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Oh come on. What you can't see won't hurt you, right? Less viz is less worry :-)

The conversation here shows why tipping is unpopular in many places: it places an unsolvable dilemma upon the shoulders of the customer. I like rewarding people for good effort, but I don't like being placed in a situation where I have to make the right decision but have insufficient...

I know that tipping is a subject that has been discussed to death, but I was unable to find the answer to my situation. I don't want to be an ingrate but I don't want to pay more than necessary. I don't like to dive solo and was without a buddy, so I hired a dive guide just for myself. I...

I am wondering the same thing: can we use the HD edge this way, flexibly on the same div,e as a macro or normal-lens camera?

I thought I'd post a follow-up. My LDS was not able to help me, so I emailed scubapro directly using the contact info on their web page. Their tech rep Eric sent me a new battery holder gratis, and it solved the problem! I'm grateful to Scubapro and pleasantly surprised, as everyone I...

Hi everyone. A couple of years ago I bought a small, silver-colored Nova model LED light as my backup or non-critical daytime inspection flashlight. I loved it - for just a few dives. Then, it became unreliable, flickering, emitting a dim light, or simply refusing to turn on. I took it apart...

I often wonder if diving with a full face mask would mitigate these kinds of accidents. Even if the gas mixture were wrong and he became unconscious, he would be breathing something besides water, and that might buy a little more time... but I say this with very little knowledge, as a...

Gotta love Dive-Rite. Any device can have problems; what matters is how the manufacturer responds to them. They sent me new springs at no cost, immediately, with no questions asked - very nice.

Sorry, I've moved out of the area and didn't pursue this idea.

Possibly mar-vel in New Jersey.

My mask was kicked off of my face during a night dive by a panicking diver. I've also had it dislodged by strong currents. If I were a deco diver, I'd probably carry a spare, but it doesn't seem like a big problem for recreational diving. It has made me a little more cautious though!

On Vancouver Island, BC we entered the water while it was more or less calm. We exited to a howling gale with driven snow and crashing surf. A submerged tide ripped us out as the waves tried to drive us ashore; I couldn't stand up even in 3 feet of water. As a new dry suit diver with tons of...

I like the first, but why not provide both?

"It's his fault that I'm going to have to find an heir for the Borg avatar." I may be slow, but... what does getting converted to SM have to do with abandoning the avatar?

My mind... I can feel it going... Race You! - Picture Is Unrelated - WTF Pictures and Videos

Sinclairworld, This is the same thing I was thinking about when I started diving. My mask was the first thing I bought, since it is a prescription mask. But otherwise, if you must own only two things, let them be a regulator and a computer. Your regulator is life support equipment. Do you...

Wired has a neat article about cave diving that features a photo essay by Jill Heinerth: Cave Divers Risk Their Lives to Explore the Underworld | Wired Science | Wired.com

I had the opportunity to clean my BC this evening, and thought of this post. I'm using a BC conditioner (made by McNett, although there's many brands) that is a mixture of soap, germicide and silicone oil. You pour a couple of cap-fulls into the inflator hose mouthpiece, fill the bladder with...

I think it's been said, but I'll add my voice - I have a transpac and love it. My trim is better because of the way I can fix the thing to my body using the crotch strap; I can spin 360 vertically without it shifting on my torso. The complete modularity and configurability of the thing makes...

Usually I insist on checking all of my own gear. I don't like it when dive boat personnel "help" me by changing tanks, etc. One time in Cozumel I succumbed to pressure to "chill out" and let someone else set up my kit. I subsequently suffered an unpleasant sequence of equipment failures...