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  1. Bazzathemammoth

    Weighting for tropical diving with SS BP/W

    Hi I've got a trip to Maui coming up and I have been trying to figure out what the best weight setup will be while I am there. For single tank diving I normally dive a halcyon Stainless bp/w with STA and some heavy Asahi tanks with a Beuchat Med C zip 8/7 semi dry and 4th element tec shorts...
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    Tech expectations

    Hi all Earlier this year I did an intro to tech class (not affiliated with any agency, but a very dir style instructor) and bought a twinset. I could see myself getting into tech eventually, and thought the Twinset would be great for redundancy while solo diving. I’ve found that I’m really...
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    Maximizing bottom time safely

    I recently got a peregrine and I’ve been enjoying all the extra information that it’s showing me. I was thinking that I could use the info to maximise my ndl bottom time while managing risk. I’m eventually going to move to tech diving and have recently bought a Twinset and i have done some...
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    Is helium going to be cheap again?

    Hey all It’s exciting to see that they have produced the first fusion reaction in a lab, making helium from hydrogen and releasing some extra power as an added bonus. Could we see the return off oc trimix in our lifetime!? (Yea this is a bit tongue in cheek, but a pretty cool achievement)
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    Finally got a bp/w

    I’ve got a few dives now on my secondhand halcyon bp/w I picked up the other day. I have to admit that it was a good as I was hoping. With my semi dry and my heavy old school steel tank I don’t need any additional weight, and horizontal trim was almost effortless (I’m still a touch leg heavy)...
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    Question Old Halcyon wing repair (advice needed)

    Hi guys I bought this beauty secondhand recently and found a pinhole in the wing. Whats the best way to patch it? TIA
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    My first deep dive

    Hey all I did my first dive below 30m in the weekend. We went to a local marine reserve and dropped on a pinnacle that rose up from 50ishm to 5m under the surface, with a few flat reef structures on the way up. Aside from a choppy sea state it was amazing conditions with 16 deg (C) water and...
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    Do you think this could be DCS?

    Hi all This is my dive info for a recent dive, done with a local dive instructor: Dive computer: Mares Smart set to minimum conservatism. It didn't bring up any alarms. I am not that fit and a bit overweight. Water temp 14 deg C 1st dive on 32% nitrox max depth 24.6M avg 16.3M 39 min...
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