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Since you’re local, I have these in my parts bag if you need them. I’m not using them. Free to good home…

Never too early to think about diving doubles. When I’m wearing doubles, most likely it’s for a deco dive. A single for non-deco stuff. I carry about the same stuff for either. I sling a 40 with 100% O2 for deco and a 40 with 28% for non-deco single cylinder dives. You will see a strap attached...

No idea on the specific requirements of the team; however, if you are required to carry a knife on a lower extremity, it is what it is. With that said, wear the knife on the inside of the leg to reduce the possibility of catching on anything. Also, if not wearing spring straps, invert your fins...

SF wears them because in their world, they are a life vest only. In our recreational/technical world, we use buoyancy compensators. In the SF configuration with modified rebreathers, they have no need for a BC as their shallow depths, additional equipment, and reason for diving are often much...

Back when I had hair in the early 80s. These were great back then.

While there were some previous attempts, 1978 is when the first “modern” jacket was released.

The basic answer would be that there are better options. When you look at the totality of the dive industry, they gravitate to back plates and vests. If there was a market large enough to make a profit on a HC, you would still find them in most dive shops. Regardless of what you may list as the...

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Sometimes, I use the bolt snap that is in my pocket to clip in the SMB with that bungee. That way you don’t drop it if you pull it out of your pocket, especially if you carry a few things in the pocket. I use a Halcyon BP so it has a pouch for these things but I don’t seem to use it very often...

You can scratch them up all you want :) , I use an aluminum protective case and a silicone cover over that to protect mine. I wear one on the left in dive mode and one on the right in gauge mode.

JMHO, but if you plan on one to three dives a year, I would not buy any gear and just rent what you need at the location. Not much of need to maintain a set of gear and haul it around the planet for a dive or two each year. Sounds like routine resort recreational dives that can be comfortabley...

OluKai just about every day.

I am an old diver (40+ years) and most of my hair is gone not gray. Now we are quoting legal directed disclaimers to justify your plastic disk. People have answered the question, you’re just not seeing it. The chance of a Perdix failing is extremely low, the chance of two computers failing at...

Like many contemporary hobbies, it takes money. Some parents will fund these types of endeavors while others may direct their kids into less-expensive pursuits. I can set up a kid with a complete set of gear for less than it would take to own the latest Iphone but you will be hard pressed to...

Your not weird, you just do it the way you like. I do the same. Transmitter right first stage/ SPG left first stage. Perdix AI on the left arm in dive mode and another on the right arm in gauge mode both linked to the one transmitter.

The military, federal, NOAA, and a number of others switched over to 1.4 PO2 about eight years ago for the working part of all dives. 1.6 is reserved for decompression stages. That’s probably explains why some folks caution others when they post up using 32% at 130 feet as 1.4 has become the...

I use trimix but I do dives down to 130 on 28% EANx

You are going to need the hood. The average winter water temperature around my location is about 16c. While I use a 7mm for most single dives, I use a drysuit for multiple/extended time dives. Don’t forget gloves and some good boots. I’ve lost track of how many times I have been on the surface...

There is a reason the manufacturers that are still in business today that use to make them in the 70s no longer offer them and haven’t for decades. There is no market for them. Justify it as you will but you can “what if” this all day. It still doesn’t create a need in contemporary diving. Like...

They are not totally obsolete. My old dive unit still utilize them to plan recoveries in zero visibility when your tender and scribe are keeping track of your depth and time. They can call you to the surface if needed.