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I can't answer for the Air II, since I have never used one, but I do have a SeaQuest AirSource, which is very similar. The AirSource has the standard pull dump cable that allows you to vent air by pulling down gently on the end of the inflator. The AirSource also has a second pull dump cable...

Oh, but Spectre, that would make far too much sense! Don't you realize it is their god given duty to act as self-appointed guardians of the speed limit? Driving 20mph slower than everyone else in the fast lane is obviously a safe and effective method of reducing the danger created by drivers...

I have read through the training depth section of this thread, and I cannot claim to have any special insight or experience about being a PADI instructor. However, I do have experience as a PADI student, and I thought I would add my own $0.02. My pool dives gave me the opportunity to become...

This should work fine for you, in my experience. I dive a Henderson Gold Core 7/5 jumpsuit with a 3/5 hooded vest (10/5 combined) here around San Francisco. The water is 50-55 degrees, and I have yet to decide not to dive because I was cold (and I do tend to get cold easier than many). Your...

Depending on your relationship with your local dive shop, it may also be possible for you to do the Deep Dive from the PADI Adventures in Diving program before you leave. This class will familiarize you with issues that have a potentially greater impact at greater depths and will take you on a...

And look at this.... Uncle Pug secretly loves brain rotting dive computers I think UP has some explaining to do! Happy Holidays, All!

I would also be interested in coming, diving with you, and picking up whatever skill improvements I can, depending on whether that is acceptable to you and when you decide to dive. PM me anytime if you are interested. David

I have been wanting to try drysuit diving. It sounds great! I can pay $100 to take the drysuit class at my LDS, and rent a drysuit for $40. $140 later, I would have a little experience diving in a drysuit, but no suit. My local dive shop has been telling me about a sale they are offering...

Your computer calculates multi-level profiles based on hundreds of levels during the course of your dive, if I understand correctly. Tables treat the entire dive as if it occured at the maximum depth reached during the course of the dive. Unless you are making shallow dives to < 50 feet (where...

pescador775, From what you have seen, could something worthwhile be done using a single 120/130cf tank of pure oxygen? I could theoretically see carrying around your own large oxygen tank with surface and sub-surface masks for use as the situation dictates. But doubles??? of pure Oxygen...

No, there isn't, but I know how much you enjoy a good flame war, and it is the holiday season after all :D. Have a great holiday everyone!

I believe the ScubaPro Air2 and the SeaQuest Air Source both use hose fittings that are different from a standard LP inflator hose. I have an Air Source, and I am not able to use a standard LP hose with it. My LDS, a ScubaPro dealer, told me the Air2 did not use a standard hose fitting either...

True, but you still have to concede a few things about his original post. 1) Lawman is obviously familiar with, "those guys in the San Fransisco Gay Pride Parade," and 2) he obviously "noticed" the similarities with the divers he's been around, or he wouldn't have gotten the idea for this post...

I have seen several places in these boards where people strongly assert the need for the primary and alternate second stages to be of comparable performance and quality. I have not seen what I feel to be a good justification for why this is necessary. Perhaps I am simply misunderstanding what...

I've been kicking this around in the back of my head for awhile too. Does anyone know a way to work around this problem, other than diving with a backup computer? Perhaps there is a way to convert the computer's remaining time to desaturation to a pressure group for use with tables/wheels?

Right now I am working with my first computer, a used UWATEC Aladin Air air-integrated console. I am really looking forward to downloading the profiles into my desktop computer to track how my actual profile compared to my planned profile and check breathing rates, air consumption, ascent...

Too true UP. Besides, I think everyone who reads the posts gets to know what's up after a while. I've only been around a week or so, but I can already tell a few people who just like being an a**, a few who are generally pretty calm but can get riled up when provoked, and few who poke-fun in a...

Amen! There are holiday divers, seasonal enthusiasts, frequent divers, technical divers, hard-core technical divers, and more. Within the broad spectrum of divers there is room for a whole range of skill levels, equipment types, and diving styles. What may be a prefect setup for a holiday...

Okay... but what I keep wondering is how you would get it to stay on???? :confused:

This may be. I am still a complete novice on diving medicine, and medicine in general for that matter. However, the following propositions seem logical enough at first glance. If the problem with DCS is the PRESENCE of gas bubbles in the tissues, then the effects should go away when the...