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I haven't found the cost of a good, sealed reg to be so cheap and so expensive to service that it would make economic sense. I see regs running from $200 to $1,100, the $200 being on sale for a reg I wouldn't buy. Say a mid-grade reg set and hoses runs $450. At our shop, who uses a guy I dive...

Not much of one to get worked up, but yesterday I completed my DM training (SSI). Just have to waiting for the paperwork to be sent in and verified. Wow, a lot of work over many months, but worth it. Felt like I really achieved something. Already been working on DiveCon, which should be...

MacDive on my computer, and a 10 second sync to get it to Dive Log on my phone. About every 50 dives or so I print out a reduced size (2 per page) .pdf out of MacDive, basically as a hard copy backup. Personally, I find I fill out much more info, attach photos and write much more detailed...

A good friend has a Cochlear implant, and the part of the receiver is interior of the skin. The exterior unit attaches magnetically, and can be easily pulled off. I have found his entire process absolutely amazing over the last 4 years going from 100% deafness to able to communicate well in an...

Yes, evidently a revival. Just to note, I added quick connects, which makers connections and disconnects easier. Haven't had a issue since I installed then a year ago. Here is info from a former thread: The hose on my Halcyon P-valve is indeed 1/4' I.D. and 1/8" wall thickness. McMaster #...

I second Steve's thoughts. Around here, the quarries are just starting to warm up in the top 20 feet, although the viz will be decreasing from 7-10 feet as summer progresses. I will be in a three mil tomorrow, whereas a month ago it was a drysuit and the students were in 7 mil farmer...

Having seen students in a pool and then in our OW environment during OW training screams that they need to be familiar with the equipment. Last weekend the quarry we dove in was 60 at the surface, with 50 degrees at a 15 platform and 42 degrees at a 30 foot platform. We really try to get them...

The dive shop I work through as a DM of course includes the rentals for the classes (SSI, PADI, NAUI, shouldn't matter). The shop also works hard to give you a selection of back or jacket BC, type of wetsuit, etc. so you can decide in the pool what you feel works best. I have no clue if they...

On some of my more shallow beach dives of 12-20 feet in a drysuit, I definitely add more lead, as do most I dive with in these situations. It has minimal impact on my air consumption, for I typically have no issues staying 90+ minutes, at which time my throat is so dry it is time to end the...

IN our classes navigation is taught. Last weekend, in a class of 8, 4 were down on the platform for skills with the Instructor and a DC, and I was on the surface with the other 4 working on nav skills, which they had been introduced to on land. After 20-25 minutes, they went down and the...

Congratulations on your certifications. I have the benefit of assisting with 6 different instructors. Fortunately our shop will add instructors for every 4 people in the class, keeping the working groups at no more than 4 on one, then usually adding a DiveCon or two, so individuals who are...

My daughter and I did Dos Oros last Spring for two dives. We were two groups of four. The first four were rather newly minted OW divers, and they spent 45-50 minutes working on buoyancy. The DMs were GREATLY concerned with it. At one point, there was a discussion about one of the young men...

As part of my DM training I was leading two divers on a tour about to finish their OW training with a DiveCon. I started out leading and switched with the DC at the turnaround, but about halfway back he didn't know the way. I then took the lead. About 4 or 5 minutes later, the 10 foot...

For better or worse, no signatures since OW training, although I have the names and contact info of all my buddies. Short story- I was in Key Largo and no one checked anything or asked anything in respect to dives. Their website mentioned that you had to have 5 dives over 100 feet in the...

I have been on several large trips with our dive shop, and 16 on a boat for 24 has worked fine (we usually have enough to get our own boat). Almost everyone knows each other, many experienced people, and experienced people willing to help the few newbies, most likely because they have been...

You are so right. I have done a number of shore dives in places like Cape Ann, MA. On many dives, if you hit 30 feet, it is getting deep, often 20 feet is the max. Certainly hones your buoyancy skills! Of course (if you have a drysuit), you get to have 90-100 minute dives with smaller tanks...

How true. I was certified about 22 months ago, about 165 dives ago, and am about finished with my DM training. I retired young, and my wife and I planned on going to Europe, Asia, etc. Now that I dive, we do Curacao, Bahamas, Bonaire, Mexico, Cayman Brac.... I figure I should get all the...

I have typically not carried a camera on my first dive of a trip, although I am diving quite frequently now with the same equipment, so I think that will end. Everyone I dive with has seen multiple seahorses, except me. They always seem to be "there" the dive or day before or after I was...

In Hyde's Quarry in Westminster, MD, USA with an OW class. 24 feet and 43 degrees. Makes one look forward warmer weather, but I was wet! Terry

We had started measuring an underwater object and had lights, slates, etc. hanging on us. He had calmed (or so it appeared), and we had plenty of air in 2 separate tanks. Our slates had gotten tangled up. It was just 4 to 5 seconds to untangle and clip off. Since everything was under control...