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I promise I won't tell if you share it with me. Pinky swear!

My cert allows me to demonstrate and teach you OW skills, but does not allow me to issue you a cert. So, I can show you all the skills required for OW and train you to pass the exam. Please explain to me how you would be safer with an instructor than with me? If your assumption is correct, who...

Not everyone lives in sue happy USA

I am part of a dive club that has around 80 active members, operating under CMAS. When I was new diver, I was taken to 30 meters on my 5th dive, by a diving instructor that examined my abilities during 4 previous dives as OW component of OW course. He found me capable of doing that dive. I did...

Correct me if I'm wrong, you are 24 years old , somewhat freshly minted instructor? If that is true, what I have gathered from other threads here that you responded to, you believe that instructor rating gives you some divine ability with all things diving? To keep it short, you're wrong. I can...

Did you even read OP? OP is a certified diver, asking to go deeper with a highly experienced buddy. He's not asking for 120 m CCR dive straight from the street.

It's "self imposed" limits. Personal responsibility has gone to such a low level that we are afraid of anything out of "ordinary".

No, it will be a bit loose, but you should be fine.

Why don't just crack them open and let fishies eat?

You want edge of your seal just above your Adam's apple. If it's below it or all the way up where your neck is starting to widen, it will roll up. When donning suit, set it as high as it can go and then pull down on seal base until it's where it needs to be.

I was talking about installing/removing suit rings. Instal is not that bad, just need to keep wrist seal tight to avoid it getting all bunched up, but removing it requires some serious power. QCS rings I can easily remove without any tools.

IMO, hit that hard is possible only on DPV. If you are stupid enough to DPV through a coridor that small to risk 1st stage hit you should pay the price.

I can easily remove QCS with my fingers. Rolock is fighting me all the way, even with tire spoon.

Correct. You remove seals from QCS, put them on Rolock and reassemble. Like I said, there is a chance that Rolock rings are slightly bigger than QCS (that's a case for me), but you will get the hang of it.

Don't worry, it'll come out

No, you got correct rings. You need to pull out QCS rings and then put seals on Rolock rings and put them on. There is a chance that Rolock rings are a tiny bit larger and will take some foul language to get them on.

You probably missed the part where OP said he/she/it? might not be able to whitstand grueling 3 days of OW training. It's easier to post dumb stuff than to actually put in the effort

I agree with you about doing ommited deco, but from operator's point of view that brings additional risks. Whatever you want to call it, this would probably require someone to stay with the guy, in case problems start happening. Hour of missed deco is not something to just scrub off.

It isn't. Dive and enjoy yourself.

CMAS states that for OW you are limited to 20 meters ONLY if you are diving with same level diver. It says nothing about depth with more experienced (higher certification) diver.