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That is a very very very big difference. My Z330 are just 20 grams negative. So I am afraid my set will sink now. I don't see the option to make it more upward lifting as I cannot change the floating arms for the macro strobe every time I change a strobe. Also this will not fit in the luggage...

2 things doesn't exist in diving: -Stainless steel -Drysuits The only thing you can do is put some grease on it. Then it will rust slower and probably everyday rinsing and drying is not needed for a long time. We use vaseline for steel, and it works well (remember, the Netherlands are a skating...

I use 5000 lumens from Orcatorch and they work very well.

No, it is no hearsay. It was written in our traveldocuments from a dutch travel agency too as required. We said if required, we don't book. So we did not do it. But I know from others they had to do. And then the first 1 is at 11 and second at 2. When we came there they tried us also to do...

It is written on the websites of the touroperators that sell this trip too. And I know from others that even if they have been there several times they lost the first day 2 dives because of this crap **** and they did not get any discount. I will also refuse to do these dives when I come there...

As I needed another strobe and Inon still does not have the Z400 ready (my Z330 broke again, they are for sure not very durable), I decided to buy a Backscatter hybrid flash. Retra Maxi is still not on the market (april), so I had to choose now if I want to take pictures. Will use now 1 Z330...

We didn't, but I know from others that they insisted that they do the 2 guided dives. It was in Marsa Shakra.

As you can dive with a buddy from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. But if you dive solo you have to quit between 4 and 5 p.m. So you will miss a dive. This is not fair to the solotravelers who dive solo. My experience is that it is very hard to find other solo travelers to buddy up. Most people come with 2 or...

If you want to dive solo, you are not allowed to do nightdives in the Red sea diving safari places. But you do not get any discount on your 'unlimited' diving day. So you will miss a dive per day. Also the day of arrival is very expensive, you have in most cases to do 2 dives with a guide. But...

A lot of 'going into deco' depends on the computer. The old Suunto's got into deco under the shower if you dove more than 2 days in a row. So if you computer shows you 'deco', it does mean that you are in deco as every dive is a decodive, but it does not mean it is directly dangerous or a...

Most agencies allow intro to cave on ccr.

And how did the divers do when they came back? From what I read the cave knowledge itself was ok. But the problems where some theory and mastering the ccr. These are the things I see too that are the biggest obstacles in a oc tot ccr cave crossover. So from the point of the diver seen, they...

It is in Europe almost impossible to do teaching as a fulltime job. Or you need to have shop and/or filling station, or you must be very very lucky that this is possible. But is not being a full time instructor a problem? I have done course with full time instructors and with just...

Backmount is great in the Lot, I agree. But you are allowed to do a cave course without specific sidemount course. This is at the instructors discretion. But for some divers a sidemount course prior to a cave course is a good idea ;) And yes, France is a nice place. But not too much alcohol...

I would say go to IANTD, and do it in France, then you can do intro to cave and full cave for less than the price of just cave1. And I know the prices in Europe as I teach cave too. You can do it in backmount or sidemount, no fundamentals or so needed. If you want to dive the mines in German...

Have been to Curacao, did 1 solodive in the morning around 4 a.m. with 2 tanks. Came back around 6 am, then breakfast, then 2 tanks in a car for 2 single tank dives, and then back and 1 dive on the housereef again. After that preparing the tanks for the next early morning nightdive. (jetlag...

In Europe skiing is also not cheap, but not that expensive. You still can find a week accomodation, including bustransport from the Netherlands and a 7 day skipass for around 1300-1500 euro. It is not that 800 anymore that it was 10-12 years ago. A skipass for les 3 Vallees was when I was...

No, we didn't queue with snorklers. I don't know which divecenter we used, I arranged it in Moalboal and they organised transport, the diving in Oslob and a boatdive. Divers can go in when they want. There are some diveshops in Oslob, so you don't have to take the snorklers way.

Yes let put divers on ecmo to dive. ;) But more seriously, there is already a lot research done about possible consequences of the WOB of a regulator. 1 of the things they think can contribute (together with cold water) to IPE is the wob. A ccr breaths heavier than a normal regulator, even the...

exactly. And some divers will say yes and amen during a course and then after the course do a big middle finger and do what they want because they have their cert. But also if a student does exactly what an instructor teaches, if the diver after a course never practise things again, learned...