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Good ideas, all. Thanks! Outofofficebrb, you've got a good point with those external compression straps on the Mares, they are a good feature. However, I had to stick with my first love. I made a phone call on Friday to a slightly remote dive shop, and they had an old-school Stahlsac Caicos...

Hmm, I haven't. I currently have an Aqualung 850. I'm happy with the size (~6,000 in^3), but it's not very durable, and as I mentioned, is a nightmare to carry across a lengthy beach.

Hi all, I'm looking for a suggestion for a good heavy duty roller bag, which also has backpack straps. I have a decent roller bg right now, but it';s no good when you get to that last 20m of sand you need to cross to get to the boat. For a long time, I had my eye on the Stahlsac caicos HD...

Hi everyone, I recently moved to Cincinnati (which is almost KY, right?) and am desperately seeking local divers. Would anyone be up for a local-ish dive, hopefully as early as this weekend (12 March)? I haven't been to any of the local quarries, so anywhere you know/enjoy would be fine by...

Hi all, First, Tajkd, that's a great write up and description for diving at Bonne Terre. This round, I decided to stay at the Executive Inn in Farmington, MO, 15 mins south of Bonne Terre proper. Staying at the lodging run by the dive shop itself comes to effectively $60/night. They also...

Hi all, I'm heading down to the Bonne Terre mine over president's day weekend, and wondered if anyone had advice on where to stay. This is my second trip down (last was Columbus day weekend, and I'm now completely hooked), and ?I stayed in the Super 8 in Bonne Terre itself. Egh, that place...

Hi Everyone, For the record, I just wanted to post the info for Gulf Coast Divers which is where I got my fills. Good folks, and best of all, they have an after hours drop off service for tanks, so if you get off the boat late, you can leave your tanks in their locked storage, and a quick...

:( Shucks, that's quite a drive. Oh well, thanks for the info, folks. Paulwall, I'm diving with Niuhi charters on the 23rd.

Hi All, I'm staying in Gulfport, MS through the month of August for work, and getting some diving in while I'm here. I got my tanks filled at Sports Unlimited here in Gulfport before my last dive, but now the owner has gone out of town for several weeks, and I'm looking for another shop that...

Sounds good. Thanks for the info, especially those able to reply to a simple question in a courteous and respectful manner.

Hi everyone, I'm looking for advice about an upcoming spring break trip to Playa Del Carmen, to which I've never been. My GF and I want to explore several of the cenotes in the area (Dos Ojos, Car Wash, and Gran Cenote Island are at the top of the list). We're wondering about...

TSandM, that's EXACTLY the kind of summary/comparison I'm looking for! Thanks!

I'd like to add on to this question, if I may. I'm new to drysuit diving, and my first guess on insulation was woefully inadequate for the 5C (40F) water I've found. I'm currently diving a DUI CLX450 suit with a set of merino thermals and the 4th element Xerotherms underneath. I've also added...

That's a really interesting point about the localized skin heating and DCS that I hadn't thought of, but makes intuitive sense. For the record, I'm currently diving a DUI CLX450 suit, with the DUI hood and zip-gloves (dry). My insulation is a set of IceBreaker 260g wool thermals underneath the...

Good points, both of you. Thanks! Round two is this Saturday, and it probably hasn't gotten any warmer :) We'll add a (passive) layer or two and see how that goes. PfcAJ, just wondering, what's with the He atom? Cheers, Dave

I took my new drysuit out recently, and discovered that my insulation is insufficient for the 5C water I found. I'd like to beef it up, and in particular I'm thinking about adding an "active" heating layer. I'm envisioning a sort of vest with some chest area pockets that I can store a couple...

I agree, that PVC dryer is slick. I'll have to add that to the "to do" list for now. At the moment, I'll use that fin shaper trick. Thanks to you both!

Hi, This is a rather embarrassing question, but how exactly does one hang a DUI drysuit? I took my CLX450 to the quarry for the first time today, and it is only now, after giving it a good rinse, that I realize that without the rockboots, the feet are simple fabric "socks" that slide right...

I agree with DevonDiver here. In the purely recreational context of single gas dives at less than 40%, I stubbornly cling to my original opinion. However, thinking through the process of multi-mix dives, which I know only in the faintest abstract, clearly displaying the percentage O2 the...

Wow, exciting times while I was in class, thanks. The original question was totally in the context of recreational diving, in which "only" EANx has an MOD, and there is no changing of mixes, certainly not on the fly. Also, some of the discussion seems to get sidetracked by assuming I'm...