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The Zeagle ranger is a very nice BC, I love mine. But I wouldn't dream of using it with doubles, it simply would be more trouble than its worth. As mentioned, you would probably want to change the wing (which you can do). The other issue is it doesn't have a solid back. That works fine with...

SSI suggests people start with just the dry suit, and not use the BC, at least a couple of years ago when I took the class. When you get comfortable with the suit, then switch to using the BC for bouyancy. The argument was to reduce the task loading, which makes sense to someone who has been...

Everyone has given you all the technical reasons why not to go with a Spare Air, if you haven't figured it out yet, here are the non technical reasons not to get one. Divers you would really like to be your buddy won't be your buddy if you have a Spare Air. I know that when I see someone on...

Sounds like I should sell them on E-bay, obviously someone has no clue on what they are buying. I was figuring 50-75 was a good ball park, which sounds about right. Maybe I should just sit out front of the air fill station at Gilboa and sell them there, bound to be a few students that would...

I'm looking to sell my AL80s and go to HP Steel. The AL 80s are 5 years old, recently Hyrdo+VIP, and some with Nitrox. Any idea what seems a reasonable price to ask.

To the dive shop I deal with, the Nitrox sticker means he will do the Nitrox fill. No sticker he won't. He uses the Partial Blending, so that means pure O2 in the cylinder, which likely will exceed 40% until its deluted with Air.

Is your wet suit inside or outside the boot? If they are tucked in, the water can't drain out when you get out of the water. My hyper stretch carries a lot of water because of the stretch when its tucked in the boot. If you can put the wet suit over the boot you will pretty much eliminate the...

I probably know the answer, but I'll ask anyway. When shore diving, are you required to have a dive flag? I suspect yes, gives the jet ski folks something to do. Has anyone put together a map with the shore dives on the SE side of Florida? I've seen some for the dive spots in the Keys, but...

Actually I paid attention to that. I just might wander around that way tomorrow afternoon when I get off the plane. Nice part about having a GPS is I can just wander around and not worry about finding my way back. I've been around the area quite a few times, generally around West Palm Beach...

When my wife and I went down to Key Largo (not during a holiday) we stayed at the Marriott (I had points, otherwise I would have stayed somewhere else). My wife holds with the opinion that diving before noon is just not civilized. So I got up early went for a morning dive, back about lunch...

Thanks, that's useful info. Assuming I even get the job, I'll probably spend a while looking over the area. If it costs more, well I'll have to deal with it, cut back somewhere else. Of course only 30 to 45 minutes to get to diving sounds pretty good from where I'm at now, its 80-100 miles...

I appreciate the suggestions and thoughts. Figure $200,000, maybe a bit more, but I don't have a driving need to be near the beach. I refuse to hike 2 miles to the beach in my dive gear, no matter how stylish it may become, so more than a few hundred yards might as well be 10 miles. :D...

Well, my job in Detroit got wacked, and I have an interview for a spot in Ft. Lauderdale, and if not there is another one opening up soon that I should be able to get. Bad part is I have to sell my house in Detroit, I may loose some on it, but it sounds like I might make up for it in the...

I've had both Rock Boots and the integrated boots. Rock Boots have a much thicker sole, which is very much appreciated walking through rocky parking lots. I hated being able to feel every rock through the soles of my Diving Concepts boots. On the flip side, Integrated boots are much easier...

Its also going to take at minimum a few dives to get your weight and trim tweak correctly. For instance, where is your trim, do you need ankle weights, where do you need to put the rest of your lead. Next issue is seals, adjustments and other details that are going to require some...

Dead on about the database. There are also some other techniques that can be used as well. A lot of it depends on which software and how you are architected. For instance, it may make sense to put money into the database server and make it redundant. But the main cost comes from the storage...

Just out of curriousity, can you tell us what software you are running. There are a few of us on the board who are certified geeks that might be able to make some suggestions on how to set things up better. There is some new technologies that can do some amazing things, and many of them are...

I can't say too much about how well the Diving Concepts gloves work. I'm still struggling to get my hands through the rings with the latex wrist seal still in place without pulling the rings off when I put my hands through. As it is I have to put talc on the seals to get my hands through...

That's very bad advice, that stuff takes forever to dry, next thing you will be telling them to use Aqua Seal. Everyone knows you have to use that new fast dry construction adhesive. :)

You didn't mention what type of diving you are going to do. If you are going to dive sporatically, mostly once it warms up, then go with a wet suit and buy some cylinders. That will cost less than the dry suit unless you stumble on a really good deal. Dry suits are generally much more of...