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  1. 616fun

    Should I buy from my LDS?

    If someone can up sell you to a set of split fins as a better option then I have some lake front property (swamp land) in Florida to sell you.
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    Starter Dive Computer

    http://divegearexpress.com/computers/dg03.shtml 3 gas computer with DSS bungee mount for $270. Great price for a decent starter computer.
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    Dive masks with purge valves

    The only problem with a purge mask is that it is a solution looking for a problem. I don't care if you use one, but it offers no advantage over non-purge options.
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    How many of you have failed to analyze a tank that you thought had air?

    Unless I'm doing a dive that calls for a specific mix I usually just have tanks topped with air, so there is always a bast*rd mix in them. I find no benefit to EANx on a typical quarry weekend. I check them religiously because of this.
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    Dive computer for deaf diver

    Plan your dive and dive your plan. Check your gauges often and you'll never have to worry about an alarm.
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    A FB friend posted his brother died today in Ginnie Springs

    Or analyze, mark, and date every tank. Mod tanks are great, but a piece of duct tape on the neck is two minutes to save your life. No brainer.
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    A FB friend posted his brother died today in Ginnie Springs

    I may look stone cold in asking this, but did the guy do this to take his own life? I mean - filling a stage to 98% is no remedial task. That's boosting the O2!! If he truly did fill it himself I have a hard time believing he didn't remember the work he did to get the cylinder to 98%. Or he...
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    FL Keys mini-season fatality

    This actually isn't the concept behind diving with no weight. Technically - to do this safely you rig a 'balanced' gear configuration that places very little negative weighting on the diver, allowing you to swim the rig up should the situation occur. It is achievable, as I dive such a...
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    Now things are really gonna get expensive...

    Time for Dad to upgrade and 'gift' his old gear to the boy :)
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    Nitrox certification benefits?

    Agreed, but I prefer to provide a realistic answer, not a canned '32%/36%' answer to someone asking. Nitrox, whether in recreational or technical diving is a tool. ---------- Post added July 23rd, 2013 at 09:20 PM ---------- 10 nitrox dives before advanced nitrox/deco? I think you're...
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    Nitrox certification benefits?

    Anyone who tells you this and dives nitrox on their 25' dives at the quarry is smoking better stuff than I can find. It's a placebo effect at best and people looking to justify their green and yellow stickers and added costs. Nitrox is a deep gas. Nitrox is anything over 21%. I regularly dive...
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    Nitrox certification benefits?

    Increases bottom times. It pays in spades during repetitive diving.
  13. 616fun

    Eventually want to get into Wreck Diving - what are the pre-requisites?

    Be careful. Most cave divers I know went for training to be wreck divers and never came back :)
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    Will I be wasting my time and my money?

    Bottom line. Yes. Most people jumping into commercial diving spend the first few years as a tender and not making much money. Now, there's plenty of time to get your technical certifications and do these dives for fun.
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    2 Used Faber LP 95's for $375?

    I bought used 95s with a manifold and bands about 5 years ago for $450 to give a reference. It's not a bad price IMO. Make sure they get hydro approval before you fork over the dough.
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    Electronic C Card

    Actually, my TDI cards don't have my picture. Just my name, cert date and number, and instructor info. Not sure a picture is that big of a deal. All of us telling you that we've done this and gotten fills, on boats, in quarries, etc. I've been on recreational and technical charters with a...
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    Electronic C Card

    I don't use the SSI app, but I have scanned all of my cards and added them to my DiveLog app on the phone. I've yet to be turned away using it in the 2 years I've provided it as certification verification.
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    P Valve Question

    Let it fly. In the water or out. My best friends may find me standing right next to them with a leak in my right leg. Just wait till you find out all the fun to be had with used Caths.....
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    Apeks XTX200 Regulator

    What is your plan longer term? Will you go doubles at some point? The 2nd stage of the 200 is the same as the 50 and 100, except it's been prettied up. The 1st stages are different between the 3 regs and some lean towards one application better than the other.
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    Halycon Eclipse BPW a good buy at ~$700?

    I think your camera sarcasm is over 99% of our heads ;)
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