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As I suggested, Nitrox would have been a significant benefit on those deeper first dives. Even though you exceeded 100' you surely didn't spend much time there. It's not like there was a wreck down there or something worth burning through your tank in under 10 minutes. As I said, there is no...

There's not much to see deeper than 100' on most dives in Cozumel and I'm going to wager a guess that you never even exceeded this depth regardless of how far above the ocean bottom you actually were. The benefits of Nitrox are greatest between 60-100' which is probably where most of your...

I cannot wrap my head around this one.

I made a booboo in that post, you can see where I used 2005 and 2010 interchangeably. Fixed to reflect 2005

Sorry for your situation. That much being said you might find it difficult to sell the gear because you don't have an established reputation. Anyone interested in your gear is going to have to send a payment based on nothing but faith. Although I suppose there is some recourse if you accept...

People don't always know. That's why they ask people who do, and they can read about what works and doesn't work for people and hopefully learn to ignore those who make draconian statements like "Don't use a dive computer, real divers use the tables and a bottom timer".

The convenience of having your tank pressure numbers right there on your wrist is tough to beat as well as having the computer calculate your most limiting factor (N02 or gas remaining) and giving you a digital readout of dive time remaining. No reaching for a large gauge cluster and bringing it...

Not all that interesting. You didn't see the reefs in 2005.

Such a shame. 50 years of diving and cutting your dives short because you don't have the benefit of the dynamic monitoring of your true bottom time that is provided by a computer that calculates your N02 absorption much more accurately than you do given that you most likely do not dive a...

You don't "need" fins, you can just kick harder and go a lot slower. You don't "need" a mask, you can just see blurry. You don't "need" a wetsuit in chilly water, you can just be cold. You don't "need" a tank on your back you can just take a deep breath and enjoy a much shorter dive. Etc Etc...

Among the benefits, the newer dive computers give you color menus and pretty graphics such as a scuba tank partially full of air and wireless internet access so you can check emails and Facebook messages during a lackluster dive.

Thanks I've seen that. I'm thinking their website needs to be updated to reflect that they service the Vt Pro. Or the Ebay seller totally fabricated the invoice showing the servicing but I doubt it. That computer was clean as a whistle and performed flawlessly and like I said the buttons were...

Not clear what you mean by "service plan" but as I said, just recently I purchased a used VT Pro on Ebay and the seller stated in the listing, and provided a receipt for the service that was just done on it- a total rebuild- by the new owners of Oceanic. Prior to the ownership change the VT Pro...

I'm going to do my best to translate this post further. My condolences to the relatives (of the victims). I know of a similar story, it happened with a group of spearfishers. Their car got stuck in the mud during the night and help did not arrive until the next morning, but by then it was too...

That's been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt (assuming of course that you dive the same profile that you do with air).

I acquired another VT Pro about a few months ago, the seller stated it had just been serviced and rebuilt, and included an invoice- by Huish. Prior to the change in ownership, VT Pro's were no longer serviced. The cost was about $175 which is more than used VT Pros go for on Ebay when you can...

I've been diving since the 1980s, and I've found the differences in the quality of the reefs to be stunning. During a recent return to Cozumel I was eagerly anticipating a few dives on sites that I had logged as outstanding, especially the deep Palancar reefs which were teeming with fish life...

Did you know you can just click "watch thread" on the upper right side of the page, rather than making an empty, non contributing post to the thread?

It's only wasteful if the computer or the batteries end up in the garbage. There's a big used scuba gear market on EBAY and other sites, and there's always someone (like me) who knows that an older, reliable piece of dive gear is just as good if not better than the newest and most expensive, at...

Might as well change the batteries after each dive then. According to your logic they're no good anymore because "they're depleted". While you're at it, change your tires every time you drive around the block.