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Sold! Well, not so much sold as traded, but you know what I mean!

Sure! There are a few minor scuffs on the lens, but nothing major. Just a note for folks who are wondering: if you don't know what a HydroOptix mask is, you don't want it ;)!

Used HydroOptix 4.5DD mask with case and neoprene case. The mask was fun but I was never satisfied with the fit/fogging. I don't think there are any scratches on the mask, but can't make any real guarantees. Now, I just want the space on my shelf back -- hopefully someone else will have fun...

I dropped off my broken Novas for replacement and switched to a pair of Oceanic V16s. When the replacement Novas came in four months later, I sold them as new for $85 and never looked back. I love the V16s and can't afford to dive a fin I don't trust when I'm working as an instructor or guide...

As far as fit goes, my VT 4.0 immediately went in a DSS wrist mount; in fact, it's in the mount I yanked my dead VT Pro out of. So, the fit is great (it's been on 30 or so dives without any issues). The hot water soak was key when dealing with my VT Pro's mount. For my VT 4.0 I just...

Conserving sharks is an entirely reasonably policy goal, and the role of sharks as an important part of marine ecosystems is well documented. However, by targeting a specific (primarily Asian) cultural practice as "the worst thing to ever happen to sharks", while neglecting the apocalyptic...

They certainly are the same regs; the Hollis 212 is essentially the same as the Oceanic Eos second stage, but with a different faceplate. The Hollis DC2 first stage is essentially the same as the Oceanic FDX10. This is according to the service tech training folks I asked about this a few...

I lost my rubber locators about 100 dives ago (after about 300 dives on the my LCD30), and Tobin sent me replacements that I never got around to putting on. I'm fine without them; I'm just accustomed to not having them and it really doesn't make that big of a difference to me (it's actually a...

It's really inappropriate to argue for shark finning bans as a conservation issue. It is not; biologically speaking, a dead shark is a dead shark. If this was really about limiting the number of sharks killed, the proposed regulatory schemes would be about just that. Shark fin bans are a...

This is where we get into policy vs. science questions, which is one of the things I really enjoy working with. The cool thing about this is that if someone asks a specific question about a management strategy or a potential future outcome, we can throw some science at it and get an answer...

The more relevant thing to do is to look at Tissot and Hallacher 2003 for a good idea of the sorts of impacts and effects you're both interested in. Tissot has actually been involved in a lot of interesting work on the aquarium trade in Hawaii over the years (e.g. Stevenson, Tissot, and...

Yay! Does my spare plate count to up the DSS population here? I agree, we'll have to start the DSS Club of Guam and hold theme dives. Two of the other instructors here just switched to DSS bungie mounts; we'll have to work on getting them into some kydex.

That's how I got my VT4 out of its mount. I was having a heck of a time, and realized that I'm never going back to the horrible stock mount, so just gently slid my emt shears in the edge and cut away. I did scratch the fancy chrome on my computer, but it's minor compared to the usual wear and...

I just got my brand spanking new Oceanic VT4 (hot off the assembly line) and wanted to let folks know that it fits perfectly into the existing DSS VT3/VT Pro/Versa Pro/etc bungie mount. My VT Pro died, so I just popped it out of the mount and stuffed the VT4 in, and everything is working great...

My white Scubapro Seawing Novas are both failing at the hinge joint; they've got roughly 50 dives on them since I bought them last December, mostly from shore (so putting fins on while floating; few boat entries). Of the dozen or so frequent divers I know with the Novas, about half have had one...

Both of my white Seawing Novas are ripping at the hinge and are close to being completely broken; I've been diving them since December, so probably 50 or so dives, typically shore entry with putting fins on while floating at the surface. The white is nice and visible for guiding/teaching, but...

Hey! Welcome to Scubaboard! There are a bunch of us from Guam on here. Stop by MDA's weekend shore dives (leaving MDA Piti at 8:30am and 1pm Sat/Sun) and say hi!

Just a quick update; after a few weeks of this bizarre non-function, suddenly my VT Pro works fine again, and all the dives that weren't there have downloaded fine. Strange, but I'm used to this computer doing strange things (such intermittently displaying a false low battery indicator). I...

I've got a VT Pro that has performed admirably for the most part, but last week it stopped allowing me to download data for any dive but the last one (and a weird error dive). Normally, I download it about once every 2 weeks, pulling about 15 dives off it. Now, when I connect to it using...

There is also a dive shop on Andersen Air Force Base on Guam (an outpost of Guam Tropical Dive Station). There are two MDA shops on Naval Base Guam (one in the exchange, the other at Sumay marina).