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It is difficult to imagine a simpler and more reliable first stage, especially since they moved the bleed off of the piston.

Interesting. I just replaced one of the capacitors in my MCH-6 at 97 hours. It melted and began smoking. Fortunately, there is not much to burn there except the foam pads which were the source of the smoke. I never run my unit for more than an hour at a time, and only fill tanks and not a bank.

Joe's Tug is a sunken 60' tug boat which lies in ~60 feet of water. I dived/taught on it many times in the early 90's before hurricane Georges trashed it. It was a very easy and fun dive which always had several resident critters. Even when it still had its superstructure, it was no more...

Is Ray still in business? The phone number that I have gives a "no longer in service" message.

Pressurize the rig, place it under water and look carefully. If you cannot tell where the bubbles are coming from, replace the o-ring (they are very cheap) and try again. HP hose bubbles look like those from an aquarium air stone.

A local dive shop (now gone) which I frequented filled thousands of AL 80's a year. The fill pressure gauge had a black mark at 3400. All the tank monkeys had to do was fill to the line and tanks would cool to about 3000--no thinking involved.

I see absolutely no reason for a braided hose instead of rubber on a bcd inflator.

I agree Brett. Butts toward the cab. Having said that, I spent about 16 years hauling about 20 tanks at a time piled and unsecured in the bed of a pickup. Never had a problem, but that was then. With the large numbers of inconsiderate and often just plain dangerous drivers we have in the Keys...

Years ago, I drank a bit of the Kool Aide and tried several of the braided hoses, including those by DGX. I have since gone back to rubber hoses.

A leaking HP hose is hardly life threatening, but I would probably replace it to forestall a possible annoyance.

I disagree. A beginning diver needs to understand where the BC's air is located at any body orientation and which dump to use, and how to dump (and add) air in tiny increments so as to prevent the yo-yoing often seen with beginning divers. An experienced diver who understands these things can...

We have 5 Titan LX's, 3-old style firsts (as old as 25 years) and 2 new style firsts. The get used hard here in the Keys where we do several dive trips a week from May thru September. Rinsing is minimal, usually consisting of a daily hose rinse and a very occasional soaking. On the boat, they...

I believe it was 1989 when I bought my first dive computer--a Beuchat Aladin Pro. At the time I was doing a lot of deep air and it seemed to be a Godsend for deco times. But, for about a year I did not really trust it, and during hangs, I still checked tables for deco calculations.

There is often a big difference between theory and practice.

I use a rubber jar opener for Legend and Titan LX, but a home made spanner should work fine. When reassembling, I lube the threads with silicone grease, and that makes the next disassembly easier.

For saltwater, your tanks already have the best finish. I recently removed the clearcoat from a pair of Catalinas. Small cracks in the clearcoat allowed salt to accumulate beneath the finish.

A reef shark can have "blackish looking" fin tips. A blacktip shark has very distinct black fin tips. It is not a very good photo, but my guess would be reef shark.

I don't read reports, but if that is the case, I am truly happy for you. Do you spend much time in the keys? My local diving and fishing are constrained only by the weather.

Once they opened the highway into the Keys to non-residents/property owners, the pent up demand, especially from south Floridians, caused an incredible influx. There were more boats on the water than I have ever seen. These people on land showed little concern for the pandemic and positive covid...

cobra269, I believe that you mean Randy's Gazebo, not Robert's as the location of those photos.