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Hmmm, I already did several times to students ;) I really like Molykote for ccr's.

And no problems with swelling Orings? Great to read. The bigger amount of Olympus grease is not available in my country, it is not on stock in shops. Even not over Olympus directly. But also, 55 euro for a small container, this is ridiculous. And about flooding: the grease will not flood the...

I have a TG6+housing and have used till now the olympus grease. But, and this is a very big but, this is soooooo extremely expensive for such a small amount that I want to use other silicon grease. I know, not all silicone grease is the same and some will make the Orings longer, bigger, etc. But...

You can do fundies with single tank, but bp+wing is required, longhose also.

I will put some oil on the fire and will say no, it will not help you further. Why not? This answer is easy, a fundies course (or intro to tech, or essentials from iantd) will not give you a cert that brings you deeper or further in a cave. And you also have already nitrox, so this is also not...

Only in rebreather literature I have seen the EADD, the equivalent air density depth. Not in OC literature. A ccr breaths heavier, I can feel this. But there is also a big difference between the brand of ccr's or regulators (some people think that a heavely breathing regulator lowers...

And you think the avelo is?

yes, you can do all the skills needed for cavern in open water. Then you have daylight, so it makes it all easier. But the skills are most times not teached in any open water speciality. Only in an overhead specialty like cavern or wreck. Normally cavern courses start with an open water session...

But the whole system must have CE to be sold here. So this can be hard.

I flooded my membrane suit at 65m depth in februari in a marble mine of 8 degrees C. I could still hold my bouyancy with the wing of my ccr. But my trim was a mess and the way back to the exit was a hell because you cannot swim normally. It ended with a CO2 hit, but further nothing to worry. The...

And some divers don't want to do another course which is not usefull for experienced divers. I see a big problem with selling the course as required for buying the system. This is also not done with sidemount for example, everybody can buy a sidemount system en dive it, and gas is gas, the tank...

Fintechniques is something that really depends on the instructor and if the diver wants to learn/improve/practise. My open water students swim with a frogkick, or at least something that looks like that, but sometimes not perfect of course which is impossible for most divers. Not that I teach...

I would say, do aow and nitrox. Then you can go to 30m, and even if you don't want to do, or it is not needed on a specific dive, some operators only take divers with aow. For example, I have booked a divespot on Malapascua which is not that deep (18-20m, so fits in the ow standards), but they...

I own an inspiration (ce) and a sidekick (non-ce). I dive both here in Europe. If you teach as instructor, you must be on a CE unit. The students can be on a none-CE unit. This are the rules. Nothing more, nothing less. For insurance it does not matter, diving is a private thing, and there is...

I do it here in a drysuit with twin12 steels. It is not that hard to remove. But to put it on this is quite hard. In my eyes it is not a usefull skill to put it on under water. To remove it at surface, yes, I have done that several times because boats required it. It is very important never to...

I have been there in march this year. And I spoke to some workers. They are really happy with their job and believe it will work. I haven't seen damage in the caves, but I have seen pictures of damage. So there is, but it is not in every cave happely. I think new tourists who don't know how...

Then the avelo system will be nothing for me. I am very positive as a swimmer. It is impossible to snorkel down without adding extra weights. In salt water, I can reach very hard 4-5m and then popup up like a ballon. I need for freediving in freshwater without any suit, just a swimming suit...

There is a car at 92m. There are tons of trees down there. If you come up, you see the sun from around 80m depth. There is still fish at 100-130m depth. So it is not that there is nothing to see. It is no big wreck or a nice reef. But there is still something to see. But it is easier to reach...

Never heard of that, but we arrive 4 november, so have choosen right I read. Accomodation we have already booked. I always look if there are special days in a holiday, because some special days are boring for tourists (Nyepi for example). Others can be nice (Songkran Thailand).

We go in the first 2 weeks of november to Cebu. For people from the Netherlands it is high season then there. I don't know why, but you see this in prices from the travelagencies. I organised myself. Flights are extremely expensive since covid, so this can be annoying.