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    Workmanship of different drysuit brands

    I agree on ScubaForce workmanship. I have two, and the material and the workmanship are excellent. They are way more durable than Santi Emotion+ or DUI TLS which my buddies have. As a bonus SF is much cheaper too. Now the problem with SF are the dealers. It is very hard to find a dealer that...
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    Help me to understand what happened

    was he taking any medication? Sometimes there can be strange side effects or interactions between medications and high pO2. I know of some anecdotal evidence for instance of this happening with phenyl ephedrine (aka Sudafed, a drug that helps against swollen sinuses).
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    scubaforce expedition SE drysuit?

    I have two scuba force suits: one SE with Kevlar overlay and extra reinforcements and one regular with Cordura overlay. Quality of the material is really great, the Kevlar one is nearly unbreakable and also the fabric on the regular is super tough. I got the SE/Kevlar for cave diving, but not...
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    Trim Feedback

    Difficult to gauge from the video. In my experience, the easiest way to get feedback on your trim is to drop to the floor and see what touches the ground first. If it’s your belly then your trim is great, if it’s your knees or fins or ... you will know straight away. Obvious only do this on a...
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    DIR- GUE GUE CCR Discussion (split from Tec Pass Thread)

    Would you mind to elaborate on this? In a new thread if needed... My T2 class was unfortunately cancelled and postponed to next year by Corona... but there seem to be plenty of CCR classes going around, and more cave divers that I know seem to be adopting the JJ. I’m not convinced yet, but as...
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    Basics of Exploration TEC class by Interspace Explores

    There’s also a story of violating standards / doing something deemed unsafe. One example was teaching OC students while being on a rebreather. Probably only part of the story though, and likely has two sides to it as does any story. Regardless, I agree with the other posters. Even if you did...
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    Passing covid time: “Cave Diver” book

    Come to think of it: have any of you read one of the books on the Thai cave rescue? There seem to be quite a few (the boys in the cave, miracle in the cave, rising water, ...), and I’m trying to decide which one to give a try
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    Passing covid time: “Cave Diver” book

    For those not being able to dive due to Covid and what not: I recently read “Cave Diver” by Jacob Avila, a fiction/action novel. Since there are very few, if any, fiction books featuring cave diving, I thought I’d call it out. I have no relation to the author etc Overall I found it...
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    Deco regulators

    we arent as litigous a society on this side of the pond :-)
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    Deco regulators

    Regarding all the well-intended comments on M26 connections: yes, that's what it says in the regulation. Nobody I know, in any European country, follows this. Neither the divers, nor the instructors, nor the dive shops. Do not buy M26 regulators, you pay a premium that is pointless. In many...
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    How often do you need a 400ft primary reel?

    They sell it by the meter, so you can buy and re-spool as much as you like. The spool in the shop that has the knotted line on it is humongous
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    How often do you need a 400ft primary reel?

    or you use the knotted line purchase as an excuse for a trip to Mexico. At ZeroGravity they have a "line knotting machine" and sell pre-knotted line at a reasonable price :wink: Let me know if this reasoning works for any of you to convince their better half why the Mexico cave diving trip is an...
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    How often do you need a 400ft primary reel?

    I understand the point and agree that it’s an important learning to better not lose the line. Curious question then to you as an experienced instructor would be: how do you make sure this learning does take place? Does the student who successfully stumbles across the line in minimal time then...
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    How often do you need a 400ft primary reel?

    @tmassey i would tend to agree with the above. The first time I did a lost line drill, I did find the line in what I thought was a reasonable amount of time (in real minutes it was a lot longer!). But in the process of tying into it, with some flow and what not, I managed to spin around. In the...
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    How often do you need a 400ft primary reel?

    my LM does have the holes front and back ... i guess it depends on the vintage (year) then
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    How often do you need a 400ft primary reel?

    In Mexico, the 400ft one is quite handy. If you know the shortest path, you probably won’t need all the line often. But realistically, as a beginner or when you’re new to a cave, you sometimes don’t quite take the shortest path - at least we had a few entertaining mainline search dives back...
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    PADI "platinum" course director?

    ^ This. Others have phrased it nicely by linking to numbers of certifications issued, but the translation of that is amount of fees paid to PADI HQ
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    My AN/DP/Helitrox course

    Exactly... an 80 filled to 210 bar of O2 is like dragging an anvil around with you. Smaller shallow bottles filled to a reasonable pressure are the way to go. Al40 or Al7 depending on taste and availability (not sure if the 7s ever made it across the pond?)
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    My AN/DP/Helitrox course

    @NothingClever 200++ bar of O2 is super heavy and more annoying to handle. If in doubt, I‘d get a slightly bigger tank and fill to 150-170 bar. AL7 (7 Liter) work super well in this respect. (For our imperial friends: An AL7 is something like 50-55cf, so sits between an Al40 and an Al80, and...
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    SSI Accident management flowchart poorly designed

    I’m fully with @franciscogalarza on this one. Check lists and flow charts are super useful, it has been proven time and again. My favorite example is this study by the WHO Surgical checklist cuts deaths by 40%, study reveals that showed simple checklists for surgical procedures reduce death...
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