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    My Wife is finally giving Scuba a try - what can I do to help her succeed?

    besides stay away and don't butt in between her and the instructor that is... she _LOVES_ snorkeling, is very comfortable in the water and has been on the verge of taking the OW course several times only for injuries requiring surgery to interfere... she is finally healthy and just took the...
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    Deep6 Signature

    Just received my new Deep6 Signature 1st and 2nd stages which I will be replacing my Mares MR22 Abyss setup with. my main reasons for replacing the Mares setup were hose routing (mainly the downward pointing HP ports interfering with my wing) and ongoing and seemingly unfixable (by multiple...
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    new second stage recommendations

    I have a Mares MR-22 Abyss reg set (pre ruby), about 20 years old and recently the second stage has been constantly dribbling air rather than shutting off airflow when I'm not inhaling. I've had it serviced 3 times including a complete rebuild and it is still happening (although not as badly)...
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    Trip Report St Croix Mid-May 2021

    only got in 6 dives, but had a great time. morning 2 tank boat dive out of Christiansted with SCUBA. (Love Shack, Scotch Bank) morning 2 tank boat dive out of Fredericksted with SCUBA. (Sprat Hall, Aquarium) morning 2 tank boat dive out of Christiansted with Dive Experience (DE). (Two Anchors...
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    St Croix dive resort recommendations?

    looking for something like coco view in roatan, but in st croix... does such a thing exist?
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    SSI instruction recommendation for checkout dive referral

    My wife is getting ready to take her OW cert course from an SSI shop up here in NH (aquatic specialties) for a number of reasons, I think she will be happier to do her checkout dives in warm clear water, so I am looking for recommendations for an SSI shop in roatan. desirable attributes would...
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    SSI instruction recommendation for checkout dive referral

    My wife is getting ready to take her OW cert course from an SSI shop up here in NH (aquatic specialties) for a number of reasons, I think she will be happier to do her checkout dives in warm clear water, so I am looking for recommendations for an SSI shop in the keys. desirable attributes...
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    what size inner tube to buy to make 2" EPDM bands?

    paying $2 per for 2" rubber bands is really silly when a bike inner tube is $4 for enough material to make about 150 of them (~75 inches of tube, 1/2" wide bands) only question is what size innertube will give the right size band to work with 2" webbing? someone must know this...
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    Golem Gear customer service

    Ordered a harness from GG, it arrived missing a part. sent an email and a photo, they said "yup, we'll get it shipped out tomorrow"... they shipped it overnight express (when I had used their cheapest shipping option on the purchase) really pleased both with the communication and going above...
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    recomputing n2 sat using different algos from existing computer data

    all the info you would need to calculate N2 saturation using any of the many algorithms in common use should be available in the data downloaded from any dive computer (depth profile, time, air consumption if AI etc) does any dive software allow you to recompute your dives against different...
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    Reef House trip report Oct 5-12 2019

    Sitting in the airport writing this on my phone so it will be fairly brief. Overall we had an excellent time, fantastic diving, excellent divemaster, excellent service, great people. Got in 17 dives for the week, I missed 2 due to a head cold. 2 night dives, 2 shore dives. The house reef is...
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    Sherwood software incredibly bad, is there an alternative?

    so the Sherwood program for setting up the dive computer and downloading/logging dives is incredibly bad, like 1990 Windows 2.1 bad Subsurface is much better for downloading/viewing dive data, but are there any alternatives for setting up the computer settings? I know this computer (the...
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    Woot! Reef House here I come!

    just booked at Reef House Lodge Oct 5-12... can't wait!
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    where to buy 1/2" flex hose for regulator (mares Abyss DFC port)

    swapping over to flex hoses for my regulator and I did the classic "buy a new set of hoses for my reg but don't realize my primary uses a 1/2" hose"... so: where can I buy a 1/2" flex hose for my Mares Abyss DFC primary? I've only been finding rubber in 1/2"...
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    short and wide, do I have to go custom?

    me: 5' 7.5", long torso short legs/arms, 230lbs (like 27' inseam, but when I sit next to someone 6' tall our torsos are the same height) I find I am somewhere between an XL and XXL torso, but even the XLS in every brand I've found is sized for someone 5'9 + with much longer arms and legs, as a...
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    citizen hyper aqualand o-ring & battery part number

    after much back and forth with Citizen tech support, I convinced them it was stupid for them to expect me to pay them $75 to change the battery on my 25 year old, $40 watch and got them to give up the part # for the o-ring (which is really a flat gasket). the part number for the o-ring gasket...
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    New vs Used vs older - AI consoles

    looking to upgrade from my old 3 gauge console to an AI console computer. if I go new, it is likely an Aqualung i550c (yay Bluetooth) but we are looking at $600 or so (x2 because wife so $1200). I could also get older used consoles like an Aeris Atmos 300AI or similar for ~$150 or a newer but...
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    hyper aqualand, Win 10/64 and usb-to-serial adapter & subsurface app

    I have an old hyper aqualand (D208) that I had no problems using with my old computer (winXP with an actual serial port) I now am using a Win10/x86_64 laptop with no serial port. per the Citizen website the graph application and old driver explicitly don't work and are not supported for Win10...
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    edge, hog, deep6, DGX, Palantic regulator feedback?

    in the process of getting my wife her first set of gear. for various reasons she is unlikely to ever be more than a 60/60 rec diver (might do the very occasional new England dive in 45-50 degree water) and likely will never exceed 20 dives/year (and if she does, YAY! and I will be happy to pay...
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