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If you were to pinpoint one quality, attribute or habituated activity that all humans share, what would it be? I am not talking about biological imperatives. Yes, every single human being breathes, excretes, sweats and sleeps but this is by necessity rather than choice, cultural conditioning or...

Heyas guys and guyettes. :D I'm not a cave diver nor do I have aspirations to becoming one in the near future however I am an avid reader here and on other tech orientated forums. I have come here to ask for your help with a friend of mine. I was recently bemused to read his Bookface status...

I have been donated a pair of Diving Concepts dry gloves and rings (http://www.divingconcepts.com/link1.htm) and have been struggling to install them in my Fusion. I have tried about three times and each time I either didn't have enough of the glove side ring sticking out to seal on the...

I am looking for a workaround for rock boots and decided to try the Chuck Taylors that everyone suggests to go over drysuit socks. Unfortunately they don't come in my size here in South Africa. I wear size 12 shoes and CTs only come up to size 10. Does anyone use any other types of shoes...

I am in the position where I must choose between Whites' semi-attached boots and their Evo 3 boots. I am leaning towards the attached boots because I have read that they allow greater mobility of the ankle which means your range of motion to do various kick types is increased. However this...

I realise that people's tolerance of cold varies wildly from person to person so the following question will be difficult to answer succinctly but I'd like to ask it anyway if only to get a general idea. What temperature ranges do you dive your WHites Mk 2 undergarments, assuming that you...

I know that it is neither particularly ground breaking DIY nor impressive but it is the first proper DIY job I've done on my dive gear and I feel like showing off my work a bit. A month or two ago I left my dive knife above the rinse bucket and walked off. Suffice to say that a few hour later...

Is anyone in the position to compare Jetfins and Mares Avanti 3x fins for me? I'm specifically interested in how they compare in terms of flexibility. I currently have a pair of jetfin clones (not made by ScubaPro) and they compare very linearly to the Avantis. They have vents so it is easier...

I have recently purchased a 40cf cylinder for use as a pony bottle and rigged it as you would a stage or deco bottle so I can sling it. I chose the 40cf because I wanted to sling it due to the fact that I believe that this is a better way than mounting it to the side of one's tank. This left...

Twice now I have seen a recreational diver jetting off to do a nice dive with their octo bungied around their necks. Which shouldn't be surprising. The setup is very well thought out and I believe is much safer than the conventional "now where did my buddy stick his octo this time" approach...

:( The bottom one is also starting to develop a crack. I guess I was a bit too forceful with them. When the bottom one goes, will the tank be enough to hold the wing in place? I know it will be harder to mount the tank with nothing holding the wing to the plate but once that is done, will...

This Saturday morning dawned bright and early to the routine sight of me packing my car with my dive gear. However, instead of my regular cargo of 2 piece 7mm wetsuit, weightbelt and gloves, I was packing a space blanket, sleeping bag, hot water bottles and a thermos full of body temperature hot...

Please do share yours! My latest :dork2: moment occurred today. We were doing an extremely shallow dive today at a site called Long Beach. Max depth is about 6m ( ~ 20 feet). Get out into the water, deflate my BCD, exhale and ... ... ... nothing happens. So I duck-dive down to about 4m...

Has anyone had experience diving with IST's knockoff of Jet fins? I ask because they are [significantly] cheaper than Jets over here in SA and although most fins of similar design usually behave the same, there are differences. For example whilst Jets and Slipstreams work similarly the Jets...

We humans have this disconcerting habit of personifying things which have sentimental value to us. The easiest and best example of this is how we name our cars, boats, guns and other inanimate objects. As divers, we have a very special attachment to our gear. For one thing: it keeps us alive...

Which aspects of a bp/w control how high the plate sits on your back? Is it the length of the shoulder straps? The size of the plate? How short the crotch strap is? The phase of the moon when the plate was manufactured? I ask because I have been having some issues with my head touching my first...

I have recently made the transition to using a bp/w ... <shameless DSS plug. Thanks Tobin! </shameless DSS plug> ... and all seems to be going well except I am having trouble cleaning my gear. Or more specifically cleaning up after I clean my gear. You see, after I have filled my wing...

We (my underwater club) are going to be moving into a new clubhouse soon and part of the move involves upgrading our compressor setup. We currently run one compressor ... thats it. With the new setup we will have two compressors linked to a set of cascaded banks all connected through a panel...

Hi Tobin I'd like to ask fro some help with my buoyancy calculations and some advice afterwards if you don't mind. I dive with a two piece wetsuit whose buoyancy I measured today to be ~ 8 kgs (~18 lbs). I dive a Faber 12L 232 bar (~ 3410 psi) cylinder and, although I checked the Faber...

My club will shortly be moving into bigger premises and as part of the move they'll be upgrading their compressor setup. So far one compressor has been in use with the filling hoses connected to the compressor and filling from there. With the new setup a second compressor will be added with...