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Online sellers do have their place, but I think a good LDS will be of a tremendous help for you. A good fit makes the difference between a horrible dive or a good one. By the time you factor in shipping costs back and forth it would probably be cheaper to pick up up at a shop anyway (lesson...

Thanks for the tips. I'm thinking back and I can't say that either time I held the battery cover firmly in place with one hand while locking everything down with the other. That sounds like a likely culprit.

I changed my XR1NX battery earlier this year (May) for the first time and dove with it happily for over 50 dives, but it went dead on me suddenly three weeks ago. It did not look flooded so I finished the dive with a backup. Once I got home, I noticed that the battery was orange with some...

Oliver doesn't know there are other sites for that, I guess.

NeoSport gloves are junk as are many of their wetsuits. The seems just don't hold up. AquaLung makes great kevlar gloves - AL Aleutian Kevlar Dive Gloves. They are very comfortable and have a lot of mobility compared to some of the cheaper (and not so cheap) gloves out there. They have some...

Not sure about lubing them, but I ran into some button-sticking issues with my GoPro housing. Soaking it in a rinse tank didn't do much at first, but with warm water and manipulating the buttons enough so any crystals broke up allowed it to dissolve pretty quickly.

I only use video with mine. I do have a camera tray and lights, but find it rather cumbersome. If cost is an issue, there are numerous posts on SB and quite a few DIY videos and instructions on how to make your own camera tray with PVC and various other materials. Some look cheesy, some look...

Can't speak specifically to diving in PA as I've only ever dove in NH, MA, and much clearer and warmer waters, but it's a bit of both. The worst part is the lead needed to counter super-buoyant wetsuits followed by roasting in thick and hot wetsuits with much less mobility. I dive with a 7mm...

Something to keep in mind if you prefer not to use scuba.com is price matching. Many of the large websites will price match other competitors. That said, I've purchased several items from them - the most expensive item being a cheap wetsuit. No issues with ordering from them and they ship fast...

This is good advice. I struggled with no-mask breathing and the instructor and I opted for an extra day of instruction so that I had plenty of time to get comfortable. In hindsight, I think that this placed a great deal of stress on me simply because I knew we had a week of diving lined up. Had...

I got certified in Grand Cayman and had a blast. I wasn't overly excited about going back home to cold, dark, and low-visibility NE waters, but I have come to appreciate it a great deal. It's amazing what you can see and how pretty dives can be when you slow down and take it all in. As others...

I struggled a great deal with this skill. What I have found is that it is most difficult how many instructors test skills - kneeling in a fully vertical position, as this causes the bubbles during exhale to shoot directly up your nose. As others have suggested, leaning slightly forward (with...

Yucky. When I was in Grand Cayman last year, one of the DMs said that they were doing a dive at Stingray City and a beautiful bikini-clad woman was snorkeling overhead. I have not dove it, but I understand that dive is only around 15-20 ft. so it would be just about impossible for a snorkeler in...

I've only dove it once and did two dives. 1 hour before high tide had quite a bit of surge, but it isn't a bad entry because you can walk pretty far out on the flat rocks to the right of the entry spots. Be careful with footing as it can be slippery, but not slippery at all like Lane's cove. The...

He won't be able to see the color of his urine. He has a geoprene suit, not a seeoprene suit.

I think free shipping is a "meet in the middle" deal for a dropped ball. This assumes the bladder wasn't tied up in customs and actually wasn't shipped within the 4 week quote. If I ordered something and was told 4 weeks, I'd be aggravated by week 5. By week 8, or double the amount of time, I'd...

Yep. It's a very nice dive that can get deep for Cape Ann pretty quickly. Just has an ugly cliff to hike scuba gear down, much less a kayak.

I'll agree with awap that the problem is yours and yours to fix (i.e. purchasing a new bladder). I'll also say that waiting 2 months (nearly 1/2 a dive season in NE) is ridiculous and would think it in Oceanic's interest to make the situation right - free shipping sounds reasonable to me.

Carol, Sure sounds like you and your son could use some R&R. Glad nothing more serious happened to him and his friends. Have fun on your trip assuming no further complications arise!

Have to agree with kelemvor here. It's one thing if it was an included charge that wasn't caught ahead of time, but if it was done after the fact and over what the signed receipt was for, there is no reason not to sweat it, regardless of how small the charge was. By not sweating "small stuff,"...