Dive knife, Sea Snips, or both?

[Diving Dubai]

Regarding knives... I've tried the lot, including the combination Kife/Shear and the tiny surgical shears - I've disgarded the lot.

I now keep a Z cutter on my computer which (even rusty and needing a blade replacement will cut through 3/8 nylon rope faster than a serrated knife (Removing fishing nets from wrecks. I still keep a small blunt edged knife on my BCD as a secondary and I keep teh non serrated edge razor sharp.

Regarding DSMB @Snoweman I have the last 5m/15ft in a different coloured line in case I'm lazy or task loaded or my computers crap out

@Dan_T Lose that bit of pipe and string. Get a decent spool. I recomend the Apex spool which has compat line, a big centre hole and wide flanges that are easy to grip and wind. On more than one occasion I've deployed mine in current coming off a reef from around 12m and the current has pulled the dsmb along takign almost the all the 45m line out, stopping when the DSMB hits the surface and comes out of the current.

Practice regularly. With respect, with the number of dives you have and the fact you love indonesia divign you should be more proficent. Just practice on every dive, the guide won't mind.

 

[Dan]

...@Dan_T Lose that bit of pipe and string. Get a decent spool. I recomend the Apex spool which has compat line, a big centre hole and wide flanges that are easy to grip and wind. On more than one occasion I've deployed mine in current coming off a reef from around 12m and the current has pulled the dsmb along takign almost the all the 45m line out, stopping when the DSMB hits the surface and comes out of the current.

Practice regularly. With respect, with the number of dives you have and the fact you love indonesia divign you should be more proficent. Just practice on every dive, the guide won't mind.

Good tips! My 12-day Banda & Raja Ampat trip is coming up in November. I'll have some good practices then. I'll need to do more of this DSMB launching before diving the mother of fast current diving in Peleliu site, Palau, in December.

 

[Diving Dubai]

Good tips! My 12-day Banda & Raja Ampat trip is coming up in November. I'll have some good practices then. I'll need to do more of this DSMB launching before diving the mother of fast current diving in Peleliu site, Palau, in December.

If you're slighly nervious or not confident, launch while you're hooked in. but get practice on yoru check dive. You can do some at home believe it or not, because the biggest problem people have is figuring out which hand to do what etc. practice on dry land to figure out the mechanics for yourself before hand

 

[gcarter]

Curious, any idea how fast do you lose air from a tank if the high pressure hose goes, i.e. PSI/min? Just wondering how long I'd have to get topside if I lost one.

Takes a long time. The orifice is quite small. Compared to losing a LP hose, it is positively glacial.

 

[Dan]

Don't take it personally! I'm just jealous! I keep fantasizing about the Suuntos. But cannot afford one! I have two computers, too. Crappy old Oceanic ones, although I still love my Veo. I really want an air integrated computer w/digital compass!

You can get Suunto D4i / Cobra3 around $500 nowadays. Those 2 are good enough for me, have served me well & kept me out of trouble for the last 8 years.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Takes a long time. The orifice is quite small. Compared to losing a LP hose, it is positively glacial.

At around 3:56 in the video I posted above (Post #94) they show you the orifices for comparison.

 

[TheHuth]

I'm late to this discussion. Does anyone know why they removed the two way radio on the new Nautilus? I was going to buy one a year ago, and then put my diving on hiatus. I'm now interested in getting one, and see the only way to get one is through ebay for $350+. From what I'm reading, the current iteration is cheaply made.

 

[Snoweman]

I'm late to this discussion. Does anyone know why they removed the two way radio on the new Nautilus? I was going to buy one a year ago, and then put my diving on hiatus. I'm now interested in getting one, and see the only way to get one is through ebay for $350+. From what I'm reading, the current iteration is cheaply made.

The boating community complained about divers being on their radios, so the MMSI folks refused to issue registration numbers if it wasn't associated to a boat. For anyone that has a radio and an MMSI number registered to it, it should still work. It gets a little weird about using it, especially in foreign countries, but I don't think I would hesitate if I came up and my boat group was nowhere to be seen.

The new radio is just an emergency transponder, and does not require a radio MMSI number. I don't know if the quality has gone down in construction.

 

[TheHuth]

If I were to obtain an older model, would I not be able to get this MMSI number? You'll have to forgive my ignorance, but I dont know how that works. Is it something that you would apply for after getting a unit, or is it something the manufacturer would have obtained when they were making them.

 

[Snoweman]

If I were to obtain an older model, would I not be able to get this MMSI number? You'll have to forgive my ignorance, but I dont know how that works. Is it something that you would apply for after getting a unit, or is it something the manufacturer would have obtained when they were making them.

I don't think you can get a new MMSI number. If you bought it off of someone else, you might be able to get that MMSI # transferred to your name. However, I am not sure about the second one.