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Are you diving a CCR now? Going out on a limb here and going to say any unit that is "convertible" is going to suck at both roles (cue the SF2) compared to a dedicated BM unit. I would not recommend a SM CCR as anyone's first unit nor unless they really need it for the dives they aspire to...

If you run your whole supply gas through, your LP compressor is going to be in the ~35cfm range (aka enormous) to feed a 13cfm HP compressor, although you could have a huge LP bank instead (which will itself be huge) Alternatively if you only want to produce 1.8-2cfm ~98% O2 to then mix with...

You have to pull pretty firmly and work it out parallel to the canister axis. The oring you removed isn't the sealing ring that only holds the disk in place. The actual sealing ring is on the edge of the disk and provides some resistance

oops sorry yes Gemini. Genesis is the scooter lol

Yep out of the factory they are powered coated Shiny polished like a P51 is actually pretty nice although the aluminum tends to have some pits in it by the time someone decides to refurbish

The amount of feces in that aquifer is mind boggling. Less human interaction would be a positive

They could have put in wastewater treatment decades ago but chose money first.

What SM BC are you using? How much gas do you need for the dives you're doing or aspire to be doing?

The SW2 doesnt exist. It's been promised for years. You could get a Genesis now and backmount the BO with it. Some of the same weaknesses as the SW1 but some are lessened and the build quality is higher

There's no way to automate this on a machine actually designed and suited for the purpose - so this is totally apples and oranges. Although this is a fairly advanced skill and many stage divers should probably keep their dives simple and avoid this.

I have enough to do calculating BO dynamically. Doing deco "manually" beyond making sure I don't exceed my BO deco gas is a no for me.

Yeah it exists. I've had a sidewinder since 2018 and perhaps 300 hrs on it over 250 dives now. SM CCR is a specialized tool that really sucks outside of its niche. The SW has terrible flood tolerance, terrible cell protection, and wears like a sack of potatoes - and even worse with suit gas and...

Personally I think it's too easy to go down some sort of rabbit hole where you get into debating if someone can bring an unmarked or mismarked al40 pony bottle rigged as stage into a DIR fill station cause "someone" could mix it up. In the current 70 bottle not filled with 50% scenario... For...

People have been diving the current sidewinder CL combo in back mount since the SW1 was released. The weight of the tanks is no more pinching than having a weight plate on the back of an SMS75. The CL mostly expands laterally at the kidneys. The cheesy spiral wrap anti collapse tube in the CL is...

It was abandoned. The BC government did not buy it or take possession willingly. They'd been trying to get the leasee to remove that floating garbage heap for at least 3 years.

Your head will explode realizing that "100" can have multiple gases, "120" can be multiple gasses, "150" can have multiple gases. Depending on the boat, cave, or group. There is no 1:1 gas-to-content understanding beyond 20 and 70ft.

I hate that class lol. Yeah I think it's within standards for them but a mess for the rest of us. A mixed Rec3 & T1 charter would be bad news. I won't allow unmarked or inaccurately marked stages or deco bottles on my boat or as part of a cave project we're working for instance. 70ft needs to...

The Cuda is 6000 series aluminum with a variety of SS fasteners in it.

Sandblast the hole thing with glass beads or ali oxide. Then your best bet is to leave it bare. The paint (like on an Al80) does nothing to prevent corrosion and actually makes it worse in most cases. Although bare ali tends to be pretty ugly.

Sure but someone who just bought their first al80 or al40 stage doesnt have to stress about the marking when they aren't even fully trained to use it yet. They can paddle around in modest nitrox depths for a dive or two with stage marked with masking tape just fine. Heck the UTD people were...