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I tried adding weight this weekend and dove with 18 lbs with my S100 and TLS350 and medium weight undergarments (2 ArmorAll and one Pinnacle 100gm fleece all in one) - had been wearing 14 with this set-up. I did do a weight check with 500lbs and it seemed about right. I wanted to see whether...

Thanks to all for helpful advice, encouragement and mucho chuckles as well! Lobzilla - excellent mental approach you suggest! Workwise, I may have trouble in the next couple months making a GUE class, but will definitely consider, especially if I don't see improvement otherwise. TSandM -...

Well I keep plugging along with my drysuit, but I'm still plagued by a difficulty (and often an inability) to vent air and a crotch squeeze that I can't seem to affect at all. When I posted last week, a number of folks pointed out the physics, i.e., get the exhaust to the highest point and I...

Thx Claudette - I'll definitely try the "Raul". Actually sounds something similar to what someone showed me at the DUI demo and admit I haven't done it since. Appreciate the words of encouragement too - so far the ds has been discouraging at best and of course the 100 ft/min ascent rates...

Scott and NC Wreck Diver got me to thinking when they mentioned a tight bc or tight bc waist strap. I'll definitely try loosening the waist strap but I'm also wondering whether the shoulder straps of my jacket bc are contributing. Maybe a general loosening of waist band and shoulder straps are...

Re Scott's suggestion of testing in a pool and being able to "vent as much as you're inflating", I've tried this in shallow depths - uncontrolled ascents were the result. And that's just with several 1 second "taps" on the inflator while being in a normal vent position (i.e., horizontal...

Don 't think I'm horribly overweighted: I'm 6 ft; 175 lbs. I wear 20 lbs with my AL80, 14 lbs with my S100 or 10 lbs with my S119. I swim horizontal. Only time I'm vertical is when I'm desparate to vent and nothing else works - then I get vertical and squeeze the sleeves/chest with my...

Bought a lightly used 12 y/o DUI TLS350 and took the PADI dry suit class. After about a dozen dives with it, I'm still having two very annoying problems: (1) Though I leave the exhaust valve wide open all the time, I have great difficulty venting air from the suit. I've tried different...

I have a SeaLife DC500 with one digital Reefmaster flash and I've had mucho problems getting the flash to fire. Others in this forum (the SeaLife section) have given me helpful suggestions and I'm pursuing them. But I had a general understanding type question relating to external flash in...

The digital Reefmaster flash that came with my camera a few years ago has often fired inconsistently. My fault for not addressing it immediately with SeaLife. But on a recent trip to Cayman Brac, it never fired at all. Ambient light shots are nice, but I wouldn't mind revealing some reds now...

... to all for the quick, thoughtful and very helpful info! Sincerely, Mike H

Greetings, Have been primarily a warm water vacation diver for 8 years and about 175 dives. But this past summer, I did a bunch of beach dives in Rhode Island where I live. I'm currently considered the cost benefit of a drysuit. Wondering if folks might share their views on: 1) Just how...

A quick hello from this Rhode Island (small state in the New England area) diver with about 8 years and 175 dives worth of experience. Most of my dives prior to 2008 were only on vacation in tropical waters. This year I've been doing some beach dives in Rhode Island during the warmer summer...