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Just received my ix3m 2 pro . It will be a week or so before I can get it in the water so for now just posting some quick pictures. It is huge and very bright - which for me is good because I have trouble reading smaller screens (which is rhe nain reason i bought this vs the ratio idive...

This seems like the easiest solution! Will try next time. On another topic, wow. That is some serious current and muck. I have never seen the "hammerhead" thing you used to swim upstream. I was on a family vacation and just wanted to get a few dives in so I rented tanks and weights. The...

Second TDS Bonaire inside of Captain Don's (but they have their own TDI shop). Zach is awesome, loves all forms of tech diving, and is a rebreather fanatic.

It was a nylon braided rope (I had to rent from shop as I didn't anticipate having to drag flag). Smaller than anchor line. but in the future I can fashion my own I just need to figure out what I want to do so I can use anything available for future. Posts here in this thread have already...

Also, where I was there was enough current I could not really set the flag down (or, at least I could not trust that the flag would be there when I got back to it, assuming I could find it again). I guess if I found something to tie it off on that could work, but in many places I dive there is...

I thought about using the octo quick release bands with some kind of linkage like you describe, but I think it would be too easily pulled out in current? I might experiment with that though. I like this idea a lot. I guess if a boat snagged my flag line it might jerk my hand for a few seconds...

I had my first experience trying to drag a dive flag (required by shop supposedly for safety .. I tried to argue that my DSMB was sufficient notice I could deploy when surfacing but got overruled and it is their shop so their rules). My hands are already busy (full DSLR system, sidemount reg...

Trying to do too much too quickly IMHO. I am often guilty of same so I know. It took me literally about 40 dives before I felt really comfortable with sm (now I will not dive any other way). Skills are learned in sm by doing and experiencing ... No YouTube video or lecture can make your...

I knew I would get great suggestions here! Thank you to all. I am going to try the tech shorts with pockets from fourth element. I don't think they will hit my cylinders but will watch out for that @grantctobin Not sure I follow suggestions for securing the corrugated hose. Do you mean to...

Okay good solution for lights. As far as all that gear, it is really just for solo diving where in theory I should have backups for any failure point. In reality I have dived solo with no dsmb at all relatively shallow 60 ft, few boats, and minimal current. So in the right conditions I could...

I recently completed my solo certification using side mount as my redundant gas (over the initial objection of my not side mount friendly instructor, but I convinced her to treat my second tank as a big pony and kept gas off on right tank except for oog exercises). My rig is an apeks wsx25...

Support did finally respond to me. They said my support email went to their spam folder. Strange but anyway they responded. For anyone having a similar issue, the manual is wrong and you do not need to add the Mix Check app to the iDive. The Mix Check function on newer firmware is built in...

Unfortunately that thread only confirms that Divelogger was discontinued and replaced with subsurface. However, Subsurface does not appear to support the Mix Check app. So effectively, unless I am missing something, Ratio just killed one of the best features of their computer (integrated gas...

Any and all help appreciated, Ratio support appears to be non-existent. I have an iDive Color Tech+ with latest firmware 4.1.26/016 I purchased the Gas Analyzer and I am trying to install the Mix Check app on my Ratio Tech+ computer. Following the directions in the manual, I attempted to...

I have been sidemount for a few years and had the same issue. I finally decided to get my certification and my instructor corrected my bungee technique. Order is critical, and you have to do this in water: (1) move bottom clip (if needed for AL tank) to belt ring; (2) Unclip safety loop, (3)...

I have been searching without success for an instructor in Puerto Rico who can offer the solo (SSI) or self-reliant diver (PADI) certification. Will be there in a couple of weeks and thought I would be able to get the certification while I am there, but unable to find anyone who can offer it...

No, I just added d rings to my belt yesterday, and plan to try that next time I go out with AL80s The instructor I hired suggested the "cheat" because we didn't have an extra set of d rings handy... I know with fixed belt D rings it should work fine, I am just wondering why not stick with the...

thanks Rollin yes that is very similar to Michur's triangle. The only real difference is that I am using 2 d rings in the lower band about 6" apart (on an AL80) so the rear d ring can be connected to the butt rail, and the from D ring on a bungee leash to the front waist D ring. As a result...

In my first few attempts, I used the Apeks sliding D rings starting at my hip and then pulling them down to the front as the tanks got light. I found that the sliding D rings do not hold so well especially in swells and I was constantly fighting to pull them back to the front half way through...

I am relatively new to SM having about 30 dives in SM over the past year. Diving steels or neutral AL tanks though I feel very good and have got my trim near perfect. Until recently I really struggled with AL. My Apeks WSX sliding D rings just didn't hold and I had to continually pull the...