Any equipment buying regrets ?

[vovanx]

the main problem with the twist lights is that they require two hands operation while you could turn the button light on with only one hand.

 

[Snoweman]

the main problem with the twist lights is that they require two hands operation while you could turn the button light on with only one hand.

I can, and do, twist my dive lights on and off with one hand.

 

[JamesBon92007]

Silicone

Since the introduction of silicone products many years ago I have determined that silicone is either a very slippery glue or a very sticky lubricant.

I have tried food-grade silicone grease on the O-rings on my screw-on flashlights and after a couple of days they get stuck. I have tried spray silicon being careful to let the propellants evaporate before screwing it back together so I don't accidentally bond the pieces of plastic together. More recently I tried WD-40 sprayed on a Q-Tip and then applied to the O-rings. I figure the WD-40 will probably greatly reduce the life-span of the O-rings. The Wd-40 seems to be less stuck, at least so far.

 

[BRT]

Since the introduction of silicone products many years ago I have determined that silicone is either a very slippery glue or a very sticky lubricant.

I have tried food-grade silicone grease on the O-rings on my screw-on flashlights and after a couple of days they get stuck. I have tried spray silicon being careful to let the propellants evaporate before screwing it back together so I don't accidentally bond the pieces of plastic together. More recently I tried WD-40 sprayed on a Q-Tip and then applied to the O-rings. I figure the WD-40 will probably greatly reduce the life-span of the O-rings. The Wd-40 seems to be less stuck, at least so far.

I use the little containers that they sell for scuba Silicone Lube Grease 1/4 oz Can Food Grade Dive Regulator O-Ring Scuba LP21 618152001389 | eBay or Molykote 111 if I am at my bench. Neither gums up, ever.

 

[Ghosty]

One thing I do regret is buying a console.

Why? Which specific guage is not useful to you?

When I "gid fundies"...

What?

 

[dberry]

"did" + typo = "gid"

 

[Ghosty]

"did" + typo = "gid"

What's "fundies" then?

 

[dberry]

What's "fundies" then?

GUE (or similar) Fundamentals - an alternative (and more rigorous) OW training + certification.

 

[Sbiriguda]

Haha very nice thread
I bought 2 eazy cut trilobite cutting tools, one with porcelain blades the other with metal blades
They are both very good, metal cuts better, porcelain won't get rusty and passes metal detector. I don't even know if I will every use one, I don't really believe I need 2 of them
In general, I think the main risk is some kind of compulsive shopping behaviour. If you make rational and useful purchases you tend to buy useful things. Then sometimes you find a no purpose gadget and you buy it anyway

 

[Oldbear]

Aeros Epic dive computer...179 pages of fine print in the manual to operate what had to be the most confusing thing I have owned. Replaced it with an Atomic Colbalt which to this day is the easiest computer I have owned. Now I dive with either a Shearwater Petral or Perdix...just about as easy as the Cobalt but matches my diving style now a days.