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  1. Slmason.72

    Is it a bad thing not to have disposable weights?

    Have the same issue. In a 3 mil, I could dive with no weights is all water. I do carry 4 lbs on my tank band, solely for trim purposes. With a nearly empty AL80, I still need a good amount of air in my Bc to be neutrally bouyancy. My only concern with this, as mentioned above, is a...
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    Is there any interest in a Goodman style handle for the DRIS 1000 and 500 lights?

    21/100. Goodman Style Handle for Scuba Flashlights | Indiegogo
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    Is there any interest in a Goodman style handle for the DRIS 1000 and 500 lights?

    I'm just ordered a couple! Great idea. Far all of the expressed interest, there aren't a lot of orders in yet...
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    White Stone Diving Announces their closing the business, in White Ga

    I'm not sure if its the reason, but they had a really rough year. On top of persistent rumors that they have been closed the last couple of years, they suffered several break ins and a complete loss of their office/shop building to fire caused by a lightning strike. Rumor also has it that the...
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    First Liveaboard trip - what to take, what to leave behind, what to know?

    Power strip - take two! swim ear drops robust save a dive kit. Wetsuits - even in 83* water, with that many dives a day, your core temp WILL drop. 6-8 Clothes line clips- heavy duty... Think Home Depot clamps. 2-3 Micro-fiber towels. They aren't a gimmick. They soak up a ton of water and...
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    Log book mockery?!

    I log all of my dives both on paper and electronically. I'm not much of a blogger / journalist, but I do like seeing the improvement. Something to keep in mind as a new diver, many of the courses you may want to take in the future require a certain number of verifiable dives. The only way...
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    anyone using a Aqualung with the i3 system?

    The Dimension's hybrid backplate does not have a handy horizontal slot to attach the crotch strap, but it does have two spare verticle slots. As I didn't want to cut a new slot in the mini backplate, I used a piece of pliable 2" webbing through those slots and bent them over at 45* a couple of...
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    anyone using a Aqualung with the i3 system?

    My comment wasn't intended to be rude, though it was possibly a bit smart ass. The folks that usually have negative things to say about the i3 and other different / non tech versions of Rec equipment tend to use the same argument... It's not Tec, so its not correct, or it has to many moving...
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    anyone using a Aqualung with the i3 system?

    I love my i3. Have over 60 dives on it and absolutely love it. You'll hear lots of comments about a solution looking for a problem, it being overly complicated, etc. These folks are probably posting to Scubaboard from their slide rules. Dive what you like because you like it...
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    "Rescue Diver" - Your experiences?

    It was one of the best classes I have taken. That said, when you learn to defend yourself from a panicked diver, DO NOT come back to this board and openly admit that you would try to free yourself / defend yourself from said panicked diver... I learned this by experience. Now, at least for...
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    Best money ever spent on scuba gear.....

    I'd have to go with the 90* swivel elbow and underarm routing. Most comfortable set up I've found so far. Giving up this routing is the only thing I am apprehensive about while planning to go tec sidemount. The DRIS 1000 LED is pretty awesome too.
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    Deco Diving - Computer Help Needed (Cobra 3, or others!)

    No, the 10 minutes ascent time you see at 75 feet is the total ascent time including the time it takes to rise through the water column and the time(s) you must spend at each deco stop. I don't have a cobra, but do dive a D6 (also a Suunto product) and assume the display logic to be very similar...
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    Got my OW cert, but SOB!

    If I knew the diver was OOA and only going for my reg, I'd let them have it or beat them to it and hand it off. If its a panicked diver out of nowhere grabbing at me, I'm not going to allow them to make me a second victim. I'll protect myself until I'm able to hand mine off in a manner that...
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    Got my OW cert, but SOB!

    Maniago, Without some kind of notice, an OOA diver is going to find me pushing them away if they reach for my regs. Period. I am going to ensure my safety and not allow a panicked diver to wrap me up. Once I am clear of them the very next thing I am going to do it stuff my regulator into...
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    Got my OW cert, but SOB!

    Next time you are in the water, try doing an air share ascent with your buddy on your main reg (and its short hose) while you breath off the octo. You're going to have to be VERY close to each other.
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    Got my OW cert, but SOB!

    Ps, what you did right... You went through your available resources, made a decision and lived to work the kinks out. You also identified potential causes of not finding your reg. Maybe not textbook, but you handled it Others may tear into you for this, but before you went CESA, what did you...
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    Got my OW cert, but SOB!

    Practice it again and again. When I identify an area where I need improvement, I add it to my to do list on every dive. 3 minute safety stops are a great place to practice these things.
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    Help! First Gear - Need your input!

    Bells and whistles is a turn of phrase. You need a surface noise maker and a whistle works fine for this. Even GUE allows for a whistle attached to the inflator hose and those guys are fanatical about KISS/ streamlining.
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    Air Source or Octopus?

    Yes, by grasping the hose about half way up and pulling... Pull activated dump. Also have a right shoulder dump and an i3 inflator dump. All accessible with my left hand. The i3 isn't easily accessed with my right hand without some effort. If I can't get rid of excess buoyancy without...
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