive.

I'd love to...but I'm currently not equipped. Drysuit was shipped yesterday (and still need drysuit class) and my purpose of this thread was to determine which wing I should buy. I'm still looking for a 30-ish pound wing & BP, so back to ebay and the forum for sale areas. Worst case, come spring, I'll buy new.

Thanks again for tolerating my newbie questions...but we gotta learn from somewhere, and what better place than from some locals, and not to be steered wrong by a misinformed LDS.