Aqua Stainless-Steel Depth Compensating Weight Belt Buckle
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Aqua Stainless-Steel Depth Compensating Weight Belt Buckle

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Aqua Stainless-Steel Depth Compensating Weight Belt Buckle

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About Aqua Stainless-Steel Depth Compensating Weight Belt Buckle

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very good buckle

By davidp

this buckle keeps your weight belt in place during the dive. no more sliding up and down on your waist. it also grips the webbing very tightly. excellent buckle worth the price.

 

Nice Buckle

By Jarrett K.

Shipping from Leisure Pro was prompt as usual.

Tired of adjusting your weight belt underwater due to wet suit compression at depth? This spring-loaded Depth Compensating Stainless-Steel Weight Belt Buckle is what you want. The buckle threads onto standard 2" (5cm) nylon webbing, when you snug your weight belt to your waist prior to submerging underwater the spring-loaded buckles spring stretches out to keep the belt snug. As you descend, and your wet suit compresses a normal weight belt becomes loose. Not the belt equipped with this depth compensating buckle. It's spring compresses with your wet suit continuously compensating for the loss of suit thickness and cinching your weight belt up. When you start to ascend the buckle spring re-expanse to compensate for the expanding wet suit keeping your belt comfortable and snug from the start to the finish of your dive.

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Aqua Stainless-Steel Depth Compensating Weight Belt Buckle Features

  • Aqua Stainless-Steel Depth Compensating Weight Belt Buckle:
  • Threads on Standard 2" (5cm) Weight Belt Webbing
  • Spring Loaded System
  • Corrosion Resistant Stainless Steel
  • Buckle Spring Compresses with Wet Suit Upon Descent
  • Spring Continuously-Compensates During Dive
  • Ascent: Buckle Spring Re-Expanse to Compensate for the Expanding Wet Suit
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Questions about this item:

Shopper  Is it going to work with drysuite? There is lot more space for compression.
MICHAEL L  A dry suit is all that I use this buckle on with 30 lbs of weight. If your suit fits you correctly it will work perfectly. There is about 1" of spring in the buckle to compensate for compression. Plenty enough room. It's solid too. I defenitely recommend this buckle. I have lost too many weight pockets and that is a thing in the past now that I have a weight belt. Lose one weight pocket and you can buy 2 of these buckles AND the webbing for the price of replacement of the pocket and weight.
HARVEY W  I tried it with my Whites Fusion. I do not think it worked the best because of the drysuit. While the buckle did what it was supposed to do, the outer lycra/neoprene cover on the drysuit did not allow the weight belt to stay in place was well as I liked. I ended up going with a harness system. Now I have a weight intergrated BCD.
MARY W  I've used this buckle with a 5 or 7 mm wetsuit with complete satisfaction. I've had some scary problems with plastic buckles--difficult to secure, snapping open, especially during giant-stride entries.
VICTOR A  I think that it's use is more appropriate for a wet suit that compresses with depth. I used it with my drysuit for awhile and it worked, but I wondered whether it trapped air either above or below the belt. I lost the belt (only had about 4-6 lbs on it) before I could experiment further with it.
BRIAN E R  I have used it with a dry suit several times. The key is you need to pull it tight enough to almost fully extend the spring when putting the weight belt on. This will keep it as tight as possible.
JOSEPH S  I use it with a drysuit. Its only a little stretch hut better than a normal buckle
MATT D  Yes, it will work with a dry suit. When putting the belt on the dry suit must be adjusted to ensure that the belt is tight to the waist just above the hips.
CHRISTOPHER D  I'm having trouble figuring out have to put the buckle on my weight belt. Can anyone help explain how to put it on a weight belt?
LIDIA AND SIMON V  This is a great buckle for scuba. It does keep your belt in one place as advertised. It does get squeaky as you breathe, but for the most part you will never even notice it.
GUY M  Christopher; Put the buckle on the left side of the belt through the two slots. This will allow you to have a right hand release . You will love this buckle it is well worth the $$$. Use it a time or two to see if you need to trim the belt . If you hated adjusting your belt at depth due to it getting loose this will correct this issue. If you do not have bungee or spring straps on your fins Get some when you can. you will love the No adjusting fin straps at depth either. Guy Marrese Underwater photography
MARY W  The belt threads through the "roller" on the closed side of the buckle. The space for the belt is narrow. If your belt is new and stiff, it may take a bit of pushing to get it through the slot. (That's what I found out the hard way). But this is a great buckle otherwise--no slippage! It won't come open!
CHRISTOPHER D  Mary, Thanks for your answer, your answer is the best so far but I'm sorry I still can't figure it out. If you can explain it better or/and show me pictures, I would appreciate it. Chris
Shopper  What does this do?
LeisurePro S  What it means by "depth-compensating" is that the buckle is spring loaded to add depth compensation to a weight belt. This eliminates the need for weight belt adjustment while diving due to wetsuit decompression/expansions.
Shopper  Why Did You Choose This?
Stephanie C  I chose this buckle based on other customer reviews. I was looking for a reliable, metal buckle.
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