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That was the problem with the BSAC forum (OK not an app), setting up was provided free by members, but ongoing maintenance soon (within 3 years) became costly as the developers lives changed. It got to the stage BSAC needed to spend over £100k to keep it running. Not good use of member’s money...

What’s a AL80/11Lt tank. Not used in the U.K. except as stage bottles. I’ve got 12Lt 232bar cylinders with Tare weights ranging from 12Kg to 17Kg. Using your concept of cylinder capacity to judge weighting is flawed.

Hi, I use a TG6 in its housing. Although I have two lights on a tray, I just use the camera and housing as a point and shoot. The faff of taking the setup was distracted to much from the diving. Although, the TGs can do video it eats through the battery. So I tend to stick to stills. Some...

Done. You might be interested in the UK Coaching Report 2024, recreation dive instructors fall under this definition.

This is the BSAC advice for drysuit divers.

The Vivian and Phoenix owners are undergoing some financial issues. Companies House files make interesting reading. Go elsewhere.

Sounds like you getting ready for a Darwin Award. Bottom time is limited by gas onboarding and offboarding, not be how long you take to breathe a tank down. I recently did a 70 min dive on a 10Lt cylinder, max depth 11m, 6’C.

Not doing a survey where I have to log in.

You might try a post on TDF. UK dive clubs tend to fully book boats at least a year in advance. Remember a UK charter is just your taxi to/from the dive site, they take no part in planning or executing your dive - unless you pay a lot more.

Just because it’s new, or recently serviced, doesn’t mean it will not be faulty. Check the adjustment control to ensure it’s not malfunctioning. It is possible to demand more air than your system can provide, if that happens - even for less than a second - your brain will tell you you’re not...

The reason behind breathing advice to new students stems from the use of snorkels, which used to be taught before scuba. If you shallow breath the air in your bronchial tubes, mouth, and snorkel would be breathed in again meaning little, if any, fresh oxygen would get to your alveoli. A few...

I think all the air integrated do, the Suunto EON Steel and Black do. Providing you tell it what size cylinder you’re using. I don’t use the feature during a dive, but monitor SAC rate over time as a fitness indicator.

You've misquoted me, I said RIB diving. Which is mainly done in the UK by clubs not commercial operators who tend to operate hard boats (which mainly have lifts). Its your fellow divers who are most likely to 'grab' your kit, not professional crew. And yes I have seen transmitters damaged...

Most RIB diving in the U.K. involves removing kit in water where the cox/crew take it onboard, then you climb in over the tubes. There isn’t the time to ‘look’ for a lifting handle, kit is grabbed by whatever is handy and dragged in.

Go dive in the Caribbean or SE Asia (Thailand) and you’ll discover boat staff want to be extra helpful.

I bought mine in 2018.

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I've got mine routed through the right-side shoulder D-rings on a 15cm hose. With a PH quick release on the end.

I was hoping for an hour yesterday on a 30m dive, but my buddy (on a 15Lt, me on a 12Lt) got low on gas, so only 50 min. Saturday was 70 on a 10, but only 10m. First water 9’C, second 11’C.

I did the survey yesterday. When I did my master’s I had to have a clear question that the survey should help answer. I didn't get that impression from yours.