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Exactly... I spent 8 years diving "J" valves before I bought the first available gauge that was reliable. But you MUST make sure the rod is up, before and during the dive. When you start sucking wind and the rod is already pulled... slow free accent is the only option. I don't even dive with a...

Yes. You can be at any destination on the resort side and expect to be picked up, but if the port has bad winds, they will close the port and the boats can't get out. Some dive operators use smaller boats that they tie off from the beach or just beach them. But if you have a large party you are...

A long time before SCUBA and the understanding of the physics involved, construction workers came down with decompression sickness and it was called caisson disease. Deep water construction required the building of a vertical pipe (caisson) with air locks that was pressurized to keep water from...

I don't where you came up with the possible Acetylene contamination of the Oxygen cylinder...Presumed to be used in conjunction with a welding/cutting rig. First anyone who does not have check valves on the hoses is setting themselves up for gas mixing in the hose, which "could" be a little...

The material safety data sheet on both industrial, medical and aviation Oxygen are almost identical. If you are feeding a stick, all the gas goes through filtration before it goes into the SCUBA cylinder anyway. There is another way to go that will cost about $450.00 and you can get all the...

There is a good helmet that you can mount rails on and it is patterned after the military fast ballistic. Four point chin strap, movable cushions and almost neutrally buoyant . the pads will saturate after a time and when you install lights, goes negative. Here's an EBay shortcut. I have one...

CP is about the ONLY site that has what could be called reef. The whole area is pretty desolate outside the mounts and that diving is seasonal. The mounts are far and rest under 100ft of water, so it's a water column dive hoping for some sea life. The road to CP is or can be a tough one, but the...

Seriously attempting to answer the question - As long as the tank is at room temperature and at 1 ATM, there should be no consideration as to relative humidity of the air in the tank - even if it is raining outside. Now that is different if goober the inspector, opened the valve to release...

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Leave your gear at home unless you intend to spend some time and money way offshore. The only close in dives are sandy bottoms and sand slides, with usually poor visibility. I have tried a couple of times to do in shore and consider it to be waste of time. I have had better dives along the Gulf...

Faber has a database of their tanks that you can access online.

The O-Ring store has the best rings and prices. You can buy enough to kit everything you could possibly rebuild for 10 years for 25 bucks. Just buy Viton Brown 70's, then you don't have to think about which is what. They have o-rings for pistons too.

I dive the g260, g250v, s600, x650. (new models S600 with the full chrome face plate have all metal) There is not a lick of difference between them. The housings are almost identical and so are the internals... The housing and diaphragm on the s600 and x650 are smaller. The Blue "X" on the...

I dive the g260, g250v, s600, x650. (new models S600 with the full chrome face plate have all metal) There is not a lick of difference between them. The housings are almost identical and so are the internals... The housing and diaphragm on the s600 and x650 are smaller. The Blue "X" on the x650...

Fire extinguisher shops are always getting 70lb. CO2 cylinders from refurbish jobs and/or bank testing. Some of them are scrapped because they fail hydro or are too rusted to re-service . The inside diameter of these cylinders will accommodate up to a 130cu.ft. Faber with the boot. Offer them...

Unless I missed it, no one addressed the design of the cascade, oxygen or helium valves at all. These valves are designed to be "back seated" which seals the valve stem from leaking around the packing gland. You don't use these valves to regulate flow. There should be a flow control valve...

Have you tried swapping the bladders inside the cover. I did that on a dualy dive rite classic a few years ago. That way the primary is left side.

Hello!!! I was just telling my wife a couple of months ago that Cuba would be a pristine place to dive and a great opportunity to open a shop. Looks like you beat me to it.

I just saw some good prices for same on ebay.

I don't know... I was there for last years invasion and all the critters were AWOL.