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Grand Master Spammer
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Rule of thumb..1/3 of your weight goes in the trim pockets. Justa rule of thumb though. It is an individual thing.
You don't necessarily "need" to fully inflate your wing at the surface. Just "need" to inflate enough to keep your chin out of the water. Or kick on to your back like you are in a recliner and you can float like Papillon on a bag of coconuts .
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All you really need to do is figure out how much total weight you need, once you have that figure then you move them to where it makes you neutral in trim.
Nobody can tell you where to place them exactly because everybody has a different body makeup, you just experiment with placement until it's right. You really don't need to worry about planting on your face, that's a dive shop tale that while based on some facts is not accurate. Don't over inflate the BC and you will be fine.
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I removed the rear weight pockets on my Brigade and use one 1.5lb ankle weight clipped around the tank valve. This works perfectly in keeping me horizontal in the water. I never have an issue with leaning face forward at the surface, just lean back and you will be fine.
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Guppy
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I don't think it's necessarily better, it just works for me. I like it because I only need a small amount of weight to offset my negatively buoyant legs. If I ever needed more, I can simply clip the other ankle weight on for a total of 2.
A lot of people need much more weight, or think they do, so they use the rear pockets. Most of those are located on the lower tank strap (if the BC has 2.) This configuration works great if all you are doing is distributing weight around your body and effectively lightening your weight belt. This can also help stabilize and keep you upright on the surface when using a rear inflation style BC. Sorry for the long winded answer, but I hope this helps!! Short answer... Try out different configs and see what works for you. Every "body" is different so the amount and placement of trim weights is unique to each person.
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