Info PADI converts to eCards 10 Jan 2023

[Damselfish]

At what point might it be easier to just carry the card?

Sure. I assume this is a backup for most people, which doesn't hurt.

 

[BlueTrin]

You can’t lose an e-card too

 

[Pressurehead]

There is a young mans photo on the old cards, what happened?

 

[MarkA]

You can’t lose an e-card too

More likely to loose the phone, or get it stolen.

 

[BlueTrin]

More likely to loose the phone, or get it stolen.

How often do you need to show your card?

I have only to show it usually when I am not on a boat and before the dive, in a situation where I am likely to have my phone anyway, and all in all fairly rarely … mostly when I get fills from someone I do not know or if I use a dive shop abroad on the first day.

So for me not really an impact, for others might be different.

 

[ScubaBunga]

In the past you could look for yourself if you looked on the PADI website to order a replacement card.

I don’t know if that still works.

my card was not on either the padi or iantd website. it's an iantd card.

 

[MarkA]

How often do you need to show your card?

I have only to show it usually when I am not on a boat and before the dive, in a situation where I am likely to have my phone anyway, and all in all fairly rarely … mostly when I get fills from someone I do not know or if I use a dive shop abroad on the first day.

So for me not really an impact, for others might be different.

When holiday diving, and just turning up. Don’t like carrying my blue BSAC log book, so got one of those CMAS cards. The latest one even has a mug shot on it. The last holiday diving I planned so sent a scan of the card (no problems with the CMAS stars on the back).

Only time when I lived in the UK was to get nitrox.

 

[Doc]

Sure. I assume this is a backup for most people, which doesn't hurt.

It’s for amateurs, here’s the real way to show your status. (This and that nitrox sticker on your bottle)

Better than any nitrox sticker….

 

[BlueTrin]

When holiday diving, and just turning up. Don’t like carrying my blue BSAC log book, so got one of those CMAS cards. The latest one even has a mug shot on it. The last holiday diving I planned so sent a scan of the card (no problems with the CMAS stars on the back).

Only time when I lived in the UK was to get nitrox.

Ah yea I’d not bring the big bsac logbook either.

I log on the mybsac website now if I need to show my diver grade.

 

[MarkA]

There is a young mans photo on the old cards, what happened?

It’s terrible getting old. My qualification book has someone with hair in it