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Note to self: New Product Idea - Rubber clip on butt chicken with Cyalume insert for night diving.

Depending on your application you might consider NPT adapters for use with regular Miflex scuba hoses.... Hose Adapters

I'm not sure the label 'professional' or 'non professional' really answers the question of 'who I am.' When I read a post that freaks me out, the first thing I do is look around to see 'who am I talking to?' If I can't tell anything about them from their profile, they become another anonymous...

Some random thoughts from someone who has never used a full face mask snorkel but spent a couple of decades working for full line manufacturers that build and sell conventional snorkels... (no real answers here) CO2 build-up is a consideration even if you are designing a simple J tube. I...

I have a distress whistle on my rig even when I'm diving in a quarry.

I had it happen to me years ago. I had been diving at a local lake in my drysuit without an undergarment and came home with a pimple on my lower hip and within a day or so it became a large puss infection. It never got larger than an inch and a half across but I was feverish and sick. After it...

oh man..... Am I reading this right? These people have collected $1,641,996 on indegogo and another $1,294,688 on kickstarter? for a pony bottle? https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/scorkl-breathe-underwater-with-total-freedom-gadgets-technology#/ Gees, I need to get into the scuba business...

Wasn't the Dacor Nautilus a system that did this? I'm having flashbacks to the 1970s so I don't remember the details....

That video has popped on SB from time to time over the years and I don't know if we ever got the full story behind it. I think it sticks in my head (freaks me out) because the heavy wetsuits and green water remind me of teaching off-season classes in a local lake years ago. The lesson I always...

Congrats! My years as an instructor brought me some of the most amazing experiences (and lowest pay). I got to travel, lead trips and spend lots of time in the water. You have an awesome journey ahead. But in the water, always be hyper-aware of everything surrounding your students. Be thinking...

I started to wear a 30cft pony back in my divemaster days so I could easily handle customer screw-ups underwater. Over the years I got used to it and wouldn't even know it's there. Now, I wear a 13 cft all the time and it doesn't slow me down at all. Most of the time it's there helping other...

I had someone once tell me to 'Get Bent!' But I don't think they meant anything about diving.

My latest goofball scuba video... Some of you have seen the 'Mini Dive System' on crowdfunding sites. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/minidive-mini-scuba-tank-refilled-by-the-user#/ It turns out that I created the mini dive system and recorded it over a decade ago. I'm always ahead of my...

Dude! How does this even happen? The only time I've seen a nurse shark bite someone is when they were being messed with. Of all the scary underwater hazards I've faced over the decades, having a nurse shark go after my junk is not a scenario I've ever been trained for.

My brain is so completely locked up with nasty, humorous, pithy comments about this "news story" that I am paralyzed. This story has it all! A purportedly over-inflated scuba diver, grotesque photos, Peru's state of the art medical care, British tabloids, decompression science... I don't...

When I worked in dive stores, it was a shark week tradition that we would get calls from people who were interested in scuba but wanted "one of those shark proof metal suits" or "one of those gun-stick things to blow sharks up with." I wanted to tell them, "Don't worry, the black wetsuit and...

found another version....

I've also seen the opposite effect. We were doing a dive at a local lake where divemaster classes were going on. After the dive, we were breaking down gear and one of my buddies coughed loudly. Divemaster trainees up and down the beach all perked up at once like meerkats, some already reaching...

Great document.... (two sided colored web, well done.) When I worked in a dive store, all the BCDs would come from the manufacturer without the cam band installed so I got a lot of good practice at the funky little buckle weave. I have met enough Masterdiver Divermasters that couldn't properly...

A few random thoughts about this thread.... If I can't get to the ocean, I'll still dive a small muddy quarry because I like being underwater. Also, Every dive is training for the next. I'll get in the local mudhole sometimes in full tek gear so I keep my skills sharp. Over the years, I've come...