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I've seen a variety of colorful aluminum backplates, but is anyone aware of a source of steel backplates in fun colors? Ideally, I'd like to find a blue backplate for a new cold-water diver.

Even in widemount?

I don't even like diving wet anymore and I want one.

Don't give anybody else ideas until I can get down there!

Anecdata, ahoy: I've been mostly out of the water since July, when I sprained my ankle. I started long-distance lap swimming in September and my typical workout is a 2 mi swim (72 laps, 3.2 km) in breaststroke, which has similar mechanics to the frog kick. In six weeks' time, my waking...

Our friendly SB-local @MAKO Spearguns offers them: https://www.makospearguns.com/Freedive-Fin-Keepers-p/mfdfk.htm

This industrial glove supply merchant's blog suggests that blue is used for non-latex gloves (usually nitrile) as a visual indicator that it's safe to use for people who do have latex allergies.

I had to give up my Quattro fins when I switched to steel doubles, not enough oomph.

Fourth Element Arctic separates are very popular with the Lake Michigan crowd, where we get bottom temps of 41-ish. As a curvy-bodied person, having the ability to buy the right size for each half of my body is great -- onesies just don't work for me.

Midwestern diver here: certified in Wisconsin and now living/diving in IL. I would say that it's far more common for people who dive wet (7mm being pretty standard-issue in the Upper Midwest) to dive with gloves on for thermal comfort than it is to go bare-handed. I really only dive with bare...

You could do that if you wanted (and plenty of people do). However, in my experience it's convenient to have a dedicated single-tank reg set and a separate doubles set: I sprained my ankle this summer and wasn't able to walk with BM doubles. No problem, I dove single-tank and I didn't have to...

Aqualung Fusion suits have two layers: (1) the internal trilaminate "bag" that's actually the drysuit, and then (2) an outer skin with additional functions. Most of the skins are a stretchy material that makes the suit streamlined and/or has external pockets. A "skin only" package is for...

My Fundies instructor taught me that if you're having trouble finding the string, trace a finger around the edge of the dump valve - you'll eventually run into it and just need to bring over another finger to pinch/pull.

Reggie had made it clear that when it was time for me to do Bahamian caves, that Cristina Zenato was my person to see.

Sometimes the greater challenge in winter diving is the logistics, not the ability to endure cold water. Ramps and steps ice over, shoreline parking lots can get plowed in, walking back to the car dripping ice water in the wind is awful, daylight is damnably short, it's hard finding people...

I'm a little late, but I'm guessing that OP is referring to this video from The Bucket List Family. The video itself is short and we can't tell how much time it represents. However, generally speaking... this family produces travel videos for a living and they have several swimming and...

Happy birthday! I hope that there's a dive on the agenda today.

It really depends on the extensiveness of your class and the cost of living in the area. I got certified in Madison, WI and the distant suburban shop there charges $350 for two days of classroom, two days of pool, and two days of checkout dives. I now live in Chicago and a near-suburban shop...

Many vendors offer BP/W packages, which takes most of the guesswork out of deciding what you need. Check out Dive Right in Scuba, Deep Six, and Dive Gear Express for some of the most popular options.

I forget things all. the. time. In fact, moving to a city where I have no garage space and my gear lives in my car 24/7 has improved my performance in showing up with everything. Tomorrow's dive plan is to deliberately forget the drysuit to see how warm the undergarments are on their own...