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I go with the photos on a phone. My dive log app also lets me store copies on in my app. Everything backed up to the cloud and accessible for me on any computer if I need to get it. Just in case I also have a paper print out of the cards in my suitcase along with a print out of all my...

Fill a bucket with water, (or tub or barrel or rinse tank or go to the pool or lake or ocean) put the suit in it and get any air bubbles out of it. Subjectively access how much force you need to put on it to make it sink. Do the same with the other suit, compare the difference. You can drop...

Not asking is equal to them saying no. It is just business and anyone who was insulted by my asking is someone I am not likely to do business with. Anytime I am buying multiple units of anything, especially more than the usual number of units, I will ask about volume discounts. You can make a...

I am a former Scout leader and have a camp fire blanket with scouting and related badges going back to the 60's. I added a diver flay to it as well. Does that count?

I dropped one kg when I stopped wearing my 2 mil shorty as a point of comparison. A full 3 mil suit, twice that??

I am not concerned about a battery leak, just the irony of them warning you about alkaline batteries when they ship with an alkaline battery in it and they really have no idea how long it will be on the shelf before someone buys it. Moral of the story, check for batteries as soon as you buy it...

I got a new Perdix this week. ( See my post on most expensive dive regarding flooding old DC lol) It is everything you could want. I am still exploring its capabilities and operation. When opening it there was a card inside warning that alkaline batteries could leak and cause damage. I turned...

I was 40 m on a single AL80 yesterday. I bounced to 40 m then back to 30 m and gradually reduced depth to the end of the dive. Surfaced with 90 bar after 57 minutes for a 8.6 l per minute rate. My remaining time never dropped below 2 minutes and was back to 99 by the time I got back to around 15...

Ice Diving is generally near the end of the winter, temps are at 0C or above and while wearing a full drysuit, usually in dark colours, with fleece under it all sealed up, on a sunny day, heat is more of a problem than cold. You want to get in the water, especially after being the rescue diver...

If it dies not involve frozen water it is not a real sport.

If I drop a half kilo now because of my weight loss, then drop 3 more because of the gear change, I will only have one kilo for trim. If I hit my fitness targets, I may be dropping another half kg so only 500 g for trim. I should be able to get most of the trim adjustment by placing teh trim...

I am currently diving with a BC and am considering switching to a BPW set up. I dive warm salt water, no neoprene just board shorts and a rashie. I now use 4.5 kg weight and am thinking of dropping a half kg. I am currently on a fat loss/muscle gain quest and expect that by the time I hit my...

If the BCD/wing bladder is compromised, just inflate your SMB. Clip it to a D ring and up you go. But if correctly weighted it should not be necessary in the first place.

My son and I use the reverse. How many fingers can you see plus how many held up. Back of closed fist is zero. Back of hand to person then number of raised fingers. Five is back of hand all fingers raised, front of hand would also work but could be confused with zero. Six is palm facing out...

That was just yesterday for me. Splashed and as I initiated decent looked at the computer just in time to see the display fade. :( I am off to Cebu City Monday AM to pick up a new Shear water Perdix AI. :yeahbaby:

Non instructor here. What has surprised me in this thread is the number of stories about students who sign up for an OW course and cannot swim and are uncomfortable on the surface let alone underwater. I know that swimming skills are not all that important in diving but I would think that a...

There are not many metrics that you can quantify in diving. Judging how good a diver is is pretty subjective. You can measure SAC, you can measure bottom time and you can measure total number of dives. Some people count cards. We need or at least want some metric that we can use as a proxy for...

Always a good idea to read your insurance policies, even if it can be painful. My health insurance covers diving while within the certifications I hold but specifically excludes solo diving. It also covers training dives. I would think that a DSD would qualify under that. My insurance covers...

You can buy Faraday pouches on Amazon that block the signal so you can lock your fob inside the car. I have my second one in a bag inside my suitcase so when I am traveling I can lock the car with my second set inside the suitcase.

I would think that a pure recreational diver would have hard pressed to dive 100 times a year over the long haul. Even if you had a pond in your back yard, your own compressor, live in dive buddy etc..you would not be able to dive daily, work, weather, health, and other obligations would get in...