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    Landlocked Nebraska

    :eek:
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    Maine Marine Life

    Very nice! Thanks for sharing!
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    Deep Air VS CCR

    Do not feel confident in claiming any statistical value. What I see is that those folks that migrate to CCR seem to do it more or less completely.
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    Current top drysuits for rec diving

    On original topic: Waterproof user here, can not say anything negative. Except price ;)
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    Current top drysuits for rec diving

    Needs some flexibility I think. As others have said, thermal insulation is also at least to a point a function of the air in the suit.
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    Hello from NorCal

    Welcome :)
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    Hello from NorCal

    Welcome!
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    Single most important factor in choosing a recreational dive computer

    Personally, I do like rechargeable computers. Throw away batteries are so 1980 ;)
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    Helium prices ...

    Personal opinion (not a CCR diver): sustainable use of helium means CCR. Not advocating OC trimix for ever shallower depths.
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    Maximum Operating Depth (M.O.D.) S.C.U.B.A. Diving On Air.

    Well, I am not an active CCR diver. I have some try dives, also a bit deeper than 15m. WOB was quite trivial. Deeper depths, this may be different, I can not and will not comment. I do however have to say I am quite critical about advocating trimix for ever shallower depths. CCR to be honest I...
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    Custom lead mold

    Given that normally divers are really cautious regarding health issues, yes, I suggest to use the same caution when working with lead. It is not instantly a huge hazard, true. But especially of you do it often, there are more healthy things in life than casting lead weights in an improvised fashion.
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    Drysuit Bouyancy Issues

    "Shrink wrapped" is also cold. Although I have to say personally I prefer a bit of tactile feedback by the suit.
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    Basic gear from mid-twentieth-century Italy: Cressi

    Almost evolutionary, the fin "development" ;)
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    Future Directions: Where Is Diving Going?

    In any case much is unknown. Better to not always think the most benign scenarios will be those that become reality.
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    Sore throat from dry compressed air

    Depending on where you are diving (salt water / heavily chlorinated pool) this may not be of help, but in fresh water dives I sometimes simply take a sip of the water to wet my mouth.
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    Deep stop question

    There is no definition that is universal. One always needs to see the context. To me, "deep" in the context of this discussion means that the total deco time stayed fixed, and was (re)distributed from shallow to deeper.
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    Dive gear storage

    Lots of interesting ideas here!
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    Hello from Stockholm

    Welcome :)
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