| Arfie
I don't know how big you are but I'm 14 and a half stone 6 foot tall, dive a seaskin like yours with twin 12s and 4th element stuff underneath. In a puddle I need about 5Kg and 8kg in the sea, I used to dive with 12 or 14 Kg but once I'd worked out where the air was I got rid of the lead and still expect to lose more. Being overweighted made it harder for me to dump air from my suit so it's worth spending ages getting your weight sorted.
I'd also add (at the risk of kicking off another argument) that if you are new to diving a dry suit then be cautious about using the wing underwater. You will have to put air into the suit to take of squeeze so as you ascend you need to think about getting rid of excess. If you are also having to think about managing the air in your wing then you will have more to think about than you need. This is particularly true if you ascend too fast with the corresponding gas expansion then it becomes a potential incident pit. Certainly as you get used to the suit then using the wing as well makes sense but I'd suggest only using the wing at the surface at first.
Good luck hope it's nice and warm and dry.
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