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That's why I say, you need too look around for an instructor that suits your needs. Ask when the next open water session scheduled and go to the site and see how the students in the class are taking it in, also keep an eye on the instructor and his/her disposition. At the end of the day, ask the...

No doubt the key will open the door, but would check into it actually starting the rig. If it is just a chip it should not make a difference. I guess I'm lucky, the chip I have is seperate from the keys. Joe

I also never really saw mention of PADI. But, it sure seems some PADI divers really took offense too this thread. Why's that? Joe

Cool vid'z, but you must have missed the sign at the start of the trail that said "please don't feed the wildlife":rofl3: Joe

I still say that OW2 would be very suitable. There is nothing advanced about it. Joe

Wow!!!! I'll be stoked when I hit 1,400 dives, I'll probably mess myself when I hit 14,000 if I still have the control too control it.:rofl3: Congrats,:beerchug: Joe

I really enjoy the Whites hood I purchased last year. If you are looking for something with more room in the neck, try a hood with a zipper that you can leave partially unzipped for that extra room you are looking for. The Whites hood has a zipper as well as others on the market. Joe

I'm still not sure where I'm laying the blame on PADI?, other than allowing instructors under their control too turn out sub par divers. It has nothing too do with PADI's criteria for open water divers, it has too do with the their instructors not holding a high enough standard to the STANDARDS...

There was nothing meant by that at all! If you had read the whole thread you should have spotted the meantion of not being able too don a drysuit by yourself. It had nothing too do with zipping it yourself, but you should know that your arms should go in first before your head. After all this...

Well, if you're not sure what goes in first, your head or your arms, then maybe you shouldn't be diving a drysuit. Let's not be silly here! SCUBA is a serious sport and should be treated as such! When I took all the classes I've taken to this point, I've treated each one as if, "I don't know...

Seems that alot of people here are putting PADI out on the line too dry. I haven't read ALL the posts, but it didn't seem anyone was saying which agency the op was affiliated with. Seems that there are some guilty consciences out there, and you know what they say about guilty consciences...

Even with a good back, dive training is hard on the back. In and out of the water several times a day. Packing and filling tanks isn't the most grueling work, nor is all the positions that an uncomfortable student in a panic may put your back through. Hope things work out for you, but you should...

Whether it be 5 dives after or 25, aow gives a new student a false sense of security. I believe that ow2, would be a more fitting classification. It would be interesting too see how many dives it took an actuall experienced diver to feel advanced (someone with say 100 dives or more) Reason...

Shaving cream has been known to work well also, and helps with the wetsuit odor. The best way too not have too worry about getting into a wetsuit, is buy a DRYSUIT!! LMAO:rofl3: Joe

I hate too say it, but this is my style of rinsing. I try too take a shower in my drysuit, (the place I stay, where I dive often, has an outside shower) I push the valve buttons a few times and wash the seals well. With regards to my regulators and BCD, the couple dunks/drip dry and once...

Not really sure I was ready too become a scuba instructor with less than 200 dives. I guess I was a little harder on myself than others are. Hope things turn out ok. Seems that some of the instructors I've dealt with were in that boat though. Wish you the best.;) Joe

Actually it is quite easy, get a hole punch pop a hole around the upper thigh that is the size of the unit in question.( not that unit. LMAO:rofl3: the p-valve silly) After the the hole is punched in the suit install the p-valve. I use a little aqua seal around the hole too insure a good seal...

Well, I'm not sure about the NAUI tests, but with the SDI tests, all the writtens were pretty much a peice of cake with the exception of the physics/physiology section. Not sure of your understanding of all the laws, (Dalton's, Boyle's, ect.) and the understanding of narcosis, age, and things of...

I guess the real question here is, Do you intend to make a living in the industry? As for me, the whole reason for the jump to pro status is for the intent of starting a shop of my own. If I were a DM in a dive destination and I was being left on the dock/shore due too vacationing DM's, I'd have...

IDC and IEC were both very eye opening, but after the whole ordeal, was very gratifying. The first few days were very tough, but it got better. For me the presentations were the worst, and I'm a talker, but when it came time too tell the instructor(new student) about what was too come, I can't...