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Last update: November 22, 2004 at 7:04 AM Scuba diver missing in Mississippi River Bill Mcauliffe and Chao Xiong, Star Tribune November 22, 2004 SCUBA1122 A 21-year-old man was missing and feared dead Sunday after scuba diving with friends in the Mississippi River off Hidden Falls...

Anyone know of any sources I can obtain an adjustment knob to convert my backup ATX40 second stage to an ATX50 second stage at a "fair" price? I called an LDS in town and they wanted $98 for the knob. ROTFLMAO...talk about a slap in the face! I could dang near buy a whole new second stage for...

I am seriously hating my Diving Concepts neoprene dry gloves. I have inadvertently popped that stupid outer rubber o-ring off of the plastic glove ring three times now when trying to remove the gloves from the suit after dives. It is near impossible to get the rubber ring back on by yourself...

Just curious how many drysuit divers have actually taken a full blown drysuit course? Seems to me it's a pretty mixed bag. Some people think it is absolutely needed and others feel it is unnecessary. So shoot away and feel free to speak your mind.:D :boom:

I finally got a drysuit tonight. I picked up a very slightly used DUI TLS350 from a LDS in town. It fits me perfect. The only other drysuit I had tried before this one was a DUI CF200 and it was a size large and was a little big on me. The TLS I got is a medium and fits me as good as I could...

Just wondering what the difference is in these two suits besides the DS2 having a diagonal front zip vs. the DS3's horizontal front zip. Are there any other differences between these two suits and is the DS2 any cheaper in price? Also their website states they have a zipper guard. Is the...

I experienced something I find very strange while diving this past weekend. Not sure if conditions had anything to do with it but here they are: air temp was 46F, water temp was 43F at the surface and around 38F at 90 ft. I was wearing my Henderson 7mil farmer john wetsuit. Anyway first dive...

I am reposting my post here from another thread as it seems this is a more appropriate location. I was checking this site out (the link above that Uncle Pug posted) and I am wondering about this little piece taken directly from the site regarding Nitrox: "Inflammation of lung tissue from long...

Here's a few of my newbie pics I've taken so far. I used a Sony DSCP5 camera with the Sony MPKP5 Marine Pack housing. These were taken using the built in flash only in lakes at depths of around 20 to 40 ft deep. Viz was around 10 to 20 ft. My Pics

I recently purchased an ATX-40 second stage from Simply Scuba to replace my Zeagle Octo + as my backup reg. I also got a DIR hose kit. After hooking everything up and testing it out I noticed that the ATX-40 breathes noticeably better than my TX-50 primary. I am wondering if the ATX-40 needs...

Is it possible to get a wristmount for my Vyper computer? If so how much does it cost and where can I get one online? I'd like to do away with my console and mount my computer on my right wrist and my compass on my left wrist. I know they sell the Vyper in wristmount but I am wondering if my...

Would the Halcyon Scout light be a good all around light to take with on general recreational day dives in MN lakes? I don't have a light yet but would like to have one just to take along on dives. It's kinda spendy. It looks like EE sells them for $86.

Have any of you done the Shark dive in the Aquarium at the Mall of America? It sounds like fun.

:boom: Ok...I see why you closed the thread "Tank Help" because it was getting out of hand but...I don't understand what was so harmful about Net Doc's statement about deleting posts and my replying to him that it didn't work when I tried it out. C'mon...that's getting a little picky. There...

Thanks to all of the great info and advice off of Scuba Board I made the big plunge today and bought my first set of gear. I'm totally psyched to go try it out tomorrow. I ended up buying a Zeagle Ranger BC with Octo+, Apeks TX50 regulator and Suunto Vyper computer console.

I noticed on http://www.divesales.com they have a 3300 psi aluminum 80 cu. ft. tank that is supposed to be neutrally buoyant when empty and -5.8 when full. Are these decent tanks? They are listing them at $140.00 plus $20.00 shipping and I am wondering if anyone has used these. Seems like a...

Anyone seen the new AquaLung Legend regs on the Aqualung website? http://www.aqualung.com/catalog/prodpage/regulate/legendlx.htm They look sweet. Wondering if anyone has heard what retail is going to be on them? I'm buying new gear next spring so I'll be savin' some $$$ over the winter months...

I need help deciding between a Harveys 6.5mm Titanium Toaster suit or a Henderson Gold Core suit. I've seen the Hendersons at a dive shop and they look nice although I've heard a few people question the durability of the seams. I haven't seen the Harvey's Titanium suits up close but am...

Anyone have an inside scoop on new Apeks regs? I noticed Leisure Pro has an Apeks CTX series listed on their website but they have no pics of them. They are a little higher in price than the TX series. I went to the Apeks website and they only have TX and ATX series regs stating more info...