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How many reg sets are enough? One more than I currently have.

Pretty much. The "standard" minimum for cave diving and such is a 21w HID. I'm not a caver, but I find the 21w to be nice, even in open water, since it can easily be seen. HID v. LED is a common debate, and while LED has a number of advantages over HID, (bulb life, toughness, replacement...

I like LP tanks. Easier to get full fills. Easier to PP blend with, and lower pressure means less wear on the o-rings, seats and moving parts of regulators. More capacity for a given pressure and usually cheaper than HP tanks. Also, they're "3AA" spec, so no worries about failing Hydros, as...

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That is the motivation for my "mentor". I asked him one time, why he was so gracious to always come out and dive with me, even when it was a "boring-ass drills dive", and he responded that aside from loving those dives, he loved doing it because it gave him a more solid team to go diving with...

I got a Rec Pass first time through. I know a guy who got a Tech Pass first time through, though it's more rare. I think a decent diver with the right amount of work can get a Rec Pass first time. A Tech Pass would be harder, but not unheard of. Usually they are the ones diving in a...

I'm 5'11" and I prefer the 7-foot hose.

Well I was half in the bag when I wrote that, so I apologize for the tone or if it came off like a prick.

Edited because this is SB, where we are not allowed to be pricks. My entire post is redacted per my sense of propriety. I gotta learn to be warm and fuzzy...

I'm gonna be the dick here. Get a singles wing. Period. You are asking how to make a doubles-wing, (a device NEVER designed for single-tank diving), work for single-tank diving. Every suggestion here will be a compromise or work-around for a less-than-optimal gear configuration. Look...

That's one big thing that turned me on to them. The other is reportedly better customer service. To be fair, I've never had a problem with EE, but some buddies say they had CS issues with EE, and they tried Wreck Diver Supply and had great experiences. YMMV.

I've gotten stuff from https://www.wreckdiversupply.com/ Good outfit.

I use my cave snorkel on nearly every dive.

OMS Slipstreams.

Jets. I also have a set of UDT Duck Feet for when I vintage dive. I'd put 'em up against Jets any day of the week and in any performance category. Love 'em.

Fitness is important to diving, (and all activities really), and I do consider it. That said, it's not the final arbiter. I would say, (from discussions with respected tech divers and instructors), that fat content in the body does have an effect on deco and how "crappy" they feel afterwards...

I started when I was 29. It helped that I had just gotten out of the Army and was flush with deployment pay, (I had also just gotten back from Iraq.) I think the monetary bar to entry inhibits younger divers, but I think there's a perception issue, yet I can't seem to lock onto what that is...

One of my teammates does the same thing, but he has his mounted on the underside of the handle. Does inside or outside matter? I figure overall thickness is the same.

I've got a G250V on a necklace and I have no problem with it getting stuck. That said, the C300 looks like a nice piece of kit, but I haven't seen one yet outside of DEMA, (I work in a shop and am the reg tech.) I've HEARD it can be tuned down to 1" of water for cracking pressure without...

Reminds me of this picture: