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Aloha OP! I know you booked with Dive Concepts but I would recommend Legends Diving when on Nusa Lembongan. Not very good diving in Padang Bai, at least from what my guests have told me. As for the comment about the Bumphead Parrotfish, they are no longer here unfortunately. There is...

So let them "bitch and moan" and move on. No need to comment on it when you can just ignore it. And for what it is worth, it is not just the board, the world is filled with some angry older people as well as ignorant younger people. You can choose to not respond to both which makes your life...

I DO NOT run mine on hoses and I also use Deep 6 regs. I am not adding another failure point to my system. I angle them slightly. The transmitter on each cylinder is slightly angled in towards me. This means I get a really nice hose routing for my inflator hose. It is not an issue at all to...

Are you taking your Open Water Course? If so, when are you planning on being in Bali? I am the Managing Partner of Prana Dive in Amed and depending on the dates, I might be able to help you out. You can check out the reviews about me and our center if you are unsure. You can DM me here or...

I admit I have not read through the entire thread but I run a dive center so here is my two bar: Many dive centers rent dive computers. They will tell you the cost of the dives, say "two dives with complete gear" but then tell you a computer is extra. If the computer is extra, they are in...

Find a high level instructor who will teach you about the configuration and work with you to properly adjust the rig so you walk away with a system that is dialed in.

Here in Bali, there is a site called Gili Selang. It is just off the coast and is at the entrance to the Lombok Strait. This is a site that the locals refuse to dive. The currents here can be very strong. They can even split into two with a normal current pushing out into open ocean splitting...

This seems like a good service but the first rule of using nitrox or mixed gasses is to personally analyze the gas yourself. There is no world where I would allow someone else to analyze my gasses because it is my life on the line.

Never, and I mean NEVER touch my gear! I don't even let my staff tear apart my gear and clean it. They can do that for the customers but not mine. I worked at a dive center where the owner would have the staff get his gear, setup his twinset, etc and then leave his **** for the staff to clean...

The "back inflates tip you forward at the surface" statements do have some credence to them. They were not just something made up. However, it is from people who did not know what they were doing with them and treated them like a jacket style BCD. A jacket style BCD can be fully inflated to...

The OP could have also put in the original post to please do not discuss the survey. Discussing is what we do best here 😂

I was no cake eater :wink: but I also am a Navy Veteran. I agree that the dive probably should be thumbed but I have to look at all the possibilities here and for me, I would choose to not dive based on lack of information. However, if we want to look at how we manage risks via risk assessment...

You are right and I can delete my last response if everyone thinks it is the best course of action.

Good question. I agree that the with the information given, it seems like one should scrub the dive. However, what is the size of the boat we are using and how many crew are onboard? If it is just the Captain and one crew member, I am not doing the dive for sure. However, if the boat was a...

Thanks Captain Obvious. 🙄 I am aware of that but in some of those situations, I would have the information needed, which is not stated in the scenarios, to make those calls. Yes, the world isn't perfect and we do the best with what we have but I believe in order to get a better response to...

I am working on filling this out but there is a lot of information not stated in these scenarios that I would need to know in order to make an informed risk management decision.

To be clear, I have two d-rings on each side of me. One move per cylinder throughout the entirety of the dive. In my profile pic here, I have about 175 bar in that right cylinder. In the below image, I have 65 bar in each cylinder. Two different rigs as the profile pic is my XDeep that I do not...

The Nomad XT is a hybrid system that also does BM doubles and STBM. In my experience, any hybrid system is a system that does none of those things particularly well. I understand getting something because it is cheap though. There is a LOT going on with that system, most of which is...

Do you have your own sidemount harness/bcd? If so, what brand? I teach sidemount in Bali. My main focus is the XDeep but that will change soon to the UK Sump eXplorer series.

I don't believe this is needed with proper teaching. Now I am not saying you teach improperly but I use AI every time I teach and have had no issues. We talk a lot about gas management as well as it being their dive and their life. They learn to check the dive time and depth and then make a...