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I have the bug, and want to dive as much as possible. One way to make it a LOT easier, and cheaper, is to get air from the firehouse down the street. I am not a volunteer firefighter, I don't know any of the local firefighters, and I don't want to be rude. Then again, it might not be a big...

I am very happy to announce that my dive buddy (and spouse) completed her open water cert this weekend. We wanted to get our cert together this past winter, but alas, she got a bad cold on our trip to Belize. I decided to take the open water dives with her, so we could run our exercises...

I just learned an important lesson about online purchasing that I thought I would pass on. I needed to purchase a hood for my AOW class coming up, and found out I could get a reputable hooded vest on line for the same cost as the hoods (without vest) offered at my LDS. My class was over a...

A lot of folks strongly advocate for diving dry, but for those of you diving wet, how cold will you go? I ask being a new diver in New England, wondering what kind of season I could get out of a wetsuit (while I save up for a drysuit). So... Cow cold are you comfortable diving wet?

I took my checkout dives in warm waters, but living in CT, plan to do a lot of diving up here in NE. I am going to repeat the checkout dives with the rest of my class in a couple of weeks (any chance for more diving can't be a bad idea). It will be a great chance to keep working on basic...

I've been acquainting myself with different pony systems, and it seems that the "all-in-one" systems out there do *not* include environmentally sealed regs. It even seems like the regs aren't suitable for cold water. I would tend to think it is important for my alternate air source to be "cold...

There have been a number of really good posts since the Gilboa incident that point out the need for a redundant air source (ie. Pony bottle) on deep cold dives. That dive was over 100ft. with water temperatures in the low 40s. Living in New England, I will see a range of cold temperatures and...

I will be in the market soon for a bc, and I am strongly considering the Zeagle Stiletto. My preference would be to rent it first, but the first couple of LDSs I called in my area (Central CT) don't have it available to rent. So, I may have to purchase it without diving it first. I trust the...

I'm looking to take an AOW course this summer. I liked the LDS where I was certified, and particularly liked my instructor, but figure it can't hurt to shop around a bit. One thread on this site indicates that the '5 Star' PADI rating is not a significant indicator of shop quality, so I don't...

Tropical diving is a relatively easy sell: exotic locations, lots of colorful fish, great viz, etc. Cold water diving in NE has a lot of fans, and I'd like to hear from some of them about what makes it worth climbing into a dry suit. I should also note here that wreck diving is appealing to...

Howdy, I ran a quick search on the topic of weighting and found a lot of information, but no thread that put a bunch of the 'rules of thumb' together (if there are any). A number of posters can rattle off quick proper weighting estimates for divers, and I was wondering if you would be willing...

Salutations, I'm just going out for my OW cert, so it is premature for me to be buying gear. I need to develop a sense of how my spouse and I want to dive, and I know the standard advice of rent first, buy later. However... I also don't want to waste my time and money renting equipment that...