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Trust me, if you're in somewhat decent vis water, going deeper than 60ft really isn't any more stressful or difficult than going to 15 feet, all things considered. The only thing you need to do is have your safety stop. I dove the Oriskany with 15 dives under my belt the first time. Was I...

I will probably send it back in to you guys after the Summer in my downtime, I only make about 3 dives a month in the "off season". So you guys can tune it for Winter, where I dive about as much as in the Summer :) There's no one around that will service these regs, and I can't take the repairs...

It seriously does disappoint and almost sadden me to hear of such terrible experiences from such a fantastic, relaxing, and fun sport. I'm blessed enough to have two great LDS's (one for my tech training, one for my recreational stuff and odds and ends) that have great, down to earth people...

I say 50F because of the fact that if I go any deeper without a drysuit on, it gets all the way down to 38F because 50F is RIGHT above the thermocline, so I don't usually go down that far because I don't own a drysuit :) ---------- Post added ---------- So the 144 IP should be fine for my...

Yeah, the majority of the diving I'll be doing will be in 50ish degree water average. You think the reg the way it's set now will be a problem in that coldish water? The freeflows really aren't problematic, just an inconvenience and a waste of air. If it means anything I also got the D1 cold...

Anywhere from 125-150 is the general "acceptable" range among my LDS, I believe that the real thing to be concerned about is if the reg is doing it's job by lowering it to ambient pressure without creeping. And thanks again for the advice, Henrik, I was wondering, if I gave that allen screw on...

Yeah, it flows right in line with those numbers, my concern is when it happens underwater, like when I had it mouthpiece up and gave it a shake. I had the adjustment valve all the way down with the Venturi wide open and the flow was very vigorous on the surface. Should I be concerned with how it...

Received my HOG regs today, went out and had the IP checked, was right in the 144psi range, purging and breathing the regulator made the standard 1-2 notch jump like normal, was able to purge it and no Freeflows when the system was connected to the IP machine. By the way, these things breathe...

Hmm, well then when I've dove it it must have been pretty damn well covered, because there was only a few feet of hull visible. I've been on it 5 or 6 times and it's always the same few foot tall bit of hull. Correction- once I saw it somewhat uncovered, but I still didn't find it too...

DeGray is good. My personal favorite thing to do is pick a random island, dock my boat, suit up with my buddies, and swim deep around the island, I've seen some of the most massive fish I've ever seen doing this. If you do this technique at Oauchita, which has HUGE quarts content in the rocks...

If you have the experience, there is always consistenly good diving in my experience with the cavern

The Whiskey isn't much to see anymore anyways. Just a few foot tall section of hull, most of the time it stays covered. In 10 years it will probably be gone because it gets beat to hell so bad

I love diving the Gulf, but like I said, the vis can be some of the best to some of the WORST you'll ever experience. Some days you can get 60+ft and others, less than 1 foot with suspended particles the size of bottlecaps. The only place I ever get CONSISTENTLY good vis is in Destin

AOW in essence is fairly useless. You just do a few dives and get a new C-Card, but for many charters it's required. You'd get more out of it by doing the specialties themselves. And I think you qualify for instant AOW if you do the required courses, from there you can probably sail right into...

You shouldn't need anything but a Glock to protect yourself from the drunks and crazies. On weekdays it's fine, though :)

I would advise against the Whiskey Wreck. There is very little left to see of it. It was a wooden boat so the surge and waves and hurricanes have reduced it to pretty much just a 2 or 3 foot tall section of hull. It's been beat to hell over the years and probably won't still be there in another...

I need 300s

Well, yes. I did know that much. I just thought the OP was talking about "safety" associated with diving EANx in itself! :rofl3:

WHAT increased safety factor? I have my Nitrox book right next to me from a few years ago and it reads nothing about increased safety. Is there some mutually understood fact about EANx that I don't know? EDIT: Of course, other than the increased NDLs

Just like the title says, I have gotten all of my DIN tanks secondhand so far, because I could not find an online website to buy them. Does anyone know of a good, reputable dealer that will sell DIN tanks, in 80cft and 100cft? I've checked Leisurepro and Scuba.com under the searches DIN and...