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Make sure before your next hydro you ask the test station BEFORE your hydro if they do plus ratings. If it leaves the hydro facility with a new date stamp and no plus stamp it may be five years before your next chance for a plus rating. Once it is skipped I am told it is much harder to find...

I like the compasses that have a very large and obvious arrow that indicate north. The mark on the actual magnetic dial not the mark on the bezel. I always liked oceanic compasses for that reason, very large arrow indicating north. Also some consoles position a compass on the backside of the...

I got my G250V back from a service a couple years back and noticed my stem was bent a little as well. It was one of those things that I couldn't be certain it was not bent before but I would usually notice something like that. Functions okay and plan to have it replaced at its' next service.

To all you spool users...do you ever encounter any curling of the line after winding in greater lengths of line. I have seen the double ender used to wrap the line and also just hand over hand. The one problem with hand looping something onto a spool is it can cause curling of the line. The...

I was wondering if the low pressure worthington tanks fall under the same pre-test procedure ?

My old Aeris has given me some weird battery charge readings sometimes just after a battery change. If it starts to do this repeatedly I change the battery. Otherwise I watch the indicator and as everyone else has mentioned annually would not be to often if you are diving a bit. Taking a look...

I use a demo key attached to a standard bolt snap with line a little heavier than cave line so it does not flop around as much. Very little slack between bolt snap and key, but a little. I clip the bolt snap with key to BC upper D-Ring and stash the electronic key in the trunk. Trunks get...

Jenny, I don't get down that way much but will keep that in mind if I hear anything. I mark both my sheath and also the blade. On the titanium blades they seem to hold a good id marking with a sharpie marker.

While not all boaters understand the dive flag meaning many do. Also members of the group should have safety sausages or smb's as well in case there is a seperation and they find themselves alone. The diver towing flag should also have an smb in case by some chance the dive flag gets away. If...

The super light depressing of the button is not the root of the problem but it does seem to encourage sticking when there are other problems with the inflator. The inflator hose can be tougher to get off when pressurized especially with gloves. I have recently been working on inflating my smb...

Hey Jim, thanks for that I would have certainly just cruised by. Funny, I think we had been discussing eels and sure enough I found what I believe was a moray rather than a spotted eel in the end of a pipe south of the moored boats on the east side, pretty good size.

Did you have any ditchable weight when using this as a single and a 7mm ? I can see as doubles that it would be probably to much negative buoyancy. The thick wetsuits become difficult to calculate due to the greater amount of compression and buoyancy lost at depth. The single would also be to...

The viz over the last week or so has been good. Between storms this time of year you can actually find some pretty good diving.

I showed an 82 degree temp on a dive in lauderdale on wednesday. These days I wait even a bit longer for the shorty wetsuit when I start seeing 83 or even 84 or when the outside temps start hitting 92 (kind of average once summer temps start) then I will also go with the shorty if for no other...

The 3180 might not be a bad tank for those colder waters when wearing a full 7mm or more. I dove the 3442 Faber 100 today and its' buoyancy was very close to my LP85's. What's with the narrow wobbly boot on those Faber tanks ? I found the tank to trim and dive well and other than the boot it...

The viz at 70 ft on a wreck dive in fort lauderdale was very good, an easy 60 ft viz, blue water. Almost no current and 81 degrees on the wreck. Three goliaths and of course a few pesky lionfish. The conditions overall on the wreck were as good as I have seen on a wreck in a long time. Viz...

While checking buoyancy on a couple steel Faber 100 rentals I came across two different 100 cf Faber steel tanks. They showed an HP100 and an FX100. After looking at the rental it did not indicate HP or FX but did show a 3442 service pressure so I'm assuming it's the FX100. The rentals are 2009...

Actually the noaa forecast for the next couple of days is pretty fair. I've seen the bridge take three or four days to clear up and I have also seen it go from 5 ft viz to 30 ft in one day so you just can't tell. With the forecast I would think that conditions will get better before they get...

Each diver has to decide how ready they are for a particular type of diving. It is a fact that on most drift dives some are not completely ready to dive alone if it happens. The ones I worry about are the ones that are not even close to being self reliant. There is a big difference between a...

What I like about the closed bottom Halcyons is there is nothing to depess and hold while orally inflating. Especially with gloves this eliminates wondering if you have something depressed properly. Also a nice stainless steel fitting for orally inflating or using an inflator hose. I have...