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I dive Atomic and I am German. I think it is more or less because they are quite more expensive than other options here. And people here always like to tell themselves what they dive would be "the safest", so they advertise diaphragm regs. Of course with little empirical back up, but that is...

Tribal, basically all gases we use for diving are narcotic, it is a question of relative potential, not of yes/no. Even helium causes narcosis, just much less than nitrogen (and maybe oxygen). At 300+ meters, narcosis is unavoidable at least to some degree.

15 hours is to surface. They are talking about a deeper part of the ascent.

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jale, in fairness however the horizontal front zips can also be a pain to close without a buddy. Do not know about that Beuchat specifically though.

Honestly among the best portraits of them I have ever seen!

Advising people can only go so far...

Even if there is no scuba law in your area, I would recommend against it. Thinking back to my starting days, I would probably not even have endangered myself, but simply miserably failed to descend and come into trim. Much more fun also to do it under instruction!

"Extending" the snorkel is actually not a good idea, as you will have to work really hard to make sufficient air exchange happen against the water pressure. You can at the very least practice breathing mask-less with just your face in the water through the snorkel.

Yes, there it is typical you may want to do it at 6m instead of 3m. Can be very logical if diving under waves, and of course when doing it on 100%...

Yes, Atomic hoses have quite a price tag!

Second the point about considering an OPV if diving in a configuration where there is no other (harmless) release in case of rising IP.

Quite shocking. How do they manage to stay in business? Apart from it being not even possible depending on the amount of gear and conditions, it is a completely useless risk having to do all the heavy lifting in a hurry after a dive. Sure, I am also a proponent of "one should be able to provide...

Rapidly turning into a "wildlife divers do not enjoy" - thread!

I think the snakes are also lazy-ass and almost never bite, no?

Well many people dream of seeing an alligator while diving, no?

Barnaby's Dad, thanks! Actually, I never dive for golf balls. I also do not plan on doing so. I was to the contrary always surprised that this is really a thing...

There seems to be a lot more to golfball diving than I thought. The "need to find a lot of balls to break even" thing I figured...

A general problem throughout parts of the diving community. Sure, not every idea is good. But resistance to any innovation for sure also is not.