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    Yes, another equip buying question thread..

    personally i tend to go with the up-close & personal aprroach with buying kit flippers & mask westuit/drysuit regs or computer (depends a bit where you live) BCD
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    stupid newbie/snorkling/knives

    i carry a small blunt ended (but sharp) knife tie-wrapped around my BCD inflator hose - my buddy as similar but also carriea small pair of trauma shears (cut through anything) on his BC waist strap
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    Dive Comp for OW+AOW

    oops - just a second thought in the PADI system a computer is a not a replacement for the table or the wheel. If you are learning to dive you need to be completely comfortable with the tables. With regard to Colliams comment about regs vs.computer - this depends on your diving location and the...
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    Dive Comp for OW+AOW

    Hi, i'ts not really an official rule but in the UK we tend to turn the dive around (i.e. start heading back home) at a half tank = 100bar (1500psi) and look to get back on the boat at 50bar (700psi) - or before you get into the red section of your pressure gauge. With regard to endinf your dive...
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    How do you descend?

    guys, the best technique i have found & generally advise students to try - is to be at about a 45 degree angle (head closest to the surface!) & then slowly let the air out of your BCD; as you near the bottom (or if you are descending too fast) put some air back in your BCD. Doing a headfirst...
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