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Trust me the guy leading him was trying to convince him to drop some of it. Sorry if I put the story in the wrong place, wasn't quite sure where it should go. It wasn't just about the equipment, it was more about having proper training to further your dive skills. Sadly the story is...

Recreational divers + half-technical equipment setup - proper training = me shaking my head So I'm a recreational dive instructor. In my work I mainly teach students basic courses like open water, advanced open water etc (and unfortunately far too many DSD's....). But probably a much more...

I DIVE, check out the thread "Opinions on DSAT TecRec courses", deals with a lot of the same subject matter as this one.

No its not my first computer, currently use a suunto gekko (it was cheap and easy to use). I like the gekko a lot and want to stay with suunto, but it lacks a few things I want for the future (no gauge mode, no gas switching, only goes to 50% O2 etc). I'm not really looking at the vytec because...

Does anyone have a Suunto Vytec? How is it? More concerned about the computer itself as I probably won't be buying the air transmitter. Thanks

Hmmm GUE fundies is indeed expensive....but everyone who has taken it says it is worth it.... I'm curious, what did most of you do first, tech diving in ow or cave (for those that have done both)? A question for anyone (GUE, TDI, IANTD etc)

When are people going to realise that its not just deep diving that causes DCS?

Please please make sure you have oxygen on board and a very good first aid kit. Bare in mind that if both of you are in the water together, it means you will both have the same dive profile. All the more reason to dive very conservativly, if something happens to both of you there is nobody on...

A guy I work with has the Halcyon, might borrow it for a dive and see how it is. Can't seem to find anyone here who has a Ralph Hood/Larry Green, might be hard to find here in Playa? Thanks for all the responses!

Looking for a good reel, mainly for SMB deployment from depth, but maybe also in wrecks. Have so far been using a finger spool, but I would like a reel that I can lock. What does everyone use? Any suggestions?

As a recreational diver only (never gone down the tech side of things but looking to get into it shortly) I personally witnessed 2 cases of a suunto cobra failing during a dive. I know that most people don't trust "digital air", and to be quite honest, I agree with them. Analog gauges make me...

Ok so for someone looking to get into tech diving for the first time, which course do you suggest?

What does this course involve? Has anyone taken it? How was the course?

Has anyone taken any DSAT TecRec courses, either the Deep or the Trimix? If so how was it? How does it compare to say TDI or IANTD courses? This is coming from someone with no tech diving experience, but interested in taking courses in the future (something like deco and advanced nitrox...

You have to analyse 2 tanks for Oxygen content.

Thanks for all the info guys. From what i have been reading about the GUE course people who take it really swear by it. Do you think it is worth it? Is the quality and course content that different from the other cave courses?

I am a PADI Instructor working in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. While I am here I thought it would be a great opportunity to take my cave course. I have never done any technical diving before, all I did lots of wreck penetration where I last worked and I enjoy the challenge presented by overhead...