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Bonaire has some resort packages and the diving is pretty easy. I would stick with a resort to start. If you have problems with gear or get frustrated, or whatever, you are on a nice tropical island with fun stuff to do. A live aboard is going to trap a bunch of more experienced divers with a...

Hold it, I didn't get this on the first read through... You want it just for playing around in the pool? There no skills that you could practice that would require that much pool time. I thought you had some purposeful use for the dive like clean a hull or something. Just swim laps.

If you are making multiple short dives, using a couple of bigger tanks on a series of dives makes more sense. If you are making dives to ten feet for ten minutes, just use an AL80 four times rather than a 5L pony once. a 30L tank won't fill a 5L cylinder six times. I think you are making the...

I did find a $50 bill in Florida.

32 lbs is pretty close to what a lot of BCD can lift. Add full tank... I could see someone moderately overweighted in a 7mm wetsuit getting to the bottom and realizing they don't have enough lift to get off the bottom. My 120 is 9 lbs negative when full. Better to find the belt on the...

I found two spear guns. one was eventually reconnected with the owner the other I sold to a friend for $175. 32 lb is a lot of lead. Was that pretty cold water? That sounds like dry suit kind of numbers.

It seems to be that the best solution would be to invest in a compressor and just top off tanks as needed and dragging around a bank tank of air seems like a PIA. Also, you aren't going to get full use out of the tank. Once tank's pressure gets down to around the working pressure of the tanks...

I've heard that one more than a couple of times. People doing clean ups come across them pretty often. I bet if you google ashes and scuba you'll find divers hauling up a bunch...

That is a mighty expensive tank. I would say either buy as many used tanks as you think you'll need or look at getting a compressor.

I have the MK25/G260 and they are old enough to drink. They are tanks. The nylon on the G260 is getting pretty scuffed up and the cover that said MK25 disappeared a few years ago, but they still are indestructible. They will likely out last you. The swivel is a feature I like, but might...

Do you want to be the operator manning the phones at your chamber when a call from someone 90 miles away in hysterics because they *think* their husband is bent and wants to come for a ride, but first they have to call the one that is 30 miles away to see if they would be available and which...

I wouldn't buy based on a hypothetical future in tech diving. If you go to Bonaire or Cayman with a back plate/wing, you are going to find the locals have no idea how to help you. You will have to rely on some other guest, who may or may not know what they are talking about. Buy a good...

You need to pass the driving test. The State says you have the minimum competency to drive. You could, theoretically get dive gear and go in the water yourself and self instruct. That was how it was originally done. BUT... If you hand someone your gear and tell them what to do to dive and...

I have tinnitus and hearing loss. I have been using hearing aides about ten years and they can help with the tinnitis (which is a symptom of hearing loss). I have only had momentary vertigo. I had it once in the water on a night dive and the spinning was pretty bad. I think it was the result...

To be honest, after following this thread, I think I am the exact opposite of the OP. Instead of buying brand new gear to and selling to avoid service, I would recommend choosing a reg you like and buying used and paying to have it serviced. A lot of new divers get pushed into buying gear...

That trap doesn’t look particularly ghost-y to me. I haven’t come across any warm water trap (or nets for that matter) do they usually look that clean?

These days I have ceramic line cutter attached to my BCD. Never rusts and will cut everything but an anchor line an electric cord (haven’t been entangled in one of those yet).

I once woke up with this girl after a party in college, and had to chew my own arm off to escape…

But did you have a J-valve?

It's not like you have to worry that much about a wetsuit leaking. If it fits, no reason not to wear it. Neoprene stiffens with age, but it it is comfortable and keeps you warm, really no reason to spend money on a new one. You have other things from your original kit that you may want to...