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I have mine setup as griffo. I think it's pretty standard among serious safety conscious divers to use primary donate with secondary on a necklace. The only question is how long to make your primary hose. For cave or wreck diving an 8 ft hose is preferred to allow air sharing when you can't both...

100 percent of it is ditchable. Simply drop the backplate and wing. That it also means ditching the air source is irrelevant because the only emergency situations that call for ditching weight happen at the surface. That said ditching is only something that is done to compensate for gross...

It takes a lot of lead to sink my drysuit. I haven't exactly dialed it in yet because I just got new gear, but when I last went out, I had a full 120 cf steel tank which is about 6 lbs negative, 12 lbs lead on the cam bands, a fully squeezed suit with no air in it, and still couldn't sink with a...

I've been looking for a decent way to add weight to my backplate for use with drysuit, heavy undergarments, and a single tank. After reviewing commercially available options I was thoroughly disappointed: 1) Steel backplate. Cheap way to add an extra 5 lbs, but this isn't enough. 2) Tank...

I prefer non-ditchable weight for three reasons: 1) I think it's safer 2) Comfort and mobility 3) Reduced risk of equipment loss Comfort and mobility: Non-ditchable weight can be tucked away where it is less likely to cause discomfort or restricted motion. A steel backplate, a heavier tank...

Yeah, but where can I find one? lol

I tried calling a bunch of the dealers on that list, and they had all stopped doing business with Finnsub said they stopped responding and probably went out of business. It's a possibility. It holds 4 lbs of lead shot according to reviewers, so I'd need to get at least four of them, and zip...

This thread is old but I have something to add. Checked luggage has a 50 lb weight limit but carry on luggage has no weight limit. I used this to my advantage as well recently. It resulted in many confused taxi cab drivers joking about lead in my bags! You WILL get pulled aside to have your...

I'd like to add a P-weight to my backplate. DIR Zone has one (4.9 kg) and so does FLY (5.5 kg), however I can't find anyone willing to ship these to the USA. DIRZONE Finnsub - FLY weight system Yes I know it's possible to pour your own but I'd prefer not to. Does anyone know where I could a...

I really like the compass that's built into my Teric. Being digital, it's more robust to non-planar orientation, does not present an additional point of failure or thing I have to wear, I don't have to remember a reference orientation (because I can set it at the beginning of the dive and it...

If you're not comfortable on a dive, then calling it is the right thing to do...although I'm still not quite clear what did it for you. Was it the nosebleed or the 8 foot visibility? When diving in very low visibility with a significant other, I would suggest just holding hands the whole time...

This is probably a long shot...but anyone have a small boat in MA and want to hit some shipwrecks? I'm not looking for a big commercial charter boat.

Thanks for the explanation Soloist and 2airishhuman...although from what you're describing it honestly sounds pretty similar to my SCUBA wetsuit! I have a h2odessey Coronado, 7mm semidry wetsuit. It has an integrated hood, seems to be pure neoprene on the inside without a liner. There is a...

What makes free diving wetsuits warmer than scuba wetsuits/semidry wetsuits?

Is there a rule of thumb for how much to trim a drysuit wrist seal beyond "what feels good to your preference"? Given that silicon has a fixed elasticity, I would expect the the ratio between silicon circumference to wrist circumference would lead to a fairly standard normal distribution of...

Just got a fusion tech drysuit and am looking at undergarments for cold water diving (eg, Boston winter) Is the whites/aqualung thermal fusion undergarment all it claims to be?

Sounds awesome...I've been thinking about doing a Whale Shark trip recently but I'd love to meet Orcas!

Hahaha! Reminds me of the old joke about runner tightening his shoes. His friend says you're an idiot, you can't outrun the bear. He says, I don't have to, just have to outrun you!

What are the most awesome dive sites on your bucket list, or that I should put on mine?