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This is an old thread, yet a very important one... You can have Hep. C (HCV) and be asymptomatic for years. Roughly 22 years ago, octopuses (alternative air sources) came into being required equipment for instructors, yet we continued to teach buddy breathing for many years, as many people...

A VIP inspection is cheap insurance. Why anyone would print a sticker of their own out, I'm guessing with no training, is beyond me & it not only potentially creates a hazard to fill station personnel (and anyone in the shop at the time, as most accidents happen while filling a tank.) One...

There are still plenty of threads all over the web where many of us are looking for manuals & parts for our old Calypso regulators. I'm looking for a manual for my USD Aqua-lung Calypso VI regulator, both 1st & 2nd stages. If someone knows of a shop that has the parts to overhaul these 1st...

I agree w/ DA... I moved from the beach area to the desert in LA county, CA for a year & found I was having to replace O-Rings every 6 months, instead of every year... Granted I was diving every week-end (teaching) AND the smog. heat & dry air seemed to make O rings (& ever diaphragms) go VERY...

I'm sure laws vary from state to state, country to country, yet it seems to me that if you are going into the ocean, there needs to be some sense of self-responsibility. If you walk in front of a speeding car, you need to be responsible, if you go in a lake, ocean or stream, you need to know...

Hmmm... I'm sure this will all come out in the wash, yet the burst disc should certainly have gone before the valve, unless the valve had been swapped out or the threads were toast... This should be interesting! I'm a gal that pretty much has gills & dive w/ an AL50. I've yet to see a guy...

It seems in a follow-up article, there was "stolen SCUBA tanks/gear at the site". :shakehead: If someone stole some of my old gear, I can almost guarantee there is at least 1 empty tank I keep to use as as a teaching tool of what NOT to fill & to show what pitting, carbon, oily bad fills, and...

Howdy! I'm new to Scuba Board, yet as an instructor, I have to say that it is not only being in good shape, but also you feeling comfortable with the gear on in the water. Being a "good" swimmer, as any instructor can tell you means many different things to different people! It sounds like you...

Hi Par! I'm new too. I used to be an avid beach diver and know that a regular pair of 1/4" or roughly 7mm dive booties with hard bottoms work great in the water as well as on the beach & around town. As for the bugs... I just use BullFrog sunscreen spray that also has bug repellent built in...

I know this is a very old post, but I own a US Oceanic DataMax II and it is a dive timer, NOT a computer. I bought mine when Nitrox was just starting to emerge in the mid 80's. I liked these units, as the tables were being changed at the time, Nitrox was brand new & there were A lot of...