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Most people have one favorite rebreather - the only one they’ve ever owned.

I own a lot of machines. Most of them are fine. Some are particularly nichey. Some have broad application (my old Meg, for instance, makes a great doorstop)

So far the tourists seem to like the touristy places to eat... Check out Buzzard's roost at 106, the Key Largo Fisheries back yard (paella thursdays & saturdays) at 98, Wednesday flip night at the Ocean View in Islamorada. The best cuban sandwich on the island comes from Publix and if you want...

That's honestly not bad. The wind has been blowing for... about three years now

News is all about perspective. For instance you could have said that the rEvo is down from $12k in 2012 ;-)

I can say unequivocally that dive boats on the east coast are a very different beast than they are in California. Doesn't mean you're not entitled to your expectation or that it's not a good idea. It's just a practice that some boats employ and others do not. Generally speaking, boats I've...

Well, that's certainly one opinion.

That would be a welcome experience, I'd imagine. I've always envisioned a dive club to be something of an influential group that can use its size to leverage opportunities to dive things that otherwise would be off limits. Instead, I've only seen it as a way to wedge ever cheaper prices and...

Dive clubs, so far as I've seen, act as a means of keeping poorly trained and economically disadvantaged people in the practice of participating in a sport to which they add risk and frustration. Smaller dive teams and organized groups of qualified divers seem to have a better understanding of...

Unfortunate. Kyaa is one of "the good guys". She's one of the very few who understand how to run a professional operation and cater to the right part of the market that ensures the growth of the industry. I'm sure Sundiver will continue to operate. There's nothing preventing Kyaa from being...

Patric (and many of his dive partners) dived a rEvo III. His particular unit has a solenoid and controller. I won't comment on the incident but since the specifics of his unit were called into question I figured I'd at least say something factual.

Why the front mounted buttons? Could have made the footprint smaller or the screen larger by putting them on the side.

Mike you guys should take a page out of the fast food manual and update a metric: xdeep customers are currently being served in X days/months/years.

Probably be good if you read the thread leading up to your post. Asked and answered.

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Good thing we don't encounter dogs on dives. I'd feel bad about spearing one of them. Fish, not so much.

Had 69'F @ 143fsw on Anacapa Saturday. 73'F on Clemente at 204fsw the week before. It's nice in the islands right now.

Sounds like you arrived at the same conclusion that ran through my head as I read your thread. I'm willing to allow room for an exception in my argument that hoses don't just fail suddenly and mysteriously to caveat that "20+ year old dive gear may suddenly and mysteriously fail" :-) Honestly...

You'll have a lot more fun getting on a boat and heading over to the island anyway. It's been gorgeous for the last few weeks at Catalina, Clemente and Anacapa with visibility over 50 feet and temps in the high 60s at depth. I can't say anything nearly so positive about the nearshore diving in...

Hoses don't suddenly and mysteriously fail in the middle of a dive. I've never seen it happen. Hoses fatigue and start to bubble and you change them out. Take care of your equipment, rinse it well and inspect it prior to use and you won't have problems. Insofar as gas planning to accommodate...