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Wow - that might be just the ticket. I was really hoping everyone was going to tell me to leave the light at home because I just can't afford the extra few pounds. According to our travel agent, the little puddle jumpers you take (in Fiji) to get to the outer islands (Fijian outer islands)...

Fiji, Tim. Fiji. It's actually a trip to Kauai that inspired me to finally take the plunge and buy an HID in the first place. I was using my trusty old C8 to peek into nooks and crannies over there about 9 months ago and the DM had an HID light for the same purpose. Her light made my...

Very cool. Was this taken in Maui?

Just to be clear, I'm thinking of using it during the daytime. I'm all for minimal lighting on night dives and I have a C4 that I use at night (even up here). Thank you for asking. I'm going to Fiji. This August. For three (3) weeks. Fiji.

I'm heading to Fiji this August and can't decide whether it's worthwhile to bring my 21w Salvo along. On one hand I love, love, love diving with it up here and live to peer into nooks and crannies, whether here or abroad. I think I would really miss the ability to bring the light of my own...

You guys need to spill the beans already (hopefully with photos). Enough building drama!

At the Plaza/Toucan, we did have a DM from the dive shop join our group for our check out dive. I still wouldn't call it a test though - he seemed to be interested in pointing out cool critters, rather than scrutinizing our dive skills. I'm sure he would have said something if anyone in our...

I don't have anything to contribute, other than thanks to you for participating in this exercise. I did not know Rob, but found myself very troubled by his accident nonetheless. I think it's losing the presence of someone I enjoyed seeing here online as well as being reminded of my own...

This is a topic that has been beaten to death around here. It's hard to do a search on the HUB because the search function doesn't like 3 letter words. If you do a search for mares hub*, that should get you a few threads. In the meantime, try giving this thread a read. If you're really new...

I'm glad you resurrected it. I missed it the first time and think it's pretty interesting. I'd also like to know whether it has aired yet. Extremely seasoned divers or not, I bet the sound of the PVC imploding at 300' scared the bejeezus out of them. Negative buoyancy was probably not...

I also use scubase and really like it. It took a little getting used to - it's not set up in the most intuitive way (for me at least). Now that I've got the hang of it, it's great. It calculates/tracks/sorts everything I want to calculate, track and sort and makes detailed logging as easy as...

I hope H20 doesn't cancel me. I haven't broached the topic of adding my new gear to the policy yet out of fear that they'll tell me to take a hike. My camera, housing and can light did not get stolen, so I'm still covered on those, which are the things most likely to flood and die. I think...

There's probably not much marginal cost to adding the items to your homeowner's policy. You may not even need to specifically add them to have them be covered. I'd be surprised if your homeowners covered you for things like flooding or theft while away from your home (which is what I was...

As you may have read here, I had a bunch of scuba gear stolen out of my garage a few months ago. Only a few months prior to the theft, I had purchased H20 equipment insurance through DAN after receiving as a Christmas present an expensive housing to house my expensive camera. I luckily...

I had the same problem when setting up my DSS rig. I'm normally good at putting things together, but those numbers and arrows just served to infuriate me. Here are pictures of how to do it, courtesy of our very own Kidspot.

When I was there, Tucan at the the Plaza didn't seem to enforce any rules even on the boat dives other than be back to the boat in 60 minutes. Sometimes my buddy and I dove with the DM and the herd, sometimes we did our own profile and even direction, site permitting. Nobody seemed...

Statement re: Kimber on TDS here. Edit: looks like it's here on SB too. TDS link removed.

If it's really the zipper leaking, it's not normal. Could it possibly be condensate that is just collecting in the area of the zipper? If so, that is pretty normal. What kind of undies are you using? Mine have a water resistant outer layer, which keeps the condensate from soaking me.

I agree with Divin'Hoosier - 1) yes 2) no. Reading the accident analysis threads keeps me from becoming complacent and makes me focus on safety more than I would otherwise. I've never dove with Kimber or Rob, but I have a pretty good idea they are much better and more experienced divers...

Great responses above. As a practical matter, you will probably (hopefully!) not have the occasion to use your sausages in Coz. unless you want to use them. Assuming all goes well, your DM will likely send up a sausage for the group at the end of your dive. That said, you definitely should...