I should put this as signatureEveryone knows that on the Internet every statement is to be implicitly prefaced by "In my opinion,..." It doesn't need to be said explicitly in every sentence. That is, in my opinion.
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I should put this as signatureEveryone knows that on the Internet every statement is to be implicitly prefaced by "In my opinion,..." It doesn't need to be said explicitly in every sentence. That is, in my opinion.
Goodness y’all are like a pack of piranhas.....
his channel is 99% devoted to recreational divers... particularly new divers.
and for that audience, he’s really not wrong, especially when he’s offering advise on what a first time buyer should buy.
a lot of people when they first get into a hobby look to see what the “pros” use and try to mimic that setup..... because if it’s good enough for tech divers to dive with, it’s got to be much better than what Rec divers are using.
the problem is if you aren’t trained or practiced for using a long hose setup....and you are diving with other Rec divers who are also not trained and practiced using a long hose setup..... that can lead to a lot of confusion in case of an emergency
Don’t we all ?
Maybe you don’t, but I definitely wish I was decent at getting things right
He hasn't kept up to date. For example, before I stopped teaching for PADI, there was an article in the training bulletin about sharing air. Do you donate? Do you give the alternate? Which reg should you donate? Alec knows that things have changed, given the following video of old versus new training, but it seems that he thinks it hasn't changed since he stopped teaching.
Hard to say when he seems to speak in absolutes. Maybe his audience is the lowest common denominator: on the knees trained divers who crater and cork, and can't plan their own dives.I don't think he doesn't know about it, simply that he advocates for the traditional scuba setup.
After watching the first video, I was wondering if he was trollingAnd at 8:37 he talks about two rolls around the neck. FFS.