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Drysuit Primer course report Agency: GUE Class: Drysuit Primer Instructor: Karim Hamza Date: October 2020

I haven't seen any course reports lately but they were super helpful when I was looking at classes, so I thought I'd add mine to the list. I just finished the GUE Drysuit Primer with Karim Hamza. Some background: I finished Fundies in February 2020 (about 8 months prior) with a rec pass and...

Just a little bit of feedback. I didn't get the comfort patch on mine but I can't feel where the air comes in at all. Maybe it'll be an issue if I take it to warmer water but with the undersuit on, I doubt it'll make any difference for you. I also didn't get elbow pads (how much friction is...

I haven't had a chance yet to get my suit in the water but I've got to say how impressive their shipping times are. My estimated dispatch date was October 9, the suit shipped from the UK on October 5 and arrived on my porch in California 2 days later. 48 hours from the UK, through customs and...

The only shipping option available was FedEx. If there were others, I missed them.

In case anybody else appreciated the shipping updates as much as I did, I ordered my Nova on July 21 and was given an estimated shipping date of October 9. Today (October 5) I got the shipment notification and tracking number. 4 days early is nice but it's nowhere near the 25 days early somebody...

Just have to say that this thread threw me for a loop. I just ordered a drysuit and almost pulled the trigger on a set of HP117 doubles. I've been looking for advice on how others have managed this transition so this thread was absolutely spot on. What made it weird is that my name is also Aaron...

Thank you! Do you happen to know how if he got an email to that effect or if he had to check it on the website? I wasn't able to create an account with them (website was being wonky for me) but this is great news. Hopefully there's not a huge bunch of orders that came in the 2 weeks between your...

Could you post here if his dispatches similarly early? Mine is scheduled for early October and I'm crossing my fingers that this isn't a one-off.

DAN is an incredibly valuable service for the scuba community but you're right that there's no penalty for letting it lapse and then re-joining. I would also have a hard time personally recommending that you get insurance for an activity you're not doing right now. My only concern about letting...

Just ordered my Nova and got a dispatch date of October 9. Thanks to everybody here who gave advice and recommendations!

Hello, My dive buddy (girlfriend) and I recently finished GUE Fundies and she's now getting really into photography. She's upgrading from a handheld GoPro to a Sony mirrorless camera and try, with lights coming in the future. We also both have primary lights for signaling and communication. My...

Hello everybody, I'm about to order my first drysuit and I have 3 exhaust valve options: Apek's high-profile, Apek's low-profile or SiTech valves. I've seen lots of threads where people complain about issues with the Apek's low-profile valves but they all seem to be 8-10 years old. I'm not sure...

This thread has been super helpful as I prepare to order my Nova suit but I'm still debating a couple of things that I haven't been able to find much info on: 1. SiTech valves vs. Apeks high profile - I don't really want a high profile valve but the low-profile Apeks seems to be very error...

Is this still available? If so, how old is it?

Hello, I'm starting to look at decompression diving and I can't seem to wrap my head around some of the theory. I've taken the online DAN classes and I understand that the modern Buhlmann algorithm uses 16 tissue compartments that each have their own half-time for saturation. I get lost when I...

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