Shopper Are these XS Scuba Single Tank Weight Pockets that are sewn together?
if yes, how are they sewn together?
if not, can I cut them apart to make individual pockets.
The belt is less expensive than 8 XS Scuba Single Tank Weight Pockets.
Thanks
KEN K Hello:
Thanks for your interest in the dive gear mentioned above. I have used
these belts for several years now and their GREAT !! It is a solid heavy nylon
belt that has another belt of same lenth sewn onto it. Where a web belt can
be threaded through giving it a balence and an almost nonexistance in the
feel when wearing it. I highly recommend it with soft weights especially. The comfort is nothing like you've experienced before with a weight belt. As to
cutting it, I wouldn't unless you would never need one or more of the pockets. You can simply choose not to put weight in one or more of the pockets. You'll never know the difference.
Best Wishes and Hope you like your XS Belt !!!
Ken Kirby IDC Staff Instr.
Scuba Doo Dive & Travel
Corryton, Tenn. 37721
(865)388 -5566
ALISON D Nope, you can?t cut them apart to make individual pockets. My belt has 2 groups of three pockets each and if you separate the three pockets you would open each end and then wouldn?t hold the weights. There is a single wide band that connects/creates the three pockets and by cutting the band between them you open the sides of the pockets.
PATRICIA L They are sewn to the belt sleeve in such a way that cutting them apart would
ruin them (looped together. I really like this belt by the way.
KEVIN A Hi,
I have the 4 pocket XS Scuba Weight Belt. It has two pockets sewn together and attached to a tubular webbing on each side (two sets of two) of the belt. The weight belt is slid through the tubular webbing, but is not attached to the belt by any other means (nothing sewn or adhered to). Basically, you could undo the sliders and the belt clips and slide the two sets of pockets off of the belt. You would then have a pair of of dual weight pockets and a weight belt. Hope that helps.
Kevin
LUIS G Yes, they are sewn together in two sets of three weight pockets that can be separated from the weight belt and I also bought them for the same reason--price.
Because they are sewn together as two sets of three pockets and not sewn to the weight belt you can actually take them off and use them with the waist buckle and webbing of a backplate, as long as you are ok with three on each side of the waist buckle.
LUKE S Hi there. I bought one off these and the pockets are seen together in 2 groups of 4 so you can either have 4 pockets on your belt or 8. And honestly 8 is designed for 40lbs. which is alot (and I am big guys diving in cold New England waters). There is no way to detach the individual pockets from each other without ripping/cutting them and potentially ruining the belt. My advice (which I wound up doing later) would be to buy individual pockets from XS Scuba and put them on the belt. That way as your weighting needs change you can easily readjust without the bulk of empty pockets on your weight belt.