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In EU we are very good at regulation :wink: Hence, we have an aswer. The answer, unfortunately, is only valid in Europe. Both regulators and diving suits are classified as personal protective equipment. PPE Regulation (EU) 2016/425 ANNEX II ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS 3.11...

That has to be the most i**otic thing Suunto has come up with. "Hey, You made a mistake. I won't help you now. You will die, but not my fault, your relatives can't sue me". Not a problem in gauge mode, though. And I haven't experienced a lockout (because I did not violate the limits). Pending...

[...] True. I am still alive after more that 500 dives using a Suunto Vyper or Zoop. They just work. A little bit boring devices, though. The battery lasts forever but is not trivial to change The dot matrix screen is a bit boring If you attach the convex plastic screen protector, readability...

Great that the problem was solved. No need to worry about braided flex hoses getting damaged in the hot sun then (that could have been a problem too).

It depends on the dive. One does not embark on serious overhead dives with such gear, but easy open water diving at 60ft max is a different thing - if you are capable of a calm emergency ascent would the o-ring completely fail. If it is a paid once-in-a-lifetime dive, you might want that leak...

Cylinders also have valves and they do weight a bit.

Just like I was on my first and last BM doubles dive :D

I assume you have 12L 232bar steel Eurocylinders. Negativity in water when empty (1 bar): 12L: -1,0 kg 2x12L: -4,2 kg The latter inludes a steel tank band to keep the cylinders together, another cylinder valve and the manifold connecting the two cylinders. Hence, you might only need 3 kg of...

You asked about the smaller lights. There are some great pictures above how to attach backup lights neatly on a certain type of standard harness. That might work with many BCDs too. I want to highlight the option of attaching things to your forearm, though. This can sometimes be practical. I...

I have a three inch wide dual layer elastic band with sewn in channels for a knife and a backup light etc. around my arm. My gopro is attached by bungee and a snoopy loop around my arm. My drysuit has latex wrist seals. And so do my dry gloves. Ensuring a good, wrinkle free, seal is a pain, but...

Sounds like restricted air flow. Something is clogged. Did you properly open the tank valve? If this happens with your new SPG too, check the 1st stage.

A HUD inside the mask is only needed in zero visibility diving. This is typically search and recovery diving. This type of diving does not often require mandatory decompression stops. You might want to skip the computer and display time, depth and heading instead. Make it a bottom timer. Make...

Some people think that life support equipment is used when your body fails Some people think that life support equipment is used when your body is OK but the environment is not Now, choose.

What I would recommend is 1. two sources of breathing gas 2. two means of regaining neutral buoyancy (don't sink!) 3. two means of reaching the surface (lines, ropes, bottom crawling, compasses, optimal weighting, droppable weights, ...) 4. two means of doing mandatory decompression stops, if...

Have you ever been to Great Britain?

I began diving when I was 40, too. Same thing. Had seen documents as a child. Fulfill your dreams now. You still have 45 years of time to do that (my favorite dive buddy is 85).

Now, when I hit 65m and resurfaced, I lost consciousness and was revived by a safety diver. All of us who do love freediving, we have different hard limits. Nevertheless, breath hold diving is so relaxing!

16C cold(ish) water. Swim trunks and nomount. A great dive with a lot of stagnant fish!

I did 50+ meters horizontally, no fins, absolutely not an athlete (OK, I admit, that 65m was a fail...). I guess - and this is just a guess - anyone reasonably fit could do the same 25m x 2 vertically - after some equalization practise. I am not a freediving instructor, neither am I an...

We need to keep in mind though, that "swimming/diving" and "SCUBA diving" are different. The entry point might be a clue.