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I LOVE my halcyon rig... I have the pioneer but the new eclipse look SWEET. on average I have not liked the design of other wings, the new OMS single tank bladders do look very comparable to the Halcyon ones, however they still use the older inflator, which I don't like. All Halcyon wings...

That wasn't my Shop, HydroSports was it???? IF so, I'll have to smack Mark the owner upside the head. I did talk to Mark today on a different subject, and told him a guy may come in and want an OMS rig. $618 is deffinately high, you can buy a Halcyon with harness, wing, and plate, last I...

We will talk about wings today when you come over. Absolutely nothing wrong with going for red for the visibility, if that's something you want to do. There are some other important factors to consider above color though, I'll have to look through the OMS catalog again, it's been a while...

I do "burp" my suit, first thing after zipping up, I do the old squat and vent... then I don't add more air to it, until I need to at depth. If you've ever seen a USIA exotherm II, you'd know that they are very lofty... they are sort of like weezles, only no where near as warm, very fluffy...

I did some searching, and couldn't find any thread directly relating to this, so here goes (feel free to redirect to another thread if I missed it, and it relates directly) I'm looking for a new undergarment. Currently I have a USIA dry suit, with the exotherm II undergarment...

Oh yeah? Cool, I'm so terrible with names, ack, I hate that... One of these days we will have to get all of us together up there and go dive for a day ;) I think my next purchase is going to have to be a new Thinsulate undergarment. With how cool I get on a dive with 3 layers of...

Could be, maybe Joe will pipe in to who it was. One other thing I didn't mention was the GUE C-Cards Expire, VERY cool (yet a minor pain) I don't really look forward to showing proof of diving every 3 years, yet at the same time, that is not all that often to have to renew, and it is a very...

Cool, Salem Scuba would have been one of a couple shops I would reccomend. I currently work with HydroSports in Keizer (DM in Training there). Both can sell you a BP/Harness if you wanted to go that route (just different brands, Salem Scuba has Dive Rite, HydroSports has OMS) If you decide...

Well, a couple of things from me... what kind of weight belt have you been using? hard weights can be very painfull esspecially for skinny types (like me) but soft weights are a totally different animal. How much weight do you actually need? It's not too hard to get 6-12lbs or more into...

Yeah, I'm sure we "saw" each other in passing, or what not... doesn't help when we don't know what each other looks like or anything. You may have seen me and remember me by this though... I had a blue and black USIA drysuit on, a BIG Dive Rite MLS 1 canister, I think the only Alluminum tank...

Firstly, I hope none of this comes accoss like I think I'm hot stuff as a diver, I know I have a lot of improvement, and was not the "best" in the class by any means. Secondly, I'd like to thank Joe Talavera (hope I spelled it right) and Josh (didn't catch his last name) for being great...

No, I wasn't... I wasn't necissarily making a real scenario, just wondering if the theory is right, that we should all only be slightly negative... for a more realistic example I guess... with an AL, you are about 4lbs heavy with the gas, at the end that switches to about 4lbs positive, if...

Bah, I had a good reply typed, and lost it... Anyways, I was saying that you are right, it was 9pm last night, and I was tired, and I shouldn't have been typing messages, I slept like a log too, not re-reading, I realize I was being a retard... My appologies for trying to type and fall...

You should EASILY be able to dive a 30# in open water, unless you are like signifigantly overweighted... I use an H 36# Pioneer with AL's (have used it with steels many a times though), drysuit, I weight 170-5, I wear 30lbs of lead. I can NOT inflate the wing fully on the surface, I use the...

Ok, I only skimmed the tread, but heres my 2 cents. Quick releases can be bad... I have not once seen a QR fail on a jacket/or "normal" back inflate. I have however dove a BP/Wing with the Dive Rite Delux harness, which has a QR on the shoulder... EVERY time I dove it, while still on...

Congrats on a wise choice to join the world of underwater fun. Couple of things. Depending on the dive shop, you might be able to rent components such as a console... however I don't recall ever seeing a shop in my area do this, other than possibly renting an air integrated computer...

I know this thread is a little old... However this is how I do it. Attached are some pictures of my latest work on my gear storage cleaning (just improved it this last weekend) I use a 50gal stock tank, which has a small heater in it, currently the water temp is averaging 68F which is...

Heres my 2 cents, and take it for what it's worth. Though I will agree for the most part with what everyone has said, I will disagree to some extent. One being, that there are so many factors to what is considered a "good" instructor. For example my OW,AOW, and Rescue instructor. For...

Thanks for the help... The bad news is this is looking like a more expensive adventure than I thought, around $60-100 for the batteries, and another $60 for charger... The good news is, this looks like I could make a battery pack for my light which would double, or tripple the Ah of my...