Rental equipment quality

[lamarpaulski]

I think you would be fine with Aldora's rentals and translate that into more diving. I dove with them last year and they were squared away and helpful and had big tanks and long dives.

A Nitrox cert while diving with them was convenient and resulted in longer dives too.

 

[cvchief]

As a side note I dove with someone this week who had a computer for a while. Had no idea what the number counting down on it was. Another vote to get your own and learn a little about it.

 

[bowlofpetunias]

---

---

A ScubaBoard Staff Message...

Off topic posts have been removed. Bickering posts and those quoting them have also been removed. Please keep it on topic and polite.

---

 

[mediumone]

---

---

A ScubaBoard Staff Message...

Off topic posts have been removed. Bickering posts and those quoting them have also been removed. Please keep it on topic and polite.

---

That's unfortunate.
I was learning something.
Perhaps next time a warning to keep it civil would suffice?

 

[halocline]

Did I miss something?

 

[mstevens]

I'll certainly agree that some posts veered off the topic of rental dive gear in Cozumel. Heaven forfend that a thread in the Cozumel forum get off-topic. I'm personally amazed it didn't turn into a restaurant thread.

I think things remained pretty civil, though. Someone said he was not knowledgeable about something, someone else agreed with that and suggested there were other things he was also uninformed about. Disagreement is not the same thing as impoliteness.

 

[cvchief]

I'm personally amazed it didn't turn into a restaurant thread..

Went to El Moro last night. Terrific as always. Congratulated Papa on turning 76.

 

[iScream]

I learned a good bit from the discussion. I have another question though.

Please don't laugh, but I would kinda like to work on some basic skills while we're there. I can do everything that was required to get certified but completely removing my mask still bothers me. Mostly when I'm sitting upright facing forward and the bubbles make it feel like I'm getting water up my nose. In the 73 degree quarry water it really bothered me. I had to work myself up to it for a couple seconds.

Is there anywhere we can rent equipment for a couple hours and just hang out in shallow water for that, rather than doing it on an actual dive?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Basking Ridge Diver]

I've started reading some on dive computers. The Oceanic Veo mentioned above looks decent but I think I like the Cressi Leonardo a little better so far. Partly because the computer nerd in me likes the PC interface.

I own the Oceanic VEO 2.0 and it has a computer interface - not sure which PDC's you were looking at. You do need to buy the cable - but it was worth it in my opinion.

 

[Ron Lee]

I learned a good bit from the discussion. I have another question though.

Please don't laugh, but I would kinda like to work on some basic skills while we're there. I can do everything that was required to get certified but completely removing my mask still bothers me. Mostly when I'm sitting upright facing forward and the bubbles make it feel like I'm getting water up my nose. In the 73 degree quarry water it really bothered me. I had to work myself up to it for a couple seconds.

Is there anywhere we can rent equipment for a couple hours and just hang out in shallow water for that, rather than doing it on an actual dive?

Thanks,
Chris

Good man. Scuba skills are different than sitting on a sofa and watching TV. I can do that well. Ask your dive op. With Aldora, if you hire a private DM the first day to learn drift diving skills, maybe they would go into the water with you at the beach surface interval to practice any skill that you need more practice to become proficient.

The other option is do it at home. Does the place you learned to dive have a pool that you can go into to practice? Do it in the shallow end where there is no stress. Then practice face down that will simulate your position much of the time while diving.

If need be, just squat in the shallow end without a mask and let bubble flow up until you get used to it or at least to the point where you are not really bothered by it.