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You may be a redneck if: you stare at a can of orange juice because it says "concentrate".

Well, when I had a fan on it, the tub filled up with water a lot quicker, that's for sure. And I can tell that even with the small amount I'm using, the gear does get dry faster with the desiccant. I realize that the difference would probably be so minute as to be insignificant; I was just...

We have a very small place, and a very small bathroom where we hang our dive gear out to dry. I've been using calcium carbonate desiccant in one of those pots that suspends the desiccant over a tub to collect the water it pulls out of the air. I know that hot air rises, but also that humid air...

I don't have a very good understanding of economics, and I think most Americans lack a basic knowledge of economics. I work in manufacturing, and I'm often curious where and how stuff is made. I enjoy a spirited discussion like this one, however it bothers me that so few people really understand...

I don't have any experience with BP/W systems other than the one I bought, DSS. But the DSS wings have some unique features that I feel make them better for my style of diving (single cylinder, cold water), and are often overlooked. They have a built-in rubber STA (actually, I think there may...

76 dives so far this year.

I guess what I'm saying is I won't start being worried about the smell of the air from my LDS until I'm sure I'm actually smelling something, and not just imagining it. The bad air was used on my regs, briefly, but I've been smelling directly off the tanks.

You will have to convert your yolk valve to an albumen valve.:eyebrow: I think it's called yoke because the shape of the fitting resembles the yoke you use to harness oxen. You can get adapters to go both ways, but the adapters make the regulator bigger; sometimes big enough to get in the...

Obviously, if you're going to be diving around something like that, you want to make sure you're using Force Fins!;)

I too am considering changing to Zeagle regulators so I can service them myself. Besides the regular rebuild kits and the 2nd stage diaphragm on your site, would I also be able to get other parts (for instance, a 2nd stage exhaust valve) from you?

Yes, thanks. Now, that's cool!

Now I've had several more tanks to try, and several refills of my tanks, and I still sometimes smell that same smell, very slightly. This is directly out of the valve on the tank. It's so slight that I really have to pay attention to smell it, but I THINK it's there. Anyway, a smell that light...

Maybe it's people who are more worried about having other people want to be around them than they are worried about being correct and accurate who have created this whole culture of B.S.

Thanks, everyone, but remember, I'm not trying to find out about the DUI/Abyss crushed neoprene. Thanks to DUI, there's more information available about that than anything. My question is, is compressed neoprene really compressed, or is it just created from scratch with smaller or fewer bubbles?

All I know is, first time she tried'em, she took off like a shot for the buoy and left me behind. I'm like, "Where'd she go?" I don't know how something so simple like just turning the ends down like that can make much of a difference, but there's definitely something going on there.

I've been doing some casual internet research on neoprene and, like a lot of things, it looks like there's a lot of vague terminology, conflicting information, and commonly-misused words. It seems to me that "compressed neoprene" is not ever really compressed in the way that I would imagine...

Thanks, everyone, but now it looks like we're going to Cozumel instead. It looks like the water temperature in Jan/Feb is too cold for us (we're trying to get AWAY from cold water!), and the flights are cheaper. We've never been to either place, so we're a bit concerned that Cozumel will be too...

Uh, yeah, helium! Well, then, maybe it shouldn't be white, but more of an off-white.

I think the Trimix colors should be green, yellow, and white. Green is associated with oxygen, so I think of oxygen when I see green. Yellow doesn't really bring to mind nitrogen, but since green and yellow are the nitrox colors, that's already established. Why white for hydrogen? Well, hydrogen...

I've never done a "dive vacation" before; I've only gone diving a few times on the overseas trips I've taken. Now, though, my wife is also certified and we go diving locally all the time, so for our next big vacation trip we want to try to get as much diving in as we can. However, there's no way...