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Here is the controversial advice... I would have sold/returned the Mk2, used the old suunto, and got regs/BPW/camera depending on how far you get budgetwize, and "wants wize", and then I would swap diveshop as the one you were at clearly only thinks about its own profits and not the...

You may want to add a slower ascent from 6m. Pressure gradient from 6m to surface is relatively large and can be the trigger of slow-tissue bubbles if undertaken too fast. (Especially when you are cold at the end of a long dive) Try to aim for not faster than 1meter/min up from 6. Challenging...

Just give her a copy of your new, very fat, life insurance....

You could also ask your instructor if you can borrow a pair of jetfins for the class if he deems that you might benefit from it. (I think he will...) Also...don't count on any diving after class. You need the rest!!!

Train hard... fight easy. Use all the layers (Being from Norway, regularly diving in sub 5C, there is absolutely no such thing as too warm). Also... A lot easier taking of clothes to cool down, than dressing up and WARMING up if too cold after the first dive! Learning your skills in the...

What goes around, comes around. This is my take, and experience. I have lent, and loaned just about everything from a boltsnap to a GUE JJ and a scooter or three. This is one of the things I really value within the GUE community. Regardless of where I have been, if there was a need for some...

Would there be a possibility of this "very firm twist" being interpreted as a problem/outofair signal to your buddies every time you want to remove it? Personally, one of the most annoying things in cave diving are sudden changes in lightpatterns. A goodman style handle will enable you to keep...

Also keep in mind that a lot of the warmth in using a dry-suit comes from the volume of air insulating between body and water. So one thing is diving with squeeze and the pain it causes. Another is that the dry-suit wouldn't really be very effective. I'd rather go for a proper nice open-cell wet...

Personally, I love my heated vest. Have had a Santi 55w. Now use a Trojan 70w. Very happy with both. However, if the sf tech polar undergarment is the ONLY undergarment you use, then I can understand that you are cold. A lot can be done with proper under garments as well. Depending on...

Question... Were they so "easygoing" that they almost free-flowed and you still felt "short of breath"/"that it didn't deliver enough air"? How was the dive? Level of "work"? Was there a possibility of CO2 build-up? Could it be an effect of CO2 retention and not so much a malfunction in the...

This depends on the person. I am a curvy girl and a weightbelt will NEVER rest on my hips. Hip to waist ratio is "wrong" and will cause the weightbelt to slide to the waistsection and hang mostly in the front and annoy. (Or be uncomfortably tight on the hips limiting mobility) I will strip...

To me it looks like you are wearing a jacket-west? Consequence of that is that the bladders often are on your sides, and when bc is cinched to fit waist, it also pulls the tank close to your back/butt. This makes you fight the tank to get that flat nice trim that you have. Might not be enough to...

They really need to be completely flush/flat seal on seal. ANY wrinkles WILL cause leakage. They are also sensitive to too much coverage, too little coverage and uneveness. It is not at all impossble to do alone, just a bit fidly, and takes a bit of technique. With a buddy it is simple.

Most likely a few reasons. They take some technique to get into on your own. (though, super easy with a buddy) They require proper trimming with a balance between tight enough to keep friction between seals and stay dry, and loose enough not to consitrict bloodflow. For this reason the gloves...

One issue is that being the machine it is, deciding which cell to outvote is a bit tricky. This especially comes in to play if it happens to be the situation of two faulty cells and one real one. You need to know the three values to make an informed decision of which cells to trust, or indeed if...

How were the environmental conditions? Could it be CO2 retention?

I would get the Basic set. If you are not a trained professional, you will have no need for the extra BVM. The Basic set has both a "MouthtoMask" with O2 nipple for use in CPR settings, and a Mask with reservoir for the breathing patient. For the awake diver, use the regulator to save on oxygen...

Backplate and wing!! Nothing cluttering the front. Easy adaptation. Crotchstrap may look uncomfortable, but stabilizes and keeps everything where it is supposed to be. Continuous webbing not cut too short will be able to adapt to fluctuations. Got mine in 2012. Never looked back!

The point here is that using a BVM system properly and proficiently requires regular training/use, preferably on real people. This is not feasable/doable for a lay person to achieve. In Norway, even nurses are taught to use a MTMask in case of emergency as the only people using BVM enough to...

I would want one... But I am a trained professional. The problem is NOT so much overinflation injuries, but rather the inability to keep airways free. Keeping airways free with one hand is challenging for professionals used to doing it. For "anymanonthestreet" it can be down right impossible, It...