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Yeah, I had a feeling the answer would be "the Great Lakes" for anything really good. We have an RV, too, so if I can find a campground nearby staying for a few days isn't an issue. Closer to what might be "home" is sort of what I was after. Maybe I have to go get that cave cert after all!

So...we are contemplating a move to MO. What parts of the state (N/S/E/W) and surrounding states have good places to dive? - Low-ish viz not an issue. 5' is OK, 10' is good. (Plenty of diving off NJ and lots of time in zero viz.) - Depth not a big problem, but above 201' preferred. - Cold...

When tying or buying a necklace, consider whether you want it to be able to hold the reg in your mouth in the event that you become disabled on the surface. That can be done by making it the right length or having a fast way to cinch it up.

Damn. Wasn't paying attention to SB. On the other hand, don't need anything at present. Many thanks for doing this, regardless!

Maybe *two* bottles. Servicing regs gets routine after a while... (I say, I say, that was a *joke*, son!)

This is sports equipment. It's like finding the right running shoe, bicycle, or tennis racket. Unless you can find a cooperative dive shop that lets you try everything they have in a pool (I got lucky that way and they had a lot of different ones) it is very unlikely that you will buy the...

Not all 72s are the same size, or have the same buoyancy. This can be a challenge when wanting to set up a set of doubles 72s, which are nice for shallow-ish water.

I see. So maybe they call it a bungee but it's really one hollow strand. Possibly silicon tubing, possibly some other sort. OK.... I'm not into sudden fin strap failures, so I'd go with real multi-stranded bungee cord or an SS spring. Bungee is more reliable in theory, but sort of like...

A bungee strap should never break in a single event. As it loses strands it will become weaker until it fails altogether but you should know it's happening well before that. A spring strap can fail, I suppose, but I have never seen one do that or even heard about it.

FWIW, DRIS put a new zipper in one of my CF200s. DUI put a zipper in the other one a few years before that when I was part of their discount program. I could not tell the difference in workmanship. Both were excellently done, so well you can't tell they're not the original zippers. Without...

After the 3rd repair, my 2nd Seiko dive watch retired from diving. It kept leaking. The third time I found one for what the repair would cost but I only wear it swimming. Two Shearwaters are plenty.

Don't hesitate to get a high-end used suit if it fits. New zipper and seals are inexpensive in comparison.

I'll dive until my doctor tells me to stop or it's not fun any more, whichever is first.

Hey! I resemble that remark!

Sorry it wasn't clear. The point I was trying to make is that any heating design that does not allow the power to be quickly, completely, and reliably disconnected without unzipping a dry suit is a bad one. If you get a hot spot you should be able to unplug the heated vest or undergarment or...

So first off, any system that you cannot unplug underwater is a failure. There's no good reason for a heated vest or suit to burn you, ever. I was routinely doing 1-2 hour dives in 40F water for a while. Heat vastly improves comfort on longer dives. But as observed above, you still need to...

I have never seen so many people get off the floor as fast as when a burst disc blew in a tank at a dive shop. It was upright on a tile floor and had the old-style burst disc holder that blew air at right angles to the axis of the tank. It fell over, of course, and then rolled until the air...

Yeah, but (a) it ain't just that one post; like I said, this misconception rises from the ashes over and over, like the Phoenix, no matter how many times it's refuted and (b) I type pretty fast so it doesn't take much time. Thanks for the helpful tip, though.

Wikipedia says the dam is 177'/54m high. Maybe someone tried to convert from feet to meters by multiplying rather than dividing? 300m is, um, "pretty deep" for scuba. That's well into JIM suit territory.

Sorry, but I just have to comment on this one statement. This is simply not the case, but it gets repeated over and over (and over) and carried forward from generation to generation as though it were Holy Writ. I have heard it from any number of divers, instructors, and dive shop owners; but...