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1. Definitely true. When I first started diving, my cold tolerance was significantly higher than what it is today. I think partly due to excitement and partly due to experience giving significantly higher bottom times. Either way, it's something that is variable by person but also something that...

Wearing undergarments for outside temperatures would not translate for diving temps in NE for me. I'd either be overly hot or cold. Try it and if it works for you, great. My formula: 1. Ask buddies what they use 2. Ask SB divers for recommendations

Hilma Hooker is the only one that stands out as particularly memorable for my 1 trip to Bonaire. Did a night dive as well. There were several other nice ones, but I just can't remember. Salt Pier is supposed to be good, but it was closed when I was there.

Flysale.shop is not authorized to sell this Hanover Orleans 55-piece fire pit chat set. Grey market will run into warranty issues, though I would not worry about that as it's only made of the finest quality military-spec aircraft grade Chinesium. I will sell you an authentic one for $85 with...

I'm probably not one to take advice from for fixing drysuits, but a flashlight inside the suit (inside out) was helpful for finding small pinholes. I found and fixed a few on one of my suits that I just couldn't locate in the pool for the life of me with this method.

Yes, it appears to work that way just fine. I must not have been logged in earlier. :banghead: Thanks

I use 3M waterproof stickers on much of my gear; they can be found on Amazon or eBay as "personalized scuba stickers" or similar search. I have a scuba flag, name, phone number, and US flag on them in the hopes of a call if ever lost. I intentionally applied to high-wear areas such as backplate...

I finally figured that out after a long hiatus, but if memory serves there was a dot near the OP's avatar that did the same so you didn't have to click twice - into the post and then again for first unread. Is that functionality gone or am I mis-remembering?

SDI and SSI. SDI was my advanced course and the one I was least happy with overall. There was nothing bad about it, but rather I felt like I was not challenged enough. I was hesitant to take the course early as I felt my skills were not good enough, but I think I would have gotten more out of it...

I'm far from a PADI lover because of their business model, but to be fair it really boils down to the instructor. My two PADI certs are OW and Rescue and in both I had phenomenal instructors and learned a great deal. Obviously there's probably some bias for my first, but my Advanced...

I doubt it. People with an attitude such as yours are usually the best instructors in my experience. That's not to say that the poor instructors were flaunting how wonderful they were - hard to put to words about what makes one good vs bad, I suppose.

The majority probably do. I think a lot of new divers don't know much about the craft of classes and are looking at a cheaper alternative to see if they'll survive and/or like it. I don't think I shopped around too much when I first got certified, but I probably did to some extent. As I got...

Some of the worst divers I've encountered are Master Scuba Divers. If they don't tell you, you can usually find a patch or a logbook that says so. Not my thing, but if it works for someone else, more power to them.

I suppose for production volumes they're probably made with pre-preg glass with a post-cure. If made with another method, I'd be surprised if they were. Just Googled a few photos of different makes and it looks like they've put a washer between layers and included an (aluminum?) sleeve in the...

I don't have a strong opinion either way. I have limited experience with CF but plenty with fiberglass and E glass. It would be an interesting project to clone one of my backplates with varying laminates, but I really don't have that kind of time. If I were to make or buy a laminated plate...

Just curious, what type of resin are they made with - epoxy? Depending on weave, kevlar can have difficulty in absorbing resin. Outer surfaces will generally wet out pretty good, but as noted if the scratches permeate through the outer glass and scratch the kevlar deep enough, it can cut into...

Edited for clarity. In my limited experience, dive shops don't have a great percentage at figuring this out. Out of the three local shops I've been to, two have gone out of business. The first I walked in with my father and we were ready to buy two full gear sets. The owner couldn't be...

My MC9 has at least 200 dives on it and have never had any issues aside from occasional extruded o-ring on the valve.

Free rear-mounted relief zipper with any purchase?

If you have access to a pool and very slowly submerge (feet, knees, chest, neck) you may be able to trace bubbles. If not, you should at least get an idea of location when you start to feel wet. Wearing thin undergarments with light colors will aid in seeing water spots. As mentioned above...