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On a personal note, without getting into any of the "issues" involved. I stopped using my bc about 400 dives ago and completely removed my air cell about 90 dives ago and love it.

I have not put any air in my bc for the last 200 or so dives. Last spring I removed my air cell completely from my bc. I have made about 90 ocean dives that way and love it. I carry a closed cell safety sausage in the event that I would have to spend a very long time on the surface at the end...

I have a merino wool pinnacle 3 and a pinnacle 5, but what I have gone to is a Henderson 3 mil farmer john and, depending on water temp, a 3 mil Henderson hyper stretch shorty, or a 5 mil hyper stretch shorty, or a 7 mil hyperstretch shorty. If the water is warm enough I don't use the farmer...

I agree completely with the premise that divers should not be underweighted. I make around 90 ocean dives per year and it has been my observation, however, that most divers are over weighted. Seems like the first clue is that their trim tends to go toward the vertical. I suspect that the...

Quero - I liked your postings on this issue the best. Thought they were well written, very organized and readily understandable.

I forgot to mention - the water temp now is a little below 75. Don't know what it is in May.

I happen to be vacationing on Kauai at the moment. When I first started diving here I used Fathom Five a couple of times. The last 10 trips or so I have used Seasport Divers. They have a couple of very nice boats and run a good operation. I would highly recommend them. Kauai is one of my...

I got interested in the oxygen toxicity problem associated with deep air diving a couple of years ago and have spent considerable time trying to find out where the 1.6 ppO2 limitation came from. So far, have not found any studies that were done to validate that limitation. I talked to Alex...

VooDooGasMan -I pretty well agree with your thoughts. I consider myself a recreational deep diver. That means a single al80. The criteria for depth is being able to complete all deco stops, including a 15 foot safety stop and surfacing with a minimum of 600 psi. Most of my deep dives are...

I'm not sure if anyone currently knows how they are controlled in their native habitat. Seems like I recently saw that a grant had been provided to a university to try to determine the answer to that question. I am in complete agreement with Chugwhump.

Highdesert - Very well stated! Talked to Lad from the REEF organization at the DEMA show last month and he said the latest studies show that once the lionfish reach a breeding population on a particular reef, it only takes about 5 weeks for them to reduce the total fish life on that reef by...

I have become very concerned about the invasive lionfish problem and consequently very involved. First one I saw was in the USVI about 3 years ago. Since then I have killed them in the Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, Belize, and Cozumel. I have used dive knives, rocks, trash can liners from my...

I questioned the Atomic people at the DEMA show last month as to when they were going to come out with a Cobalt wrist unit. Basically the answere was yes, some day. But they have not even started the design work on it. So I am thinking maybe in a couple of years. I am completely sold on...

I don't care for consoles either. Don't much like wrist units either. I wear a hoseless air integrated Aeris on a retractable clipped to the top d ring on the front of my BC. Works for me.

Hi - Several years ago I got interested in trying to dive without putting any air in my air cell. While diving in Placencia in May my dive buddy and I decided to completely remove our air cells from our Dive Rite BCs. Have been diving without the air cell eversince. Have made about 80 dives...