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Perhaps he has unusualy large eustacian(sp?) tubes? It could possibly account for some of what he's describing. Some lucky people can equalize very easily just my moving their jaw. Others have to work at it and use the valsalva (hold nose and blow gently) to equalize. My cousin is in...

Hi I have taken 40cf ponys on airplanes several times. Just completely drain the tank and then carefully remove the valve and put it in a clean ziplock bag and wrap it in bubblewrap. Don't touch anything from the threads down, especially if you have the pony cleaned for nitrox. VERY...

I know! I know! The solution to the problem is to COLOR CODE the transmiter units! Eh? What da y think? THEN it would be safe! (Ya know, I'll get a good laugh out a this if I find out they come color coded from the factory already... :wacko: )

I'm not sure if it was the Uwatec nitrox, but I do remember reading about one nitrox computer that had an issue where it would run your surface interval profile assuming that you were still breathing the nitrox mix you did the last dive on. The result was very short minimum surface interval...

It was only a matter of time... Hey, Uncle Pug, ya out there? Just how fast would an item like that rot my brain?

Hi John, Here's what I do on my rec diving regulator setup. 1 Apecs ATX100 1st stage (yoke) 1 Apecs ATX100 2nd stage (Primary + donor reg) 1 Apecs ATX100 2nd stage (Secondary on bungy around neck) 1 mares analog console (SPG / depth) 1 low pressure inflator whip for BC I will...

What da ya mean? I thought the WARHA... =-) Um, on second thought. Maybe that's better left burried after all. :boom:

Hi Stephen, Personaly, I see absolutely nothing wrong with your posts but I have missed any previous deleted entries. I was woken up that morning by a telephone call from my syster in Riverdale (I work from 3-11 PM so I usualy get up at noon...) to let me know what was happening. I turned...

I have a simple set of "rules" for LDS shopping (I've been using one LDS for about 4 years now and DM there part time as well) I know that several items I got there could have been gotten cheaper online but the service I get there makes up for a lot in my book. I always give them 1st...

Wow. Sounds like YOU are an "Adventure Diver"... ;)

I just had my first ever bout of motion sickness a week ago... I think... It may have been more due to a possibly not fully ripe bannana for breakfast though. I dunno. All I know is that I felt fine till the SI between the 1st and 2nd dive and then suddenly was very ill for about 5...

I went to the dry-glove ring system as well... My wrists are not all that skinny, but when I make a fist, a long, shallow channel forms on the inside of my wrist from the tendons tightning up and water would come in there... I know, the solution is to push the seals farther up my arm but...

Hehe. One of the reasons I got a video camera and am now looking for a good housing for it... Review time: "OK, now. See how your non-DIR gear is causing you all these problems?" ;) "And here is when your console was dragging in the mud..." Wheeeeeee!!!!

They seem to be really hard to get, but I finaly got hold of a Deep Outdoors Submariner duffel. It holds everything I need for a tech dive and then some... 7mm wetsuit/gloves/boots/hood 4 regulators (2 primary / 2 deco) spacefrog fins, wings/BC-harness 2 reels, light, backup light...

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One more thing, more padding takes longer to dry and makes the BC heavy when first taken out of the water... If you are traveling, you have to consider that the weight of the BC for the homeward leg of the trip may be higher due to not being fully dry. Or it may simply be inconvenient to...

Besides, since shallow depths have the greatest bouyancy changes, it will give you that much more practice getting your weighting, trim and bouyancy skills nailed down. When you do begin to dive deeper, bouyancy tends to get easier to control at depth BUT those bouyancy skills you develop in...

Other than the required dives, the only difference I remember between the PADI and TDI nitrox courses was that PADI (traditionaly) leans towords use of tables a bit more than TDI which seemed to spend a bit more time on the formulas and calculations. Both teach both methods quite adequately...

Hi Scuba Freek, I did a little digging on google and found this: In 1876, Englishmen, Henry Fleuss invented a closed circuit, oxygen rebreather. His invention was originally intended to be used in a repair of an iron door of a flooded ship's chamber. Fleuss then decided to use his...

When I did it, I was wearing an integrated jacket BC (Large) over a tshirt & swimsuit My budy was in an older hardpack BC (small - the rainbow vest stile with the thick, plastic backplate). The instructor was in a Zegal ranger (Large) We got in the pool and the instructor motioned to...