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  1. Oldbear

    Top business leaders Love the Diveheart Deep Pool Project

    It has been my “Lottery Dream” to build a pool such as this one in Central Florida…now to just win the Powerball. As a veteran with a broken body, I know first hand the healing affects of diving.
  2. Oldbear

    Sanity check please - Chinese BP/W setup

    I use one also…even with newer wings with “built-in” tank stabilizers. I just wish the solidness that STAs provide.
  3. Oldbear

    Sanity check please - Chinese BP/W setup

    :banghead: I can only alert you to the dangers…if you still want to stick your finger in the electric socket, that’s on you. :deadhorse:
  4. Oldbear

    Sanity check please - Chinese BP/W setup

    It’s not about the cheap dive gear…it is about your financial data you provided them to purchase that cheap 💩
  5. Oldbear

    Venture Heat - Buyer Beware

    I have a friend looking to buy his wife a heated vest. What other brands/vendors are there?
  6. Oldbear

    Sanity check please - Chinese BP/W setup

    You missed the main point…their goal is not to make a profit by selling counterfeit or cheap generic gear. Rather to make as many sells as possible to capture a larger share of the market for the purpose of collecting “Personal Data” for the Chinese Govt. The PRC is the largest collector, buyer...
  7. Oldbear

    Sanity check please - Chinese BP/W setup

    The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative currently lists AliExpress as one of the top global sources of counterfeit products, so if you buy from AliExpress, you always run the risk of receiving fake items from unscrupulous sellers. Sorce Seurity.Org These Chinese companies are flooding the...
  8. Oldbear

    Question GUE - Is it much different to traditional agencies like SSI or PADI?

    I couldn’t agree more…talk with your intended instructor and discuss your needs, wants and expectations vs what they offer/recommend. The actual Fundie course itself is nothing more than a teaching platform. It will be the instructor who make your experience good…for you..
  9. Oldbear

    RAID vs SDI vs GUE vs...

    Over the course of my dive training journey I have taken classes from about 10 different training agencies. While some classes we better than others, the really good ones, it was the instructor that made or didn’t make the course good. The agency just provided a teaching platform for the...
  10. Oldbear

    Question GUE - Is it much different to traditional agencies like SSI or PADI?

    BLUF…based on my “personal” experiences, yes the GUE Recreational Fundies course could be beneficial to you dive training journey. Most recreational diving courses have a rather short scope of objectives. Compared to those courses the fundies course will improve your trim, buoyancy control...
  11. Oldbear

    Practice Golf Balls or Bio-balls

    Whiffle ball it is…but do I really have to be “normal”? :monkeydance:
  12. Oldbear

    Practice Golf Balls or Bio-balls

    Absolutely... I called the manufacturer and he indicated that they cannot get the inside blender component to make 2" x 20" Clear Chambers. He did not say and I did not ask if the shortage is permanent or temporary. I will actually build two Nitrox Sticks before I am done; one for stationary...
  13. Oldbear

    Practice Golf Balls or Bio-balls

    I’m in the final stages of gathering the materials for a Nitrox Stick. I was going to go with a Static Blender chamber but the manufacturer is out of 2” components. So I’m using a 2” pvc pipe. What are your suggestions on either Practice Golf Balls or Bio-balls for the blending? …And why...
  14. Oldbear

    Roi Namour gets thrashed by weather driven Rogue Waves.

    Paul, Defiantly a long shot... You have to know someone there as ultimately they will be responsible for you, e.g., provide housing, food, diving buddies, etc. Sometimes it feels like you have to pretty much hold hands the entire time.:grouphug2: Submit an application to the PMO for a...
  15. Oldbear

    Hydro Saga

    I am just up the road a little bit. Plus Devi and I would love to catch up over dinner.
  16. Oldbear

    Question What is one of your favorite pieces of gear, and why?

    My 2015 Jeep Sahara…it takes me and my dive gear to really cool dive sites. I know, the picture I showing BP/Ws in a Sidemount post 🤨
  17. Oldbear

    Hydro Saga

    John, I have two new LP85s you can use until you get yours back. I am in Melbourne.
  18. Oldbear

    Roi Namour gets thrashed by weather driven Rogue Waves.

    The dive shop, Kwajalein Dive Center is privately owned and an AAFES vender in the mall. The Kwajalein Scuba Club is still there and annual dues are $120 and $50 for a nitros upgrade…still unlimited tank usage for club members. The Dive Center and Scuba Club don’t compete and work quite...
  19. Oldbear

    GUE Fundamentals or similar near Denver?

    Rob was hands down one of the best and influential instructors I had…which developed into a great friendship.
  20. Oldbear

    Roi Namour gets thrashed by weather driven Rogue Waves.

    You are quite welcome…if you Google Kwajalein, Roi-Namur, Kwaj Diving, Roi Airplane Graveyard, Prinz Eugen, Reagan Missle Testing Center, U.S. Army Garrison - Kwajalein Atoll, Operation Flintlock, Operation Crossroads, Kwajalein MIA Project, you can get a better feeling for the islands...
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