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I am 65 and have a first aid kit that evolved from the one I put together when I was about 11 in Scouting. I have a military surplus trauma dressing dated 1951 in it that has been with me since the 60's. Put in your kit the stuff that you think you will need and that you know how to use. Keep...

I ended up with an Ocean Diver AL back plate and harness. The SS Apeks plate alone was as much as the combination, the Apetks harness about the same so I got Al for half what a SS would have been. I had been using a low end Seac BCD, With just a rashie and board shorts I was diving with 5 kg...

There is an instructor here with a few thousand dives but he has never dove dry suit. I have dove dry and ice. Does this make me a more experienced diver? Yes but only for ice and dry. You should be experienced for the type of diving you want to do. If a type of diving does not interest you...

I have absolutely zero sympathy for any foreigner in any country that gets tossed in prison for doing something that is against local law. Whatever is legal at home, whatever rights you have at home simply do not matter at all. All your embassy will do is ensure that you are treated in...

That is what I dive with just got it a couple weeks ago, so far only 3 night dives bit used several times to look into dark corners. I like it, variable intensity, SOS mode and I seldom open it up to the full 37 degree. Normally just use at or close to the narrowest setting. My back up night...

That is the way I am going. Got a deal on an AL BP an harness. I will use that to start and see where I need to add the weight and get trim. If I think I can get good trim with a steel plate, I will switch to get the lead off my belt or out of the pockets. With my BC I have 5 kg at my waist...

For dive courses, OW,AOW and then rescue/first aid, would be the minimum. Then dive dive dive. Specialties that enhance diving skills not underwater side activities. I would recommend Nitrox and deep for all divers with Dry suit, ice, wreck, cavern etc as interest takes you. Specialties are...

I am Canadian living in Philippines. DAN Asia is available here, roughly the same cost as 10 dives. ( $AUS260 or so in total). Locals cannot afford that in many cases. I am in Moalboal, Cebu now and have dived in Dumaguete. There can be some strong currents there but nothing exceptionally hard...

Not an instructor or DM but I see that travel restrictions will remain in place in some form or the other until the end of 2021. It will be that long at least until sufficient vaccinations are in place to make it safe. Disposable income will also be reduced as the economy stays down...

First off, look at specialties that are necessary to do that type of diving. I have Ice Diver and no reputable club or LDS will let you ice dive without it. Same for deep, nitrox and wreck. If you want these types of dives, get the specialty. Then look at types of dives that either allow you to...

Someone may have been looking at both units and they got mixed up in the boxes when put away. Someone got an AI for a non AI price.

It doesn't task load my brain to look at a couple of numbers and do some simple arithmetic. It also does not task load my brain to breath. Both are very simple tasks.

On a recent dive I was in a up current. During initial decent the particles in the water were going up, I could feel the flow of water and felt negative buoyant. I should have been descending about 15 m per minute. However the rocks were not moving. Good hovering practice is at the end of a...

All dive certification agencies (There is not not just PADI, SSI etc but over 160 different agencies out there) all follow the guidelines laid out by the World Recreational Scuba Training Council Council. World Recreational Scuba Training Council - Wikipedia The minimum standards are the same...

I track depth, time pressure and then mentally calculate my SAC/RMV rates during the dive. In part it is my self check to see if I am narked. I can usually get my overall SAC/RMV rates pretty close at the end of the dive. Now with 10 dives on my Perdix AI that gives my SAC rate, I can check my...

Heads Up Display, HUD in the mask? With the ability to track your eyes to switch functions, gas consumption, depth time, compass etc.? How about the ability to control our camera, lights, deploy DSMB? Automatic buoyancy compensating, or use eyes to control, inflate, deflate wing BCD? Control...

Garmin Decent MK2?

I got first born male child certified. Now all the gear is at his place-and I only have one complete set with me. Although looking at new reg set and BPW setup, will need new fins and booties to go with it and dive shorts and look at that nice light...

I am in Moalboal Cebu now, no significant rain just some wind but nothing to worry about. (as of 18:00 1 Nov ) Have been talking to friends in Manduluyong City and Makati. Their local cell towers are still functional and they are reporting heavy rains and some flooding, local news saying over...

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