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For about four years now there's been an ongoing discussion about drygloves - what fits on what dryglove rings, and what's the best for whatever application and type of diving you do. That discussion is at Ultima Dry Glove System question. The thing is - the thread started as a discussion...

The subject has come up a lot... So here's how. Thanks to buddhasummer for sharing these awesome instructions and allowing me to post them here. :D Some detail on these gloves: The SHOWA 720 is the latest and greatest "smurf" style glove. It is thinner, stretchier, warmer, and tougher than the...

Years ago a fellow Scubaboarder named TS&M posted an article on how to open a SiTech exhaust valve and clean it out. Unfortunately, that article was lost to time and cyberspace. Recently a friend here (laikabear) asked me how to do it, so I did a little video explaining how to get the things...

Anyone that's been diving drysuits for any length of time knows the awful feeling when you're in the middle of your dive and you feel that little trickle on your left shoulder. It doesn't take long for your whole left arm to get soaked, cold, and miserable. Many of us have learned how to...

This thread is really a continuation of this thread: Product Review: New “Generation 2” BARE SB Drysuit Since the thread from this point on will be focusing on the new BARE XCS2 rather than their SB, I figured I'd make a new thread with a new name. After a very long summer not being able to...

Cool experiment.

I'm a commercial diver that dives frequently on scuba (rather than surface-supplied) and was in need of a new camera for when clients requested it. Yeah, sure... I had a Nikon and an impressive housing... A couple of GoPros, an Intova, and some others... But any time I used those, I...

After something like ten years of hearing something on the radio or Pandora or whatever and writing it down, I am sharing my scuba-related music playlist with y'all. Sadly, Barefoot Man is not licensed on Slacker - but I'm open if y'all want to add. DEEP SOUTH DIVERS

I thought-ch'all might get a kick outta this: After seeing some better-than-expected results from one of my team's GoPro/GoMask combination, I decided to purchase one of my own. We're working divers and need both hands free to work, so the headmount/mask mount idea was really our best option...

Our newest diver is talented with a camera, so we took advantage of that:

Kinda a weird one, but here ya go: A client of mine is a captain on a large sailing yacht that came to the Savannah, GA USA area and is looking to sell the scuba tanks off the boat. Like the vessel and the crew, they're European. Shoulder stamps say: SCUBAPRO M25 D ecs YON126 UT...

...So I'm in Lowe's last night looking for stainless steel hardware for a project I'm doing, when I get bonked in the head with what looks like a broom handle. Turns out, they sell what they call a "bolt magnet." Essentially, it's a very strong magnet on what is basically a broom handle. If...

Anyone tried this yet? My recent love-love relationship with my latest drysuit purchase (there's been many, but this one I'm marrying) has allowed me to exercise some weighting fine-tuning. I'm thrilled, as I always am, to further minimize gear size and weight. Interestingly, Faber's FX80...

Let me be clear about this before I go any further, and in case you get tired of reading my verbosity: This new suit is the best suit I’ve ever owned. It’s a true game-changer. Bad to the bone. The new standard in exposure protection. I’m shocked and ecstatic about my new...

Short story: Seriously rocks. Five stars. You need one. No, you can not have mine. The details: I am not related to Thermalution or the company that sells them here on the East Coast of the 'States (http://www.heatedwetsuits.com) in any way, but I might decide to be after diving this...

A year ago I purchased a pair of Scubapro Jet fins in the new XXL size from Extreme Exposure in High Springs. I added a set of Halcyon spring heels, but didn't like the new little "H's" all over the spring heel, so I drove across the street to the Halcyon plant and asked them to replace the "H"...

I purchased this 400gm Thinsulate undergarment new from SANTI a month ago and find it too thick for the temperatures in these waters in South Carolina. My loss is your gain. New, dived twice, both times with UnderArmour on, so it's still fresh. Has not been washed. Black, size XL...

Over, under, through and around I am awash in the sea. I permeate it And it moves through me. Over, under, through and around I float and glide and am A part of it Compoundedly. Over, under, through and around Seawater flows liquid In my veins Vitally. Over, under, though and around When you...

I walked along a lonely street Rushed In mind Dedicated to my commitments And the world seemed to sit upon My shoulders My feet splashed Along the shiny pavement And light danced off puddles around me Gray and bleak, my day Like everyone else's Blurred by the rains Like yesterday and the...

The water was cold today. Darkness engulfed me, laid around me And I hover'd there, watching my bubbles flee. The sun bolted in as sheets and struck them into a thousand diamonds. The water was cold today. I lurked, unmoving, listening, And your face flashed through my mind. For a moment I...