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As promised, my review of our first liveaboard and trip on the Aggressor V. There have been a few other recent reviews, so I'll try not to repeat too much of the same information- Arrival- No issues upon arrival, airport process went smooth. A representative from the boat met us with a sign...

My wife's Olympus housing started to leak on our last dive trip. Suggestions for getting it serviced, or for those who have, is it cost prohibitive and you just get a new one? Thanks

I got my wife a TG 4 and getting decent photos has been a bit of a struggle. If someone could give a walk through on setting the white balance properly it would be greatly appreciated. We went with the point and shoot to keep size down with the intention that photos would be secondary to the...

We are booked for an early winter trip to Turneffe Island Resort. We are filling out our dive paperwork and it says that "Turneffe island Resort requires all divers to have dive insurance". I saw no mention of it on the their web site prior to booking and still find no mention of it there...

Just returned from another two weeks of great diving from our third trip to Bonaire. Unfortunately, it did not go as smoothly as we all assume our fun in the sun will go. My wife and I had rented a beautiful house in the Sabadeco area through VRBO. Towards the end of the first week I checked...

The wife has been bugging me to get her a camera. I'm thinking about the Olympus TG-4 and the Olympus housing. The key here is something fairly easy to use so she doesn't get frustrated with it, her first underwater camera experience. I've thought about the canon G16 but it might be too much...

Before Christmas I was looking for a travel BCD and the Zeagle Covert caught my attention but I couldn't find a lot of information out there from folks that had used it. I said in a previous post that if I ended up getting the Covert I'd leave a review after having a chance to use it. Well...

Thinking of asking Santa for the Zeagle Covert. Those that have it, is it all you wished/thought it would be. Changes you'd make or options you would add or purchase. I think Zeagle has a good BC and following, but I've never owned one. This Covert appears to have most of the features I'm...

I work the rivers here in Idaho and it is common for the currents to be pretty extreme. I currently have a set of Aqualung blades, work great for frog and scissors kicks but not well at all when I really have to get with it (most of the time). I put this question in here because as...

I've used the Gopro as a basic video set up on a wrist mount without lights for a few years. I'm thinking of "upgrading" to a handle mount and possibly add some lighting. My question is - what value are the video lights in most warm water dive situations. ie: 0-80 feet, good visibility...

I'm headed to Roatan soon and would like to not have to take two sets of fins with me. I tried my full foot fins I use for snorkeling from a dock in Bonaire and just didn't feel like I had comparable thrust. I've read a lot of posts on the Mares Avanti Superchannel and they might fit the bill...

We are headed to AKR in December and I'm thinking about renting a scooter or motorcycle for a few days while at the resort. Is there any safe place to park/store a motorcycle at the resort for a few days? It appears West End is within easy walking distance from AKR (Less then 2 miles) is this...

Looking at going in December and I see that adult beverages are not included in the all inclusive. Not a big drinker but a few beers and blender drinks for the wife are nice. Do they allow you to bring alcohol onto the property and how expensive are the resort beverages? Also- December...

I am going to replace my BC fill valve, do I need to put any sealant along the hose connection or once attached it will seal fine without it? Thanks for the help.

I've got a few days stay in McCall coming up and was wondering if anyone knows a few good dive sites near McCall? What water temp can I expect? Thanks,

After having my BC stored for few months after doing some salt h2O dives the fill button on my BC had a little leak. I completed a couple of dives by orally inflating but had planned for a few more dives the following weekend. I put some fine gun oil on the button and down around the seal and...

I am just curious if this has happend to anyone else. Just got back from Bonaire last week. My dive partner was there on a cruise in December and rented a pu. From what we can gather the gas station clerk charged him US dollars for the marked Gilder price/liter. As he was only there for a...

I've got the Suunto Cobra 2 and on a recent trip to Bonaire found out that once you dive with it in gauge mode you won't be able to change it back to computer mode for 48 hrs. (after the no fly time) When making multiple dives a day on vacation you are screwed when you can't change it back...

I seen some of the various discussions on leaving a bail-out bottle on, charged and off, off, etc. If you charge the line and second stage and then turn off the valve and you were to bump the purge or it free flows at some point and the line discharges, don't you stand a chance of flooding your...

My first trip to Bonaire is fast approaching. I'm looking for advice on the not so obvious things to bring and those things that just take up precious luggage space and should be left at home. Thanks.