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Welcome to Scuba Board. I think it is great that you pursuing diving despite your vision issues. I don't have any any experience with full face masks but can provide some feedback on your computer question: You will undoubtedly be diving with a partner who does not have impaired vision, or at...

There is a tendency that when folks start carrying a stick as a pointer, they start poking with it and use it as support instead of using good buoyancy skills. I can't imagine a scenrio where the average diver, yet alone your teenager, is better off carrying a pointer stick, and highly recommend...

If semantics are so important, one should note that it is not a "yoke valve", rather it is a yoke style first stage that the valve is designed to have attached. Anyone wrapped around the axles about any of the verbiage discussed in this thread, including the OP, needs to dive more and worry...

Essentially, your description aims to achieve the same, but I find it more effective to grab with my right hand and pull and rotate the material around to the front to help position that end of the zipper more in front to facilitate closing those last couple of inches. -Z

Unless you are at the size limit for your suit, there should be enough material that you can pull the zippered area around to be able to push/pull the zipper home to the end. I grab a handful of fabric along with the zipper with my right hand, pull it around, then switch hands and hold the...

Be careful buying a used Hydros Pro, especially if you cannot thoroughly inspect it in person....there used to be issues with the material the shoulder strap was made from tearing very prematurely....you don't want to purchase something for 370 euros and open a post delivered box to find that...

We are a family of 4 who all started with jacket style BCDs but have all converted to backplate and wing style. The hydros pro is is a decent piece of kit, but it is also an expensive piece of kit. If you do some research, you will find there are those that absolutely love it, those that hate...

Ultimately not a bad suggestion, but the OP is in Bulgaria, not the USA, so DRIS most likely is not a viable option. -Z

The faceplate design of the OP's 2nd stage was first marketed in 2003/2004 (I believe 2004 is more accurate though)....that should help narrow dating it down a little bit more. -Z

I have done nothing of the sort...neither discounted what you said, or used my imagination to make a guess as to what "it" must be like due to never having seen this done. I think rather you are making assumptions and overstating things about me. I have held you in quite high respect since I...

We often talk about new divers being task loaded/task overloaded by the environment, their equipment, and their developing skillset. What then is the incentive for an instructor, often given limited pool/confined water time, take a group of people with varying comfort levels, varying athletic...

I am not sure how to say you are wrong, other than saying you are wrong. 11" mounting holes were not the original standard...in fact, orginally there really were no standards for the mounting holes, so to say this is the or one of the "defining" characteristic of what a "wing" is, is just plain...

if your battery with the torn sleeve is otherwise still holding a charge, use packing tape to shore up the sleeve...or use heatshrink over it if there is enough space in the torch body for it. If the protective circuit or what have you is not a part of the sleeve, then remove the sleeve and then...

Given that diving can be a lifetime activity, and the short length of exposure your kids will have in that "lifetime" to their OW instructor, spend less time worrying about them "learning the right way from the beginning" and just get them certified...then set a good example and take them diving...

No cereal bowl, mixing bowl, or popcorn bowl?...no tuperware-like container? Hell, you can fill a ziplock bag in a pinch if you really don't have ANY container to use otherwise. -Z

WTF??? You live in Maryland not some BFE remote island on mars. What kind of "little bowl" do you "need to get"??? Just fill your bathroom sink or bath tub and stick the damn thing in and stop keeping us in suspense. BTW, happy holidays! :wink: -Z

If you are set in your mentality and desire to create a bodge of a gear situation then go for it. You asked the general diving public here is they/we see an issue with this plan and specifically asked for thoughts.....folks shared what they see as an issue along with some thoughts and your...

Its only useless if you did not achieve your aim...but you did, so I would say you did exceptionally well. I read your introduction above and I think you are heading in the right direction. The only thing I would recommend, is get some booties and fins, that way you are not stuck with whatever...

The board member in question that you are meaning to contact, can initiate contact with you....if you post who it is, I would be glad to contact them on your behalf and arrange for them to send you a DM. -Z

Yes....stick around and fulfill the requirements to post in the classfieds section and/or contact members privately. Had you done a little bit of browsing/research you would have found that there has been a ton of recent discussion activity about making the classifieds section of ScubaBoard...