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Yer gonna look like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man... Heated stuff is great (I have a Blue Heat) but make sure you use it for comfort and not for survival. When it fails you want to stay warm enough long enough to be safe. And, like everything else, fail it will.

This is bit like the question, "How long is a piece of string"? It depends. No matter *what* you wear in 35F water it will keep you warm for a finite period of time. You will lose heat and get cold, eventually. The only questions are how long will take and how much your body temperature can...

Near as I can tell, "good" and "economical" do not meet in the world of dry suit undergarments. I have a Weezle Extreme and love it, but there could be better stuff out there now that's washable like the Weezle.

But your pints (and quarts) are different from ours. 16 oz. vs 20 and 32 vs. 40 oz. I mean, a quart of beer is a fair bit in either place but it's 25% more on your side of the puddle.

Interesting. So do mine, now. But 6 years ago the link was good and appeared safe.

Another thing to consider is that the necklace can be sized so that it holds the reg in your mouth. If you ever think you might be losing consciousness it could save you until you run out of gas in the tank(s). Just another tool in the box that seemed worth mentioning.

A wise dive shop owner (yes, there are a few) once told me he *never* complained about the electric bill, which was largely driven by his compressors (both single-phase 240V). When he was using them a lot he was making a *lot* more money than when he used them less often. By contrast, when I...

Well, they can rest easy. Since I won't dive without a knife, I won't bring one there. No problem!

Having had the honor of being entangled a few times (once through my own fault), I will assert that a minimum of two cutting devices should be carried at all times, and one of them should be a set of trauma shears that will cut metal leader. I carry a line cutter on my right wrist (on the...

Don't dive there. I wouldn't.

Well, for one thing, we can dive a lot more if we don't need to travel to FL first!

I scanned the posts trying to find this point, and may have missed it. Sorry, if so. When the need to donate occurs, you are in *water*. By definition, if you can move, its temperature is above the freezing point in fresh water, and edge cases aside likely above it in salt as well (I have had...

When is the IP too high? - When the O-rings blow - When the hose to the 2nd stage explodes - When the 2nd stage won't stop flowing until the valve seat is so tight it won't open at all - When the lever bends before opening the 2nd stage valve - When your cheeks go hollow trying to take a breath...

Same here. I use graphite to lube them.

The goal should be to be a full-service shop. What you are describing is a reasonable first step. But you'll need to service regulators, BCs and wings, change computer batteries, and such. Find the local hydro shop and make a deal so you can offer hydros at a reasonable price. Add a tumbler...

Scuba is not exactly a high-volume industry. "How do you make a small fortune in the dive industry? Start with a large one...."

Today I met with a CPSC investigator on a topic utterly unrelated to diving. However, diving got into the discussion for a weird reason and she mentioned there had been some scuba-related recalls I might want to be aware of. So far (I'm on p. 4) none matter to me personally, but it's easy to...

Maybe. Or testing the tie once in a while by putting it under tension with a winch or the boat's engines. But honestly, I have only seen this happen once, and it was a non-event. Everyone (or every team) just blew a bag and did their deco. As they came up the boat came and got them. Nobody...

In the past, I have found the people directly involved in serious projects like this very receptive to private communications and willing to share their knowledge. I don't know whether any of the folk you need to hear from will see your question here. They are not particularly hard to find as...

In the instance I was involved in (as a diver, not captain or crew), a big chunk of the tie-in point broke off the ship from a combination of corrosion and metal fatigue. The whole thing was encrusted in marine growth, making any real inspection about impossible. The chunk that came off was...