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Some clarification of my position: I had an (absolutely terrible) Officer Commanding once upon a time, who only ever taught me one useful thing, that was "if you see the problem, you own the problem" meaning that it is not up to Someone™ to fix an issue, it is up to you. I am not employed by...

That was me, Steve, appreciate the offer but since he is certified there wouldn't be any cert costs, so that wouldn't be necessary. He has found a new instructor anyway so it's a moot point in this case. I have sent a password reset email for your @Doppler username, maybe that will reactivate...

Im sorry to hear about your experience. I will be following up on my end as best I can. I am glad you found someone who is more suited to your needs, wishing you all the best and safe diving moving forward.

Glad you enjoyed the stay at my place! @ScubaWithTurk does a great job there as my diving manager.

Apples with apples, a Freedom+ with CRR upgrade is retailing at 850 Euro (900 USD) from the factory, the Perdix 2 is 1100 USD from DGX so thats a smaller price differential. The attraction of the freedom, for me anyway, was always that it could be a reasonably priced entry computer which could...

All the steel tanks I have used have been 232 bar or 3300 psi. LP (low pressure) steel tanks aren't really a thing outside the US

Amed on Bali is beautiful, with amazing diving. Happy to help with info if you need anything specific.

pranadive.com , we are in Amed

I have sent Steve and PJ a link to this thread, DM sent to OP. OP, I don't know if you ever get to Bali (or UAE) but I will redo the course for you for free if you ever get into my neck of the woods.

I suspect thats the data sheet for the sensors that Poseidon used a the base for theirs. They took the solid state sensors and worked with the manufacturer for a few years spending a LOT of money getting them suitable for CCR use, including the waterproofing, humidity proofing etc etc. That was...

When solid state sensors break they give zero data not faulty data, so verifying which cell is cooked is very simple.

Sadly Poseidon USA distributors decided to monetise the service tech certs. Poseidon everywhere else in the world the certs don’t lapse. If you DM me I can help your friend get a non-expiry cert off the back of the one that expired.

I’m away from a proper keyboard right now but when I’m back I’ll elaborate Service is every 2 years not every 100 hours. You can do the service tech course yourself. If you aren’t servicing your rebreather at least once very two years then I don’t think you should be diving one tbh. I get...

About the same on all the sites I could find a JJ for sale, but the JJ doesn't have solid state cells which do add to the cost. Don't get me wrong, the JJ is one heck of a machine but once you go solid state you won't go back. There is also a LOT more going on under the hood of the Poseidon that...

Richard Pyle and Brian Greene regularly take their Poseidons to 140-160m, in fact they are in American Samoa right now discovering new fish species as we speak. They've been diving the units to these depths for years now, without a single bailout in anger so far.

Hey there. Yes, you can plumb your BOV into a separate bailout which then becomes a dilout (diluent and bailout combination) as the unit ADV works from the BOV. I use a quick disconnect, start the unit plugged into the onboard dil and once I am ready to dive I switch to the dilout bottle. Dil...

I would appreciate the ability to use it as an IDC training tool

Using dilout, if the O2 first stage fails you bail out to the dil and ascend. If the dilout 1st stage fails, then you ascend as normal since you shouldn't need to add gas anywhere (assuming you weren't horribly negative at the time of failure) Note, I am NOT saying that only having a single OC...

Solo diving is illegal, because there is a requirement to have a local guide. If you want a bespoke service for as many dives as you want and tank carrying etc, reach out to @ScubaWithTurk he will be able to hook you up. Full disclosure, it's my dive centre but we really do make an effort to...

Makes sense. RAID was reborn in Australia and they spent a chunk of time getting everything approved for the Australian government especially the late Mark McCrum.