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My wife and I just got back from Curacao. We stayed at the Hilton for the same reasons as the original poster, we are Diamond and got upgraded to the Executive Floor which also included breakfast and subsidized happy hour and appetizers in the evening. We stayed 9 days and had a couple...

My wife and I are going to St Maarten for 10 days at Memorial Day and were thinking about taking the ferry to Saba for a two tank dive. Does the ferry get you there early enough to go out on the boat that morning and do you need to make advance arrangements?

The silence from the Mares reps was deafening. I ended up taking it to the local dive shop that works on Mares. Fortunately, I was able to trade in the left over inflator controls to reduce the installation cost. I understand Mares' interest in steering installation to their affilliate...

I got Air Controls for my wife and my Mares BCs. The manual included in the box is not helpful as far as detailing installation. I started to remove the inflator control from mine and noticed a cord running through it. I am figuring this may be the dump valve and I am wondering if I need to...

Hello, I have 2 of these, serial numbers 0115/2000 and 0906/2000. We bought new Atomics and so we don't use these as much. Mine (906) was serviced by Mares last winter and has only 1 dive on it since. I could let these go for $300 US for both or $200 US for one plus shipping and whatever...

You mentioned your hesitation at leaving expensive dive equipment on open hanging room at Sanddollar, I figure you are referring to BDA. You can get a lock and occupy one or more of the lockers available on their pier. We do that with tanks and our equipment when we are going on night...

Yes, I referred to the pizza place by it's land mark stoplight, which is on the fence as someone pointed out. It is a real stoplight, just not used directing traffic. Yes, in deference to the board members from the northern climates, good pizza is a relative term. But my favorite dish from...

The Atomic SS1 comes with a universal mounting kit so it will supposedly fit any BC.

We have stayed their several times and they are always clean. They have efficiencies and one bedrooms all with fully equipped kitchens for between $80 to $88. They have recently added wireless internet at no cost and a small on site restraurant in case you don't feel like cooking. They even...

If it was the only spot to dive, then I would expect to live there and by living there, drink the water and eat local fare, which rules out Mexico. While I like Bonaire, I would pick Curacao or Aruba for living, my wife would pick Bonaire or Curacao, so we could probably compromise on Curacao.

Its become my wife's favorite and so we can't go to one of the ABCs without bringing home five or six cases of the little cans. Now that we have found that they are importing the big bottles and cans into Florida, we are hopeful that we can get someone here in Texas to pick it up.

Figuring your issue with Bonaire will probably be similar to Curacao or Cayman (both nice suggestions along with Aruba) that being flying across most of the US to get to the Caribbean, I would follow up the earlier recommendations to Hawaii or Maui. Both easily accessable from Seattle/Tacoma...

My wife and I have dove that site in downtown George Town a number of times as it is nice safe dive with good vis and lots of swimthroughs, tarpon, turtles and silversides. I am concerned with your charaterization that it is a long and strenuous swim out to the reef. We are older (late 30s...

Having used rental equipment a few of times, there's no question its a major advantage to use your own, especially if you get some decent stuff. Face it, diving is a lot more fun if you're comfortable and familar with your gear especially if you don't have to figure out different inflator...

Divers Direct has the Mares Journey Plus which is exclusive to them and very similar to the Pegasus except it has a cumberbund (which is adjustable so you can take it in or let out if you lose or gain weight) It is very streamline and back inflate with an optional crotch strap. It has the...

Put me on the side of going nitrox. I am a firm believer in better diving through chemistry. As a 40 something diver, I can tell a big difference between a week of nitrox diving and a week on air. Get your nitrox crew pack (book and nitrox tables) from Leisure Pro here and do the...

The M2 is bulky and uses short lived AAA batteries much like my old Surveyor which is why I chose to go a different direction. I hated having to change batteries every trip and sometimes more than once a trip and it was so big that I would hang it up almost every time while trying to put on my...

I like to dive old school often and only wear my Mares wristed mounted depth guage and a watch as I only have a mini-SPG for a console. I picked it up a few years ago on Leisurepro, after I had a computer stop working for me mid dive.

As stated earlier, sea lice (jellyfish larvae) are usually a late spring, early summer issue in Florida/Caribbean; however, I got my worst dose in early December in Cozumel one year, so there is an argument for year round exposure protection. I was just wearing a t shirt and I got hits all...

Every time we go, we do not prepay for diving as it is not always the best deal. BDA always has room for walk ups, even if you have to share equipment hangers as we had to last February. You can open an account for unlimited diving and show up for orientation, either morning or afternoon...