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It seems then, that the Atomic's venturi titrates cracking effort to minimize work of breathing with depth. I understand the above points in relation to work effort, but I guess that's my point: if work of breathing is to be minimized, is manual adjustment/titration really of particular...

Thanks awap. Ironically, I started my dive vacation with a Scubapro X650, where the venturi was optimized. A tank hit it and I returned to my D 400, which lacks the venturi but is very sweet to breathe with. A regrograde step historically, but a fine working device. I work with mechanical...

HI, Dived some years ago, and thought the diving was pretty poor and poorly organized. At that time was unimpressed with operators.

Just a question regarding the value of adjustable venturi : do you really think it is of any value, or merely complicates things? I ask this as one wishes to minimize work of breathing : period. As such, in a conscious individual, you will determine flow, rate etc. I would imagine that we all...

"Rhinitis Medica Mentosum" is the term for the development of intolerance to the spray and a rebound high output rhinitis. Long term may be as "short term" as a week , but usually implies using it frequently ; more than 4 times per day. It is not clearly predictable however and varies with each...

I just purchased a new Galileo Sol and consider it to be a great piece of equipment. While working through it, I read that in terms of the battery housing, the o-ring should be clean and well lubricated. Well, having sustained damage to other devices due to dirty o-rings, I opened it, cleaned...

I believe there's also a travel agent who specializes in this called "Rascals in Paradise" that should be able to provice assistance as well.

I appreciate Shakey's very thoughtful response and would support him in his overall assessment( medical disclaimer inserted in bold here). In a situation where the patient has been treated in the absence of ongoing/recurrent symptoms I would consider 12 months to be quite conservative. However...

By the way ; thanks for direction to the amazing videos. They're terriffic!

What can I say? First vacation in 6 years, so I figured I may as well make up for it. :) One of the last folks to reside on Sipadan before the closure, so have been looking for a good nice trip. With the chas of work, I have no problem with being a beach bum and "decompressing". As an...

Thanks Robint. Actually combining both. Will be spending most of November there, land based ,live aboard, then back to land for a while. Thought we might break it up a little and allow for some non diving activities ( heresy I know :) )

After purchasing some new dive gear I thought what better way of testing it than heading off to Palau (for purely scientific purposes of course). Does anyone have any comments/recommendations on daily costs ? Diving and accomodation is all taken care of, but wondering about non diving issues...

Ahallan. Ma Chadash? Welcome aboard. Nice photo. Looking forward to seeing more. Do you live down south?

Bob, I indeed think it's very innovative, and I applaud any imaginative "out of the box" application. Again, I think it evolved from their efforts for man powered exploration which is and of itself is something that has been on the back burner for some time, but is no doubt of ongoing...

I get the feeling it is a bio mechanical off shoot of another enterprise which is alluded to at their web site. Nevertheless, while people were pursuing the force/jet fin issues and debating the approx. $800 price, I could not help but throw this in as the price is an enticing...... $1800

I've read with interest the ongoing discussions regarding the research, benefits, pros and cons of various fins, their cost benefit ratios etc. Well, I have finally stumbled onto a fin that transcends all of this by allowing a simple human being to launch one's self from the water as our finned...

Sorry for your discomfort. I'm an HBO doc, so I would have to agree that HBO does expedite healing. However, it is applied predominantly to wound healing where there is a vascular or blood vessel component...hence hypoxia is contributing significantly to the rate of tissue repair. It does so...

The relationship between menses and DCS is complex, but in part, related to the presence of any underlying anemia, edema, hydration state etc. What this means is that gas dynamics are altered : both uptake and offloading. Uptake because in the presence of any anemia the cardiovascular system is...

So I am now the proud owner of a Galileo Sol, thanks to the info of you good people here on the board. Once the transmitter was attached, I of course wondered about providing some protection to the transmitter unit which would not interfere with it's function. Being a 21st century kind of guy...

The introduction, by Uwatec, of both work of breathing and cardiac work in evaluating DCS risk, makes this lates algorithm probably the most "physiological"on the market at present. As each of us vary in terms of fitness, vulnerability to injury etc, these variables are an excellent beginning to...