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It's nice to know that other divers have had similar experiences. Having never had a panic attack before, experiencing one alone at 85' was a very frightening experience for me. Hyperventilation caused me to lose vision and I came close to passing out, so I hit the inflator button. I arrested...

Four? I guess this isn't a problem for me... I *always* take both my BC and my regs AND my pony bottle. I don't always get my pony re-filled in time for my first day of diving, however, so having the AIR-2 on my rig is a good backup. Excellent anecdotal experience. Thanks. It IS harder to...

I started out with an octo attached with a connector, then switched to an AIR2 (Atomic Aquatics SS1) when I added a small (13cf) pony to my rig. I tranferred my octo 2nd stage to my pony bottle. I was leary originally about going with an AIR2 in case of an OOA situation, but 95% of the time I...

I was using a super cheap 1st stage up until recently in temps down to the low-40's without problems. I'm ugrading now because the reg is out of spec and they can no longer get parts for it. I've replaced it with another low-end (non-cold water) reg, the SB MK2. I'm using this with a...

You did :-) In fact I ended up replacing my 1st stages with SP MK-2s. It was recommended by ScubaToys for such purposes. My originals had "Parkway SCUBA" stamped on them, and I paid $65 each for them.

Numerous times I've had morays or wolf eels strangely attracted to the bright yellow pony octo I have bungied around my neck. uh oh...

I had a similar experience with my Atomic Aquatics SS1 air2 a number of years back. I had just surfaced from my first dive of the day with about 600-700 psi, and it started freeflowing. My primary 2nd stage was fine. I had just had the regs serviced. The freeflow drained my tank amazingly...

This has been discussed at length here on SB many times before... Leisure Pro is considered a grey market dealer for some of their products, and you often can't take their prices to your LDS to get any kind of deal.

Just to play the devils advocate (you started it :-), I initially opted for "cheap" 1st stage regulators for my pony and argon bottles. I don't remember the price or brand (but I can dig that up if you care). The point being I was going for "cheap", mostly because these weren't part of my...

I "just" picked my regs up from my LDS after getting them serviced. He's raised his rates to $40 for the 1st stage, $25 for the 2nd. So triple this because I've got my primary regs, my pony bottle regs, my argon bottle 1st stage, and my Air-2 2nd stage. Then he charged me $6 - $20 each for...

Had a great time... I arrived late Monday November 30th in San Juan, spent the night at the Marriott Courtyard. The next morning we drove out to Aquadilla for work, with our hotel in Rincon (Rincon of the Seas). The commute from Rincon to Aquadilla everyday was kind of a pain (45+ minutes each...

Hi: I will be staying in Rincon the week after Thanksgiving on business... planning on diving the 28th/29th. So would you recommend West Divers over Taino Divers?

You haven't spent much time around DIR/GUE folks have you? :D

As ScubaSteve points out hoseless AI Computers are a potential failure point. But, if you're willing to take the risk, go for it. Anecdotal evidence shows that for rec diving the risk is acceptable. The DIR tech community shuns all computers (except their brain), and they're very particular...

None taken here :) Actually most of the Suuntos offer user-replaceable batteries: the Vytecs, Vypers, Cobras, Mosquito, D3, Gekko, & the HelO2 all have user-replaceable batteries. It looks like the D4/D6/D9 & Stinger do not.

For my first 40 or so dives I had a ScubaPro mini SPG & depth guage in a console to back up my Cobra, but abandoned it in an attempt to get myself more streamlined. Besides I reasoned that unless I also had a Bottom Timer and a copy of the tables (or memorized them) they wouldn't give me that...

I'm with you, fnfalman: An AI computer can automatically record your SAC rate on each and every dive for later upload to your dive log. It can also graph your SAC rate during a dive, so you can later go back and see if your consumption rate was consistent. Of course it can also estimate how...

Hi ScubaWifey: For diving local all I use is my mesh bag, so I would recommend a mesh bag regardless of what travel bag I purchased. I started out with a simple mesh duffle from my local dive shop, but now I have an Akona AKB134 mesh backpack that I really like. The fact that it's a backpack...

I have a couple of these:Quick Draw Pony Bracket that I use for both my pony and my argon bottle, and I like them (I have the smaller size that fits 13-19 cu-ft bottles, but this one will hold 30-40 cu ft bottles). They hold the tanks pretty securely. Quick-draw they're not, however. Despite...

I got back Saturday... I was able to load my complete set of gear plus my wifes snorkel gear (3-5-3 wetsuit, BCD, camera housing, rashguard, snorkel vest, 2 sets of mask/snorkel/fins) with room to spare. I hand-carried my regulators and computer. I loaded it up to close to 60 pounds. Things...