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  1. Scuba_Nick27

    Suggestions for upstream demand valve regs...

    I am looking to buy an upstream demand valve reg without breaking the bank. Or atleast buy a regulator that is styled after the Poseidon X Stream Black or after the Hollis 500SE. I heard a lot of good things about the Poseidon regs, but the only drawback would be that nearly nobody services...
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    Hollis 100LX Purge Button Problem

    I ordered a regulator Package, Hollis DC3 1st stage with 100LX Second stage primary and Hollis 100LX Octopus recently and several days ago I dived for the first time with the regulator set. There was some current when I dived and I noticed that if the main regulator or octopus is in my mouth...
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    Purge Button Freeflow Problem

    I went to test a new regulator I got in the mail today. It is a Hollis 100LX primary and octopus combined with a Hollis DC3 1st stage regulator. There was a lot of current in the water today, so I did not go deep and stayed at 10 feet holding onto a torn anchor rope. I noticed that when the...
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    Do you need a dive flag for shore diving?

    There is a nice broken pier on Gasparilla Island / Boca Grande, and it is accessible from shore. The pier ends at like 500 feet and turns left to make an L shape. The depth there during a 4 foot high-tide is 20 feet deep and I dove there several times. Now I am thinking. Should I use a dive flag...
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    What do the numbers on scuba tanks mean?

    So I got a brand new Faber steel cylinder, which I've already done some diving with. And I just want to know what the numbers mean on it. Below I typed out the numbers in order, top line and then bottom line, they go as follows: BSE120S FABER MADE IN ITALY M8303 19/0342/021 03 ^ 19 TC - SU 7694...
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    Mares Pure SLS BCD question

    Hello, I have a Mares Pure SLS BCD. Can I run twin tanks on it using a double cam-band system (A system like Twinset Cambands | AP Diving ) ,or is the backplate too feeble? @Zak OHara , since you represent Mares, do you know anything? Thank you.
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    Technical Diving as a career?

    Hello, I am sorta new to scuba diving, but I really want to get into technical/commercial and related fun stuff. Does commercial diving make for a good career? Obviously there are risks, but what are the benefits that counter those risks? I have a friend that does commercial diving. He inspects...
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    Wanted Steel 120 tank

    I am looking for (preferably) two steel 120 tanks. I will also accept a steel 100 or 117. Preferably a DIN or pro valve. I live in North Port, FL so anyone within 50 miles is great. I would also want the tank to be a High pressure tank. Reply below and I will try to reach out to you as soon as...
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    Questions about twinsets.

    So I have a question, if you have two tanks connected with a manifold, do the pressures form each tank combine? For example lets say that in each tank there is 3000 psi and 100 cubic feet of atmospheric air, and lets assume that both gasses have identical proportions of other gasses that make up...
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    Hello Everyone!

    Hello my name is Nick and I am (right now) an open water scuba diver, but I am going into advanced soon and I hope to reach technical diving. I live on the Florida southwest coast, where it is ridiculously hot all year round, and apart from the monotonous flat terrain and palm trees, things can...
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