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The individual diver is responsible for his actions. Banning spearfishing is like banning guns. The people that abuse the sport won't follow the rules anyway so it just hurts the dives that do. My favorite story about spearfishing I was diving at the rigs off Galveston ...... I had a 4 ft...

I guess the final word is YES ........ Dacor has gone under and parts are hard ( if not impossible) to find so purchasing any Dacor equipment in 2013 would be a bad choice unless you collect vintage equipment or need a good paper weight.

I can remember the days when you purchased a tank from a local dive shop and got an air card for 25 free air fills ..... this was a great idea because the shop owner keep the customers comming back and it gave us a chance to sell or upgrade the diver into new gear or offer a deal on a great...

Let me make this simple ...... take the number of dives you have done in the past year and multiply it by $25 ....... if it's over $200 then buy a new tank. There are costs in owning tanks and for some people the expense is not worth it. If you fly or travel then owning tanks doesn't make...

I would say if all depends on price to get the unit into safe diveable condition. The MK10 regulator is one of the best designs and if service properly then use it. Be sure to use a good Scubapro trained tech and since your not the original owner then parts may get expensive. I still own a MK5...

You guys are only worried about the money ? Our sport has cost me several girlfriends and a wife when I was younger. If I liked a girl I would invite her over to go swimming and bring out the scuba gear to see how she react. If she did poorly or complained about it then I started looking for...

My wife and I did the dive with Anthony's Key Resort last year while cruising on the Carnival Magic. After 40 years of diving and I will tell everyone they are "one 1st class operation". The rental gear was new and everything worked as it was suppose to. They had a water checkout at the dock to...

The physical size of your regulator doesn't determine how easy it will breath. Most octs are set with a higher resistance to water pressure so they don't free flow on you durning the dive which makes them harder to breath on. Having a smaller 2nd stage is nice so it doesn't catch on everything...

My wife is 4' 10" and finding gear that fits over the years have been fun. As you grow older sometime you don't grow upwards but just around the middle. Small and ex small are terms that hard to define because each company has their own standards ..... you really need to go to a dive shop and...

To quote Rick Hunter : "It works for me". ---------- Post added ---------- In 1972 I received a "Deep Diver Certification" from a NASDS shop. After a couple of hours of classroom instruction I dove down a line in Lake Travis to retrieved a flag tied off at the 200ft level. I passed and got a...

I know this thread is almost 8 years old and Dacor is no longer in business. They have gone the way of other scuba companies like Nemrod, Sportsways, Voit, Swimaster, Healthways and White Stag. It goes to show you that customer opinions count. Many scubaboard members said they would never buy...

:acclaim:I have been diving for over 40 years and seen many changes in the way divers get trained and certified. In the 60's we went down to the local YMCA and after 6 weeks of classes we received our card after a check out dive at a local lake. There wasn't much follow up by the shop or...

depends on what the skirt is made of ... I own several back skirts made from rubber and they have dryrotted after many years ...... but at least they didn't turn yellow with age

That should really work out well .... remember those "Dacor Lifetime Warrenty" on regulators that aren't worth the paper they were printed on. The company destroyed the machines that made the parts so parts for anything made before 2000 is not available. That's why Mares/Dacor has had two major...

I just read about the Nekton bankruptcy ...... so sad. I haven't dived with them in a while but have video of several great trips taken on their boats from years past. I really enjoyed the shark dives where we sat on the bottom and watched the beasts swim around us. I heard that they were...

I have had several old Voit/Swimaster regulators rebuilt in the last few years. The hardest part is finding someone who wants to look and find the parts. So many dive shops only want to install parts kits from the manfucturer. I knew one shop owner that was still rebuilding old Dacor regulators...

as many of you know trying to leave the airport involves running thru countless salesmen who want to show you a timeshare or condo. I saw a guy wearing a white T shirt with this printed in spanish on the front ....... "I already own a timeshare/condo so back off and stop waisting my time." He...

Threads hardly ever die they just keep getting recycled. It may be over for Dallas this year but wait ... next year they will go 14 and 2 and win the SUPERBOWL playing in their own backyard.

the thread statred in 2007 .... but after 10 years without a playoff win any Dallas fan will take the time to savor the moment .... HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS ....... GO BIG D ........ DeputyDan how did your team do this year ??????????????????????????????????

How about them COWBOYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eagles shot down in flames and Vikings are next ......... Remember Dallas doesn't slow down except to reload and take more shots at the End Zone