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My camera is attached to my left chest D-ring. When I am done taking pictures, I attach it to my right chest as well. If I dive with my 6 cu ft pony, then the octo is attached to my right bottom ring. My pony, sausage, and everything else is put away in pockets or Zeagle zip-on attachments...

The DM class will make you a better diver. Not because of the class, but through the ability to assist classes. Learning to perform diving skills to a demonstration level allows you to be able to perform it over, and over again in future classes. The constant repetition give you time to think...

Yes, congrats! You should be able to drop more weight (lead in this case) because of your preferred weight loss. You will probably need to increase your exposure suit (an slightly thicker underwear for your dry suit), but overall, it should be less displacement than before. As for SAC, I...

Tides: What one person/place calls bad, another may call average. There is no simple answer to your question. Tides have almost no impact when boat diving. The only thing to consider is that the object you are looking for may be at a slightly different depth. Where this is an issue is when...

DAN insurance is different than Professional Liability Insurance. I strongly advocate DAN insurance to any and every diver who dives more than five dives a year. As for which level, that is up to you and the degree of protection you want. I figured the premium coverage was not that much more...

Sanity check: passed. . . Many people take the classroom and pool sessions in one place and their open water check-out dives somewhere warmer. Get the crew pack now and start reading. That will be your biggest issue in terms of getting it entirely done in a week. Mind you, the book is very...

I like your planning. Yes, there are certainly plenty of dive shops in the South Florida area, and I would not doubt that many of them need staffing, particularly during the summer months. Dive shops have all kinds of job openings: instructors, tour guides, store keepers, boat captains...

Two or three months? Piece of cake, provided you have the time to get the required dives in. It is entirely reasonable to complete EFR in one evening Rescue in two evenings plus a weekend DM in two evenings plus a weekend plus some amount of time to help out with a class or two (or ask...

Yes there is a big difference between brands, and no you don't have to have a name brand.

If I or my wife (buddy) calls a dive, we both sit it out together: NO QUESTIONS ASKED. Either of us can call a dive for any reason WITHOUT having to explain the reason. It's our rule and we stick by it religiously. I typically consider my health and the effort of getting back on the boat...

Buy weights locally. The cost to ship them tend to be more than the tax. Tanks: I like to buy new only because there is little value in buying something and then turning around to have it hydro tested. There are many good internet prices. For Connecticut diving, I would probably go with...

My wife's and my regulators, along with the very flexible miflex hoses go in one regulator bag, along with our dive computers. That is part of our carry-on. The laptop and cameras are the rest of our carry-on packing. We check our dive bags which hold our BCD, fins, etc. Then we take one...

Kryssa, My preferred order is: Mask, snorkel and fins Regulator and computer Exposure suit BCD Regulator and computer because they tend to come attached (air integrated computers that is.) Your bottom time is better than with a flat dive profile provided by tables and you are able to take...

I would buy it piece at a time. I assume you already have a mask, snorkel and fins. For me, the next thing I would get is regulators and computer, followed by wetsuit. There are MANY opinions on this board about buying from the local dive shop vs. online. When it comes to regulators (life...

Find a local dive shop and ask for a scuba review. It's a two hour review of all the knowledge and pool work you did in your open water class. I give these refresher classes often and have discovered that most people come in having forgotten just about everything. After 30 minutes of...

OKIETADVR, Here's my advice. Anytime I add or change gear, I take it into the pool to check it out. If it changes my overall size or weight, I do a buoyancy check in the pool as well. I keep a record of all my combinations and weights for the pool. With that information, I can make a good...

Now that the OP got his question answered, does that mean it's time to hijack the thread? Or are we too late?

I dive with the ScubaPro A700 and Mk17 combo along with the Octo-Z. While my coldest dives have only be 49-51 degrees, I have never had any problem with any of this gear.

Dive briefings for OW check-out dives are, in my opinion, a little different from dive briefings for certified divers. For OW students, a bunch of the briefing is done either ahead of time or mixed in with the classwork. For example, when the students show up to Breakwater (Monterey), we...

The information is the same, and in most cases word-for-word. I have both and tend to turn to the DVD first because I can find things in it faster. The videos are nice and for some, they make learning the material easier. The advantage of the book is the ease of bouncing between sections (put...