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The worst part for me was realizing that piece of crap was not reliable enough to make plans with. Aqualung fusion constantly had problems with seals and I had been told by the shop that it could be upgraded to user replaceable and it wasn't. Total waste of money.

It was a little nippy. I could have done a second dive with an hour or two to warm up.

I have both soft shot and hard weights. The advantage of soft shot is it doesn't chafe in the corners of weight pouches. Hard weights are much denser. The plastic bags will chafe against the outside fabric and the inside lead. My guess is they won't last and will leak shot over time and...

I have been getting a steady stream of people asking how we make the maps tracking our dive paths. It is not particularly difficult or expensive, so I thought I would share what I have learned doing it over the past few years. To start, we are not taking a GPS or similar device under water...

Today was the first real dive of the season. I went for a dive at Kings Beach in Newport. We stopped and took a look at Green Bridge before heading to King's Beach. For any one that dives there, they have made some changes to the roadway. They've widened it on the side facing the ocean. To...

I was certified in 1980 with NAUI and did a Assistant instructor course in 1983. At no time was I expected to swim three miles on the surface in full gear. We did unwater the length of an olympic swimming pool. I towed another diver and did mouth to snorkel (he was a West Point linebacker...

I thought you were referring to the swivel elbows use in regulator hoses.

I’v seen those elbows and never trusted them… That’s why I never listen to the people that say “a balanced rig shouldn’t need ditchable weights”

Folly is an excellent site, but the entry is tough on the ankles. The beach is mostly large cobble and walking in with gear can be hairy.

To lose both your BCD and completely flood your suit probably means your were run over by motor boat prop. You will bleed out with a couple of minutes... Drop your weights and hopefully it will make body recovery a little easier. You have three layers of redundant buoyancy, dry suit, wing and...

Cape Ann has some good near Boston diving. The water is pretty cool, but 7mm will get you through it okay. Rockport has a few easy dives that consistently have good conditions (15-25' visibility). Back Beach and Front Beach are pretty popular, easy dives ( have not done them, but I hear they...

Plenty of stuff can be done with old gear…

My brother works at a charity that refurbishes old bicycles. They sell them, give them a way to people that can't afford to buy them. None of those bikes are given out are unsafe. Regulators have not changed a heck of a lot in 40 years. You can still get parts for many of them. I gave my...

The assumption is to dive with it. Old gear can be stripped for parts, cut up for use in unrelated function. Masks and fins can last a very long time, as can a BCD or a regulator. Our society has gotten an ingrained belief that everything is ultimately disposable. When I go to goodwill with...

That's why God created bike locks....

The induction charging on the Peregrine was the killer app for me. I have lost a $400 camera and a $400 computer to flooding over the years. Never having to open a seal to replace a battery was a very attractive feature. I overall, I have really liked it. Easy to program, easy to use, nice...

Free to a good home is probably not a bad idea. A Dive computers for 25 bucks will probably sell because it can be a cheap solution for a Newbie or a cheap back up. some of the stuff might find a home, lead weights, dive knives, fins fall into the "can never have enough spares" category...

I almost blacked out on a surface swim after a dive because the neck seal was too tight. It was snug on the dive, but after surfacing, I got tunnel vision and ended up up dumping my weights so I could lay flat on the surface for the swim in. I wouldn't get in the water with a neck seal that you...

Have you heard of our lord and Savior, BP/W? If you have a moment, I can explain.....

Damn, they want to make America more like Florida? Up here in CT, we hardly ever eat our police officers.