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Nice lookin boat. Good luck Ken

Brother you ain't kiddin! I'm still around. Spend most of last year diving of of my new partners boat so I didn't get out with the dive shop much. It seems that I always have to work when something is going on but I'm still around. Ken

I'm not sure about the CZ20 but my 1280X headphones have small holes in them to allow the pressure equalize inside the ear cups. I prefer to wrap the headphones around the detector until I reach the bottom then deploy them over my ears to work the site. I reattach them to the detector proir to...

Any chance you could fit me in your carry on? I'll be quiet, I promise!

They look pretty reasonable to me but local conditions should prevail. I really don't think it's a great idea to just abritrairly set a price for a course. You need to look at your expenses, instructor fees and insurance, fuel and boat costs, rental gear maint and replacement, and then add on...

If the tank passes hydro and vis, appears in good cosmetic condition, and the valve is good then I would opt for the used tank. Cylinders are manufactured to last more cycles (fills) than you or I would put in one over a lifetime. Even buying one from Scubatoys gets pricy after adding in the...

What you are asking is not a dumb question! Several great replies already to get you started so no need for me to repost all that info again. I was fortunate to have an AOW instructor who tought this information, I am surprized at how many divers really have no idea how to plan their gas...

Maybe this can help

Labels are applied by Luxfer at the factory. I am not speaking of the NITROX bands I am refering to the use and care label. If the label is red and white then the cylinder must be cleaned prior to partial filling with O2. If the label is green and white then the cylinder has been cared for at...

1) Yes, if the label is GREEN and indicates so. No, if the label is RED and indicates you cannot. 2) Any once it is O2 cleaned and preped 3) screw it in? 4) it's the threads 5) several O rings and a very small container of Christ O Lube I wonder by the line of questions, Are you already...

I noticed in your post you said you went down "hand over hand". I am wondering if you really mean that. Were you going down head first? If so, I would suggest trying to decend feet first. I have an aweful time with my ears and I cannot clear them at all if I am inverted like that.

Plungebob, I have found a perfect soulution to my 'face plant' problem. If you look at my profile page there is a pic of me waiting my turn to get back on the boat. I am very comfortably floating on my back, you can even see the tips of my fins break the surface of the water. This position...

Oh, great! My head just swelled up so much I blew a disk. :) Ken

OMG, NO! I was just making fun of you because when I bought my BP/W set up it came with an instructionmanual and rule #3 was "allways poke fun at divers NOT wearing a BP/W". Oh oh, I don't think I was supposed to mention the manual, um, ok. Forget what I said. Really, You should dive with...

Check out the Lake Effect Divers subfourm (found in Great Lakes Wrecking Crew), there are several people there from your area who dive the lakes and may have some tips for you. I know they usually drive over here to Buffalo to buy their gear as they like my LDS better for price and service...

Although I use a BP/W my dive partners still use jackets. Nothing wrong with them, if that's what they like so be it. Another reason for the disproportional number of posts about BP/W setup is just that, it is refered to a BP/W. When jacket type BC's are refered to in posts they are usually...

Interesting thread and a lot of good info. As for owning and/or possesing a cylinder with the relief valve (burst disk) rendered inoperable I do not believe it is illegal or prohibited by 49CFR. However, if you do double up the disks, you cannot get the cylinder filled by any commercial...

My computer has an alarm that I can set that will activate either at a set time or depth. I believe it is currently set to five min OR 15 feet. I don't have the manual in front of me right now but I believe the purpose of the alarm is to alert me that I am begining a dive profile that will be...

I had ear problems long before I took up diving. I would expierence pain just driving up or down a hill in the car. My Dr. prescribed an array of allergy meds until I found one that would would help without a lot of side effects. I ended up settling on Zyrtec, it was the one that worked best...

Everything you see underwater is there because the hundreds of divers that were there before you DIDN'T touch it. Ken