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Thanks to both of you! I guess I must just begin a quest to try on as many gloves as possible and hope. I will check out the XS Scuba and Deep Sea gloves.

Any of the other ladies found a type of cold water glove that actually fits longer/narrower fingers? Every pair I've rented that has to be small enough for my wrists has too short of fingers and empty space between the bases of my fingers. Are custom gloves an option or even worth the price...

Still unclear on how a semi-dry is any warmer than a wetsuit; just tighter I guess?

He should have just stayed thumbless, then he could use his 'battle wounds' to pick up women. A missing thumb is a lot cooler than a mutated replacement. The fact that he can't pick up the ladies with his toe-thumb is evident in the video when he's showing it off. He filmed himself alone...

That toe-thumb is terrifying...

I'm surprised no ones mentioned Creature from the Black Lagoon. Edit: ^Wow, excellent timing, Captain! :D

Yeah I was reading about the possibility of the reg freezing up in cold water. Why would this be? The only experience I've had is with rental regs (which seem to be the worst?) so I hope any decent regulator I eventually buy will be of better quality anyway and possibly improve ease of...

Horray! They DO exist an I'm not crazy. And sound pretty cool, actually. Thanks for the input everyone. Couv, I swear I wasn't being a mindless noob. I did do a search, but with the wrong keywords. Thanks for the link. :D

I saw an ad somewhere a while ago for something like this: a sort of humidifying chamber that apparently hooks up somewhere between the tank valve and the reg. I tried Googling it just now but it kept bringing me thing about vacuums. Has anyone heard of or had experience with something along...

Awesome video. I have problems with my left ear but am eager to try out some new techniques in the pool soon. That earwax was making me nauseous, though...

I'm actually pretty set on getting an Aries soon. Let me know how the Lynx does! And congrats! :D

Lol, Minnesota. But I kid. :D Seriously, this thread has a good and interesting topic.

I had ear clearing problems while getting certified; they weren't overwhelming, so I just tried to go slowly down the line and once at the bottom for a minute or two the pain began to subside. And upon going back to the surface, I felt fine. However after the 2 dives of the first day with the...

You may just want to keep renting a wetsuit as you may grow out of anything you buy. I'm assuming you are still renting all other gear? The first (only) major piece of gear I bought a was a BC because it was one of the most expensive thing to rent and so will hopefully pay for itself when I have...

Oh hah, awesome. Long live (living) fossils!

I went snorkeling in the American River a few months back (not diving, but certainly closer to Sacramento.) I'd never been snorkeling in rapids before, but its was quite fun/terrifying. Might be too cold now though... Hope you enjoy your stay in California!

When I gave it a shot, I found it much easier to just press the i3 mouthpiece against your lips than the mouthpiece and (very stiff) button combo I was certified with was. In fact the ease of the oral inflation, along with other things like the integrated weights, was one of the things that...

Those things are terrifying; they look like DBs.

Wouldn't they make everything extremely blurry? I'm just thinking opening your eyes underwater versus having a mask/goggles.

It doesn't seem like having your eyes open and submerged in water for a long time would be very good for them...