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For me, the drysuit primer was a very different experience from Fundies. It was 2 days instead of 4-5 so there wasn't nearly as much cumulative exhaustion. I also found it to be very specific, which was helpful. Fundies was a primer on everything, where this was a very detailed class on just one...

Another vote for MacDive. I can't speak to how it works on smaller screens or how it compares to Shearwater Cloud but MacDive has been great for me. If you get both licenses (phone and computer), syncing works great. I import dives from my Perdix to my phone (and tag GPS sites) and then do all...

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@tbone1004 Your response was incredibly helpful. Nobody in my local group has an UWLD but Halcyon and Light Monkey are fairly ubiquitous. I saw on the UWLD website that there's a CA dealer fairly close to me, but they don't have displays to look at. I've got aluminum KUBI rings on my drysuit so...

Is there a place to get more info on the lights than the website? I'm in the market for a new light for Cave 1 at the end of the year and debating between Light Monkey, Halcyon, and UWLD. I can find lots of information, reviews, and comparisons for Halcyon and Light Monkey but not nearly as much...

Only because this thread has been really useful and I'd hate to see it derailed again, we've already had this conversation in June 2021, in this thread, with @BoltSnap so I'm going to quote it here so we can hopefully not do it again. 1. In a response to a complaint about customs fees, we're...

I don't appreciate you trying to inject some reality into the fantasy I'm clearly enjoying. You're both right, of course, both about the diving aspects and the impromptu personality analysis. The appeal of specific, accurate measurement and comparison was too appealing and I lost the forest for...

This was a very helpful read, thank you. @tbone1004 @tmassey both of your posts were very helpful, even if I didn't get the simple answer I was hoping for. At this point, I think it makes sense to clarify why I want this information and maybe that will help me figure out what to do. I have a...

I originally learned to dive in imperial units and later switched to metric because I find them easier to use but one aspect has troubled me. How do I take the imperial tank measurements I know and convert them to metric capacity? I've done some calculations myself with my HP100 tanks...

Sorry, I'm not. If I hear of anybody going up that way who can take the tanks (or you hear of anybody you know coming down here), I'll let you know.

I have 2 Worthington 100s for sale, both in hydro and viz. The first (blue cap in the pictures) went through hydro and viz June 2021 so it's got almost the full 5 years left of hydro. The other (yellow cap) went through hydro November 2019 and viz February 2021. Manufacture date is 2010 (blue...

I think what you're seeing is the mode the computer was in on those dives, not the gas that was used. Air mode doesn't let you change gases while 3 gas nitrox mode lets you switch between up to 3 gases with different oxygen compositions (this could include air). I don't use the Shearwater app...

Tom Figueroa is the local instructor I know and I think he's been working on finding sites up there. There are lots of shore diving sites farther south (Redondo Beach and then Laguna Beach) and maybe some farther north. There are also boats that regularly go out of Ventura Harbor to the Channel...

I don't want to derail this conversation but it seems like it's already going in this direction. I also have a Fundies tech pass and a goal of eventually getting to a rebreather. The reason I've heard for the Tech 1 requirement is that if you have to bailout, you need to know how to complete the...

Shipping of my suit to Los Angeles was insanely fast. I don't remember exactly how long (it's in this thread somewhere) but I think it was 2-3 days. If I were you, I'd feel pretty good about getting it in time, assuming there aren't delays outside of the control of FedEx.

I'd be very interested in the results of that comparison. I'm also looking for orange fins and like the Jets I'm using now. If the RK3 HD has a similar negative buoyancy to the Jets, that would be nice but I haven't found any hard numbers on it.

I don't know about switching from a single tank to doubles mid-course (seems like it wouldn't be a problem but definitely a question for the instructor) but after taking Fundies in a single tank, recreational configuration I've been slowly adding the pieces necessary for a tec pass. Whenever...

I had a similar, not quite as bad situation. Their email response time (if it happens at all) is awful but I'm really happy with my suit. I'm in CA and knew I wasn't going to be sending a suit back to them so the customer service was less important to me than it might be to others who are...

Do you think they do a good job protecting the rings? I was curious about these but figured a layer of neoprene wouldn't protect against anything strong enough to damage the metal Kubi rings. What's your experience been like?

I took Fundies in a wetsuit but recently did the GUE Drysuit Primer in a Seaskin very similar to the one you're thinking about. Regarding the zip cover, go for it. In my drysuit primer it seemed like a pretty standard feature and I'm hoping it will delay the need to replace the zipper, which I...