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  1. LakeCountyDiver

    Has anyone tried this for AL80s?

    The only time I was ever foot heavy was when I dove Worthington steel but once I switched over to fabers I didnt have that problem. I also dive the SMS 100 and when I had the worthingtons I had 2lb fastened to each shoulder. Now I have lighter tanks and no extra weights.
  2. LakeCountyDiver

    Dive Rite Deco Reg

    $320 :noway: this is the same reg several websites and every dive shop around me is showing a listed prive of $219. As for the reg I know a few folks that have one and like it. I'm thinking about getting one. Just thinking.
  3. LakeCountyDiver

    Has anyone tried this for AL80s?

    I was referring to the bottom. My buttplate d-ring is not out on the edge on my body like it would be for a skinny person. So my leash would have to be longer to get my tanks to my side. As for the top I don't clip them. I use a loop bungee that goes around the handle.
  4. LakeCountyDiver

    Has anyone tried this for AL80s?

    Not sure where you are at but one local cave shop had a killer deal on several steel rental tanks. Posted yesterday and all gone in less than 24hr. The deals are out there but go so fast.
  5. LakeCountyDiver

    Has anyone tried this for AL80s?

    What does it matter where it goes? I can tell you by an advid user of steel tanks it's nice to not use something that is butt light and floaty. My tanks are part of my ballast. I dive FL caves so that may be a biased thing but I'd much rather my tanks be negative. I'm also of the wider...
  6. LakeCountyDiver

    Sidemount or Backmount?

    Grave digger strikes again. I read the title and said "oh crap not again" then realized it's from 2013. Still love reading these every few years. BM vs SM PADI vs Naui BP/W vs traditional bc Cave vs Wreck And more. Almost worse then religious and political debating
  7. LakeCountyDiver

    Has anyone tried this for AL80s?

    I've seen a few people do this and an old dive buddy and not one complaint. If I was to ever dive ALs I would either add weights or have to move the attachment point when and if tank gets too light. Most likely would add weights forst considering I would have to add them anyway due to using ALs...
  8. LakeCountyDiver

    Highest certification level - Please explain.

    $80per diver X 3 divrs = $240 $240 was more then he was willing to pay/let go of. Thinking back I would have screwed myself had he agreed because that was a fun vacation dive with my brother and my dad that we've only been able to do a few times and will most likely never be able to do again.
  9. LakeCountyDiver

    Florida Springs Cavern Diving

    Paradise Springs is one of my favorites. Always has been and once you go cave it has a smaller deeper section you can see the 140's but it is small and very cave. But the cavern zone is huge. Light will be needed though. Bottom slops so it makes reel work practice a challeng but still fun...
  10. LakeCountyDiver

    Highest certification level - Please explain.

    I just show the minimum card needed for the dive. No need to pull out the cave card for a 30ft reef in the keys. Pulled out my AOW card once and the operator seen my DM card and asked if wouldn't mind if I was paired with some newer divers and I said sure if mine,my brothers, & my dad's dives...
  11. LakeCountyDiver

    Tipping on dive boats

    I did the first several dives off a boat not realizing that tipping was a custom. I was used to tipping the waitress or the pizza delivery guy but was unaware that dive masters but were unpaid. If I'm on a boat and I utilize their services or they make a dive much more enjoyable then I'll tip...
  12. LakeCountyDiver

    AOW before Tech?

    Is this the crap they actually teach you or is this babble a personal opinion?
  13. LakeCountyDiver

    Have limits changed, or have I mis-remembered?

    Standards change over time. They add more limitations on various levels then add another training level between your current cert level and "old" limitations. Many claim its a safety factor and to an extent they are right but it's all about the money. The Scuba industry is a business and it's...
  14. LakeCountyDiver

    Deep 6 regulator and TDI

    Do you want to split hairs? The implication was that Chris designed the HOG zenith regulator (and more) and the Deep 6 signature series so for shop to say that HOG is ok but "we don't know anything about deep6" gives the impression they are clueless to what quality level the Deep 6 signature...
  15. LakeCountyDiver

    Deep 6 regulator and TDI

    If your shop named Apex and HOG then he will have ZERO problem with Deep6. HOG and Deep6 have a history. You should be fine to use your Deep6 regs and if not then find a new shop, FAST! Its good to support your local shop but not if you are required to buy gear from them but you can get it...
  16. LakeCountyDiver

    AOW before Tech?

    Very true. I did my DM training around the same time I was going cavern. I already had the mind set I was going cave so I approached it that way but none of the DM training helped in cave. If anything it only pulled me in another direction. I had a recreational diving instructor for DM and he...
  17. LakeCountyDiver

    Florida Cave Update?

    It's going to be a bit longer than that. Water is feet deep in the parking lot. Also getting a warmer and wetter winter than usual. These pictures are at the fork before you get into the parking lot. One looking toward P1 and the other down the lot toward P3.
  18. LakeCountyDiver

    Am I progressing too fast?

    You are not advancing too quickly from what I can tell. I have learned early on that *some rec instructors get upset when students are mastering skills *they personally did not teach them. Some also don't like students to already know things they are supposed to learn in an advanced class...
  19. LakeCountyDiver

    AOW before Tech?

    OP, dont let anyone tell you you are too young or not ready. No one at 18 is too young to learn. If you want adv. trimix cave then go for it. Don't listen to these pretentious morons who say you can't do it or shouldn't. Seek out training and learn. Dive dive dive. If you put your mind to it...
  20. LakeCountyDiver

    "Dress For Success" by Dan MacKay - Update on lights?

    No L&M or cordless light has the same burn time as a canisters light at the same brightness. Even the smaller Slimline diverite batteries are getting 6+hr on high. I have a L&M and a big blue and neither are even close to that on high. Maybe an hour on my L&M. I can't speak for anything DIR...
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