These weights will also increase the likelihood of face-up floating on the surface, if that should ever be an issue. Many of the pockets for weights cannot be easily installed or removed, in the water or out. There are too many different weight systems in use. Even dive pros often cannot figure out how some of them work without the instructions. This is similar to years ago when BC inflators were not standard as to position, shape or method of hook-up.
Women are far more critical and careful as evaluators than men are.
Women provide more thoughtful comments and will not put up with design inadequacies that men would just shrug off. They provided 175 numeric subjective scores and 150 written comments used in the evaluations that follow. We ensured that they varied in size, age and experience level, ranging from Advanced Open Water, to Advanced Open-Water Instructor. Their occupations range from travel agent to teacher to writer to university diving officer. And we thank them very much.