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I would not want an inflator without the oral option. What if you run completely out of air? You'd have no way to inflate your BC on the surface.

I too am curious what exactly are you trying to get at here. It seems you may be pursuing something related to the physical design of the valve. I've gotten used to the standard design valve on my wing, but I had quite a bit of trouble adjusting to it, and getting it arranged so that it was easy...

Fantastic! You've really outdone yourself this time! I really like this video.

I've searched and searched and have not been able to find the "empty buoyancy" of old steel LP72s. To me, this is the essential piece of information I need to know when setting up for a dive; in other words, how much do I have to adjust my weight to use this tank? I have several tables with...

Just a guess, but I'm thinking that if anything was going to help it would have had to happen before they spent whatever $$$ rolling out the new logo. I have to say, the new logo is not enough to make me go crazy, but I couldn't even remember what the old one looked like; I had to do a Google...

Just like ME!

The Zeagle catalog has a relief valve right under the isolator valve. Personally, the way I forget things, I'd rather not have one more thing to think about or possibly get knocked into the wrong position. I could see the logic of using one on a stage bottle, though, if you got into the habit...

"Bloody Hell, that's the biggest leopard seal I've ever seen! Time to get in the water, yah?"

She lowered the weight belt to keep it from interfering with the waist belt on the harness. She raised the tank to compensate.

This discussion is all well and good, but it seems to me that what the OP is concerned with is the dilemma he faces toward the end of a dive week, when he's faced with the choice of 1: stick with the group and ignore my computer (if you're going to do that, why bother with a computer at all?)...

I knew my Gekko was conservative before I bought it. I looked at it this way; it still gives me more bottom time than the tables. It's like when I had a motorcycle. My motorcycle was slow compared to the latest big thing, but it was still way faster and more fun than any car I could afford...

I was influenced by SB'ers who said that ankle weights are for beginners, so I resisted getting them for a while. Now I'm used to them and it's no big deal. I've considered trying to get rid of them, but then I run into the fact that that's 4 lbs I'll have to put on my belt. It turns out that I...

I think it's a good idea to practice, but the real benefit is, as others have pointed out, being comfortable with alternative practices and building that muscle memory. These things are way more beneficial than the amount of air you might save. Peter, if you have to remove your reg to scratch...

As far as using your light to illuminate hand signals, it's sometimes kind of hard to position yourself so that the light, your hand, and your buddy's eyes are all lined up right, depending on which side your buddy and your light are on. If you are facing each other, try to hold your light out...

I don't know how "near" of a miss you would call this, but the dive definitely did not go as planned. I hope we learn some lessons from this one. The plan was to do a deep dive, to 90 fsw. We calculated our turn pressure would be higher than rock bottom, and used the largest cylinders...

I have a High Tide 6.5mm neoprene drysuit with attached hard boots. When I need to dry the inside, I turn the legs inside-out about halfway up. In other words, I pull the insides of the legs up so that the boots are up to about the butt on the other side. This got harder to do when I installed...

Lynne, I know you and Betty are close to the same size, so maybe you can offer some insight here. One thing I've noticed is that there's hardly any room to put the the weight belt on her hips but not buried underneath her harness belt. If she puts the weight belt any lower it'll slide off, and...

There are a bunch of things going on at the same time, and they all affect each other. Tank position, weight location, amount and location of insulation, amount of air in the suit, etc. Change one thing (like, move the tank down so it doesn't bump your head) and you have to compensate somewhere...

Just to set the record straight, her Pro model Force Fins sink, not float. Maybe not as dense as Jets, but "negatively buoyant" nonetheless.

By the way, cool video of the side-mount guy, but I don't see any wing or BC.