What is scuba diving's orange shovel?

[Walter]

Yep, I have so much padding I roll instead of walk.

 

[daniel f aleman]

Are we talking Elvis fans or incompetent instructors?

90% of all instructors are incompetent because they wear BCs with padding and/or a cummerbund?

(See where this goes, yet?)

 

[JGBrown]

Enjoy your shovel. Padding is useless at depth, it compresses as you descend. It does require extra lead to sink it. Both add to your drag. Not fun in current.



Your point?

Ok, I knew there had to be some reason it was thrown in after the sale with the drysuit free
keeps me bruise free on land, I haven't got any natural padding and those webbing straps are a pain on the hike.

I suppose I should get a spare air to go with my padding while I'm at it:14:

 

[jeckyll]

The only people who think padding is useless usually have plenty of natural padding. I love my seasoft pro.

You know, I managed to carry doubles on a stainless steel backplate... no padding. No padding on the straps either.

I've used that rig in the pool too.

Around here it's tank bangers. Try hearing one when you're wearing a thick hood. Good luck

Oh and snorkels

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Sheesh... Even my TransPac has a thin bit of padding, as do the shoulder straps.

 

[jeckyll]

jeckyll, not at all, I've used a BP/W for 33 years. Halcyon is just over-priced compared to their competition.

...

Not on e-bay. I managed to find an Evo 60 for under $200

 

[freediver]

Bring back the dive flag swimming trunks!!!

 

[Mo2vation]

Bring back the dive flag swimming trunks!!!

Or dive flag anything. If you need to advertise you're a diver, you're probably doing less than 50 dives a year. Not that that's horrible - I mean, if you want to feel like a diver, rock on.

Its just better to dive.

And BTW - 50 million Elvis fans ARE wrong. He still sucks. Turn the page, baby boomer.

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Ken

 

[Mo2vation]

Another classic Orange Shovel is a pre-packaged Save a Dive (SAD) kit. If you're still using that pre-build, overpriced, thin walled plastic tube that's falling apart and haven't assembled a legitimate and useful Dry Box its cuz you're lazy, a slacker or just too new to have accrued the experience to put all the stuff you'll likely need into one convienent and sturdy place.

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Ken

 

[Diver Dennis]

Not being able to set up said gear...