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I buy a yearly plan as I travel a lot - the insurance only covers an issue in your non resident country ie overseas from where you live -not sure of the US policy as its a big place an day be different Ive had 3 claims all paid with no fusss

I have a slim plastic dan card in my wet notes

how much weight did you use before, given all the other parameters are the same

imagine if you'd been deeper and couldn't reach the surface- it seems innocuous but these are the sort of things that given a bad set of circumstances can go horribly wrong- like those guys that die looking for golf balls !!! seems such an unlikely scenario

no doubt - but do those same people claim to be right about the rest of their configuration? and by implication everyone else is wrong? As soon as you make a claim that your way is the best and only way, you immediately put a target on your back irregardless of which agency/ideology you adhere to

I appreciate those who are passionate about their sport and strive to become excellent, some want to improve and fine tune their configuration by observing different systems and embracing those aspects that are better- thats fine by me. Some just want to dive now and again on vacation for...

stress and tiredness can cause those symptoms - did you do a shore dive or out in OW? small boat or big boat? I cannot handle rolling seas on a small boat - i get really sick with headaches and loss of balance sometimes for days afterwards. seasickness can be managed with good medication -try...

Ive been in 'zero vis' numerous times its unpleasant and unnerving but with good line laying its very manageable. Dealing with it is progressive as far as psychological comfort goes - one mans terror is another mans normal. The worst 'zero vis' ive encountered is stirred up oil -thats my bench...

are you wanting him back to spice up the discussion tom ?

two very cool places - Leru cut - Mirror lake

Grim:(

we are always asked to keep the terminals sealed eg tape the ends

There was a thread on here a while back where simon called ICBD "bro science" https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/help-me-understand-the-rule-of-fifths-for-ibcd.608665/page-3#post-9394281

sounds like they teaching a preference rather than an industry standard -start with orthodoxy until you understand the implications of adjusting stuff -thats for later I have both regs on a necklace and I tuck the long hose along the side of the tanks

unless you have a bov then its a non issue -youll have to carry the appropriate volume regardless of where you store it

we thought we were the bees knees at the time -but now with more time under our belt we realise we we where just pretending nothing tests you better than having major issues at 100m -then we really find out what were made of

sounds to me like your going to use this information to do a dive that your not trained or ready for ?

why bother i can live vicariously through scuba board :p

what about a delayed response from a jellyfish or sting from something

There’s nothing smart about doing 60 -70m dives On air that sort of chestthumping BS is from a previous generation that has no place in today’s technical diving Sadly those who do those dives on air seem to want to tell everybody about how they did the dive on air more so than what they...