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    pushing limits

    This could potentially be the best topic on the board! I press my limits when I think I am ready to do so, but only with divers more experienced than myself... some people may say that this makes me a "stroke" but I don't agree. I think that pushing your limits in a controlled way is the...
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    Tank sizes and costs

    try www.scubastore.com they have tanks that are rated and marked for europe.... www.leisurepro.com has great rates for tanks in the US but you may not be able to use them.
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    Why the E8-130 (LP-104)...

    the whole thing seems like "much to do about nothing" to me. Hopefully it will drive the price of the LP cylinders down so I can get those double 108's I've been looking for, now THAT would make me a believer in the E8's!!!! :rolleyes:
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    Insurance

    DAN is cheap man, if you ever get bent it will more than make up for it's cost and if you don't your not really out a lot of money. Your insurance will most likely cover atleast some of the expenses but whatever it may not cover (like herman said a medevac) DAN will. Plus DAN is devoted to...
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    Florida Cave Instructors

    Your right man, you've convinced me. Lurch, Go to GUE unless you don't fit their standards, then you shouldn't dive at all. It's just THAT simple. :rolleyes:
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    Cave Reels

    Underwater Connections makes great reels, but they don't have a website. You have to call them and they'll send them to you (they are very cost effective and well made) many florida cave divers and instructors use them. Dive Rite reels are good also but I always seem to bend the handles on...
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    Cave Line

    I ordered a 1,000 foot spool of #24 braided at home depot and received twisted (which I returned)... so the hardware stores have it, but just make sure your getting the right thing! reefscuba is good also!
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    How would you recommend that I start cave training

    I think most instructors in florida will let you use doubles as long as you have experience in them and they are rigged safely. Every agency has ups and downs but I like your philosophy about staying within your limits and gaining experience. I know some people who think a C-card makes them an...
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    Florida Cave Instructors

    I'm sorry for the reference, you guys are right it was wrong of me to use that word. BUT, my EXPERIENCE (yes I have some ) with GUE was 3 years ago and it was generally poor. I know a guy (no, I do not consider him my friend but thats a whole other story)who applied to take the GUE cave 1...
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    Cave instructor and Cave site

    You know it's strange, the guidlines and techniques for safe cave diving have been set for a long time now. To be a cave instructor with any agency (I don't want to make any references here....) is a rigerous process, so why do opinions on cave classes and instructors vary so much? They all...
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    Cave Excusions/Sidemount.com

    I stayed in one of Bill's cabins (Paul's #3) 2 weeks ago and was very suprised, A/C worked fine, bed was comfortable and it was close to peacock... Bill is a nice man. I took my Apprentice from John Orlowski and would recommend him for instruction... I have never dealt with Cathy but most...
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    Florida Cave Instructors

    John Orlowski out in Luraville at cave excursions(the best place to get your tanks filled by the way). He is not big on the academics but is a good teacher as far as technique and survival skills... I thought his classes were good and I got ALOT of diving in! I would stay away from GUE, they...
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    Rviews of Halcyon Scout light.

    I use 2 4c UK4's and a princeton rage as my back up...the total cost of all 3 of these lights is less than 1 scout... if I flood 2 switches and a twist on after a primary failure I am in BIG trouble and delrin plastic will not get me out of it!!! I also do things like light checks and...
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    AUL battery pack

    I was soldering up a new set of batteries for my spectrum and wanted to build a second set of batteries for it... does anyone know where I can get the connector that connects the batteries to the light head? What are those connectors called? :confused:
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    Only one Nitrox Tank on a Multi Tank Day

    Both of these are good arguments... I would say it would not really make much of a difference as far as your overall nitrogen load or your total daily bottom time... it also depends on the CNS clock... if it is a high % O2 mix and you dove it last it could possibly run up your cns clock to an...
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    Looking for the boat

    Maybe if we refused to tip for bad advice they would stop giving it out! :mean:
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    Looking for the boat

    Sounds like you were getting info from a inexperienced divemaster to me. In my opinion there are several factors in this questions but I'll deal with the one you are interested in. Surfacing to look for the boat is NOT a common practice and can potentially be very dangerous. Keeping and eye...
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    Apeks Service Kits

    Does anyone have any links or numbers to where I can get rebuild kits (viton) for my 4 TX 50's?? =-)
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    New Big Regulator Poll 2003

    4 TX50's and counting... best reg ever mader :)
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    Oxygen Window and deeper stops

    I understand Irvine's theory to be that the proper decompression schedule is about hitting the right "curve" and that adding on safety time to one stop or another only serves to invalidate the schedule. I think he believes that traveling through the ranges of pressure gradients that occurr on...
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