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Never can be too prepared, retake EFR/CPR, first aid, and maybe an AED class. But, if you dive a regular site, make an emergency assistance plan, so you know how to contact EMS, best way to get them to diver, where the nearest chamber is located. Maybe add GPS coordinates, place for a chopper to...

Where I teach, we tease each other about having to do every multiple of a hundred naked, but with water temps around Chicago... never saw it done:-(

I demonstrate both a proper flutter kick to open water students, but they see a frog kick since it is about the only kick I use. I do, however teach it in peak performance buoyancy class, as well as moving the required weight around so it easy to get proper trim, buoyancy isn't just not hitting...

If he is happy the way he's got it, then it's perfect... for him. I like my tek 3 set on my back, my legend lx's for stages, but that is my preference, best for me.

My singles rig is a modified transplate, modified only because I don't like cam bands, changed to Scubapro straps, I made a small web strap bolted to the plate to hang the plate on the tank, makes it easier to hook and tighten the Scubapro straps. I added a single tank adapter from Diverite on...

I know that a lot of people like the Fusion, but I know 4 people that have/had the Fusion, one replaced his due a constant irritating leak in the crotch seam, the suit was returned 4 times under warranty, got it back, told it was fixed, and same problem when he dove it. He now dives DUI. The...

I have dove warm clear water, I love diving the cold clear water(depending on the weather), of Lake Michigan, but the taxi ride to the wrecks is $115 or so, and the local quarries... Free if I am teaching, $20 if just there to practice skills, makes it an easy choice.

Bad to who? You? The guy need needed help with gear setup, trim and buoyancy, but since you know the one and holy dive gear set up, everyone should dive it. I am not disputing that the guy was the worst diver you have ever seen, it doesn't make the DIR setup the only way to dive. Don't help...

Shame on your PADI instructor for not teaching you to be a better diver, I am constantly challenging students to improve their diving, and always tell them that I constantly practice skills, and work to be a better diver . PADI doesn't forbid you from teaching beyond standards, and I do. My...

The first thing I say in class after I introduce myself, is "buoyancy is one of 2 skills you use on every dive, and buoyancy is alot more involved than putting air in the bcd, concentrate on how your breathing affects you in the water column." inevitably, I am asked what the the other skill is...

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Buoyancy is always a work in progress, I agree with what has been said before, different tanks,suits etc. have different buoyancy characteristics, different brands of bcds will be different in the way they trap air. Concentrate on breathing as evenly as possible. A lot of new divers clutch the...

PADI bashers, the most unsafe instructor I ever saw was NAUI, I actually rescued his student, that doesn't mean all NAUI instructors are morons

This is not necessarily so, if you have O2 clean tanks, you can partial pressure blend your nitrox blend which is adding O2 first, then topping off with air. I often fill my O2 clean tanks with air at the nitrox blending station. Since new tanks and regulators come compatible to 40% nitrox tanks...

No matter what agency you teach through there is never anything that prevents you from teaching beyond the standard. I don't know everything about diving, but I do teach beyond the standards when I know the extra work will make the student a better diver. They don't figure CNS exposure...

The proper answer you don't need a c-card to dive nitrox, but due to the litigious nature of people these days, a responsible dive shop owner wouldn't sell you nitrox unless you can prove you have been trained. Also, the op should know dive computers don't figure CNS exposure, and he hasn't...

I would recommend stops at various depths on your ascent rather than multiple ascents and descents. Stop at 20' and hold it for a minute, ascend to 15' and hold it for a minute, ascend to 10' and hold it for a minute, and again at 5'. That will help your buoyancy as well as controlling your...

Could not agree more about Lake Michigan wreck diving, and other than low viz on the MSB, have never had a dive on a wreck on the lake

First, let me say that I have done the night manta dive twice and both times... awesome! As an strict or, I do have multiple sets of gear, pool, o/w training, tech, sidemount, and warm water travel. My advice, if you buy a regulator, I would suggest a cold water regulator. A cold water reg will...

I will parrot some of the others, you need to find the right position to get the air out by whatever exhaust mechanism you are using...dumps, or low pressure inflator exhaust valve. I own a Knighthawk as my travel BC and have never had an issue. I will suggest to you, dump some air before you...