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This can now be done on the Suunto App on your phone or tablet (as of firmware v3.00 released March 2022 ) The Suunto app is vastly easier to install and use than DM5.

It just happened to me. Sent my drysuit in to Bare (via my LDS) to get a quickneck and new boots installed. First dive afterwards I descended to 8 m, went to adjust my dump valve and it came unscrewed in my hand. The inner portion slid over a bit so I couldn't get it rethreaded and tightened at...

Under Device settings > Tones you can set All off , which will silence all alarms as well. The alarms will still appear on screen. Or wear a thick hood. I can only hear mine with the hood off. :cool:

Assuming you see this post - Not anymore :-) Love my Eon Core. The user interface is well thought out and no need to resort to the manual to change settings as it is so easy to figure out. 400 dives on mine with no issues. Side by side on a dive (cold greenish water) this week I thought the...

Here's the formula bring back ancient (for me) memories of high school science :cool: Ideal Gas Law: PV=nRT P=Pressure V=Volume n= amount of gas R= ideal gas constant (or fudge factor) T= temperature Google ideal gas law, Charles's Law and Boyle's law for lots of background and examples if...

Besides the algorithm, you also need to consider how conservative the computer is set. What model of Cressi do you have, and what is it set to? I believe Cressi calls this setting the "Safety Factor" where the default SF0 is least conservative and SF2 is most conservative. I often dive with 2...

snuuuug is much warmer than loooose

I dive mostly in cold / green / dark waters near Vancouver and have used a Light and Motion Sola 800 for over 400 dives. Wide/Narrow beams and 3 brightness levels. Works great for me. Carrying a light on all dives, even in the tropics in the day, lets you find lots more critters tucked back in...

I've never needed more than hands and a light to get another diver's attention. I've never carried a noisemaker for underwater. Sometimes I've resorted to a tap on the shoulder or tug on the fin.

Since Stainless Steel is less dense than lead, changing from lead weights to a SS backplate means you need more total weight for the same buoyancy - everything else being equal...

I love my Fourth Element Proteus II. It is fully lined and had very good seals at wrists, ankles and especially the neck. The design puts an extra layer under the zipper. The least water flow through I've had in a wetsuit. Pee at the start of the dive and it will still be there at the end! It...

I wear 11.5 shoes and the Go travel XL fit perfect for me.

I love my Go travels and they are fast and powerful when I need it as they suit my style of a smaller faster flutter kick. They are also easy to frog kick in which I do 90% of the time and good "feel" of the blade for back kick. One possible issue is as the foot size goes down the blade size...

Anyone know a place to order this from with reasonable shipping to Canada? The GUE site is pretty high for shipping.

I have to disagree with that. I hike often on the mountains near my house and almost always see groups woefully unprepared (no water, food, map or compass for an 8 hour hike that is out of cell phone coverage after the first 45 minutes) The local search and rescue group is constantly pulling...

PADI Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving - I really enjoyed this book, especially the section on Marine biology. Used prices on ebay as low as $5 (but also as high as $160 ....) Books on marine life for wherever you dive. I've got a collection of these I refer to often. And I second the...

From a guide on my first dive with my new camera: Get the camera close to the subject, then closer until it is too close, then closer still - now take the photo From my Advanced instructor: If I give you the OK sign and you're not 100% OK, don't lie to me and give an OK back.

The built in Octo holder on an Aqualung Dimension BCD does this very well, it is the best design for this I have seen. Unfortunately I couldn't find a good image of it in use. It is just a stiff cloth tube that you stuff the folded over Octo hose into (But not so far that any hose come out the...

The big requirement for current is a fin that is easy enough to kick that you never need to stop kicking to rest. In current you need to keep kicking to not lose ground. I am an ex-competitive swimmer and can kick very fast, but switching to a fin with a somewhat smaller blade made a big...

Former swim instructor here. Technique is equally important to breath holding ability. Make sure you are perfectly steamlined it can make a big difference.