Weights
When scuba diving, you must counteract the buoyancy of other diving equipment such as diving suits and aluminium diving cylinders. Lucas Divestore offers for this reason a collection of weights both hard weight and soft weight.
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When scuba diving, you must counteract the buoyancy of other diving equipment such as diving suits and aluminium diving cylinders. Lucas Divestore offers for this reason a collection of weights both hard weight and soft weight.
The difference between hard weights and soft weights
Hard weights are pieces of (coated) solid lead you can attach to a weight belt (or in some cases between your cylinders). Soft weights are little bags filled with grains of lead that can be easily added to your weight belt or in the weight pockets of your BCD.
Weight belt, V-Weights and ankle weights
You can place weights in different ways.
A weight belt is a belt you can put extra weight in or on. You can place a V-Weight between your cylinders and you can put on an ankle weight for more weight on your feet/leg.
How much weight do you need?
You can use Archimedes' principle to figure out how much weight you need: “Any object, totally or partially immersed in a fluid or liquid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.”
- If you weigh more than the force of the weight of the fluid, you’ll sink.
- If you weigh just as much as force of the weight of the fluid, you hang in one place.
- If you weigh less than the force of the weight of the fluid, you float.
This can be done trough trial and error. At the beginning of your dive, hang with your complete set of equipment in the water. Release all the air out of your BCD and keep your lungs half full. Go into the water up until your nose. Breath in, you’ll need to come up a little, breath out, you’ll need to sink a little. Then add the necessary amount of weight.
Weight at Lucas Divestore
Here at Lucas Divestore we have a great assortment of weights. Have more questions about weights or other equipment? Our co-workers are ready to help! Contact us or visit our megastore!
Lucas Divestore: The Largest Dive Shop in Europe
Welcome to Lucas Divestore. We are a dive shop with more than 40 years of experience in the world of scuba diving and snorkeling. In the 1960s, where it all began, Dick Lucas (founder of Lucas Duiksport) was already diving off the coast of Australia. In 1980, Dick Lucas and his son Richard earned their first diving certifications together. In 1983, our dive shop Lucas Duiksport was founded. Over the past three decades, Lucas Divestore has grown into the largest dive shop in Europe and beyond. Lucas Divestore therefore delivers worldwide, from every country in Europe to Saudi Arabia, Thailand and more.
Many people and organizations have bought their diving equipment from Lucas Divestore or have let us provide services. Some of our customers include the Dutch Royal Household, the government, fire departments, the army, police, tactical response teams, universities, museums, institutions, swimming pools, sports training institutes, dive centers worldwide, and hopefully we can help you too!
Complete range
Lucas Divestore has everything you need for your ideal scuba gear. From dive computers, BCDs, fins and wetsuits to drysuits, regulators, dive lights, scuba tanks and much more. We also offer a wide range of snorkeling gear, including snorkeling clothing, full-face masks, snorkeling fins, snorkel bags, snorkel masks and snorkel sets. We carry scuba gear from many different brands, including well-known names such as Aqualung, Apeks, Scubapro, Suunto, Tusa and Mares.
In addition to all the snorkeling and scuba gear available in our online shop, our website has a dedicated section for technical diving. It is made especially for divers who want to dive deeper and longer, which lets you explore more dive sites as a diver. Tec divers use different equipment and sometimes need up to twice as much gear as recreational divers. At Lucas Divestore we have a wide range of technical diving gear, including regulators for technical diving, wings and tec dive computers.
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Are you a professional or recreational diver looking for the right products? We'll be happy to help you make the right choice. Our range includes diving equipment for young and old, from beginner to professional. In our showroom in Nijverdal you will find a wide selection of diving products, and our team of specialists with years of experience in the diving world is ready to help you find the best products. We look for the products that match your needs, dive activities and budget. Drop by our dive shop or get in touch with us.