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Now I've gotten into this multirotor thing recently and noticed that the 3S ones should be able to produce a voltage that's around where eight "C" cells will be so has anyone tried soldering leads from the contacts on the Light Cannon head to a male XT60 or something? I'm still looking for a...

To cut a long (and embarrasing) story short, a full kitted up scuba unit fell from a bench on the boat and the threads on the yoke (and perhaps some on the 1st stage itself but hopefully not) got stripped. Yoke was tightened back onto the 1st stage body. No leaks. Seemed fine on the next dive...

Thinking of tidying up my previously cable tie secured bungy cords on my sidemount rig and was wondering what size of hog rings I'll need. Currently trying out some bungy cord crimps which whilst looking quite tidy will probably cause more grief in the long run since they're only zinc plated and...

I haven't gotten the housing yet but I'll just like to check a good idea of whether it'll be possible to find a used 6" or 8" port that will not require me to do lap dances in unsavory places for extra income. :D For the zoom gear, I'm looking for one which will fit the Canon 18 - 55mm STM.

So I'll be embarking on this course soon enough in my attempt at world domination and I've seen on a lot of sites plus official SDI standards that the Night and Limited Visibility specialty is a must but I was told by the trainer that it wasn't so who's right or wrong and how right or wrong were...

IF I were to go to PADI instead for the IDC, will the SDI Divemaster certification be recognized or will I have to go for the PADI version?

So I was on a boat with two instructor trainers and a dude on his IDC. I overheard what appeared to be the lead trainer giving a comment to the trainee that he shouldn't have asked the other trainer who was posing as student to repeat skills which she seemed to be able to demonstrate reasonably...

I'm over in Malaysia and am using HOG regulators on my sidemount rig. Might get another set for backmount so will be using HOG regulators exclusively by then. Was wondering where's the nearest instructor to me because it'll be nice if I understood what I'm using.

So here are the rare few of the many shots I'd taken with the phone this morning at about 11 metres. I used an Underwater Kinetics Light Cannon eLED to illuminate the subjects. Needless to say, most of the shots were out of focus since visibility wasn't that great but some kind of did the phone...

So I'm a bit of a fitness freak although I'm nowhere near ironman level but I was wondering whether setting the 2nd stage to the lowest setting (greatest effort required) would be a good way to give my lungs a workout assuming that I'm not task loaded underwater. It's probably not conclusive but...

I've been doing some asking around and was told by agency specific instructors that the PADI Divemaster course was for 2 weeks whilst the SDI one was for 4 days. For those who've had done, seen or heard of both agencies' training, is there any difference or was the PADI one dragging it over a...

Just got my SDI Solo Diver certification today and like a lot of those who have gone for it, most of it was spent demonstrating what every diver should learn / already know, solo diver or not. I had to :- Inform boat crew of my planned direction / rendezvous point, bottom time and what to do...

Ok, this is coming from someone who has more than a passing interest in animals and that includes marine life so just label me as the loudmouthed newbie and move on if your interest doesn't lie there. :) Just about all of us know that there's big money only if a business gets a steady flow of...

So I'm about 1.67 - 68 metres tall and the swivel snaps to my waist D-rings are about halfway down the cylinders which means that once they start getting floaty, my trim goes off quite noticeably. I'm using a Razor style harness and was wondering whether besides mounting a buttplate to get the...

Got this in January 2013. Have used it on a few dives but don't think it'll be needed when I go for my technical lessons and I've already gotten two Termo gauges so might as well let it go. Asking for USD230 inclusive of shipping to anywhere in the world.

I've been using a 2 litre High Sierra's water bladder to go underwater to practice drinking in fishland. Could do it fine and comfortably. I had quite a bit left over from Sunday's session so I took a sniff at the water a few days later and it smelt chemicalish. I could have sworn that I'd...

So this was my first backplate and wing setup. Took me hours to get it right since like most newbies, I forgot certain D-rings during the lacing and it was either that or I put them the wrong way round. :D After I'd gotten everything dialed in sweeter than saccharin, I started thinking about how...

Putting together another Razor style harness and I thought that I'll pair this one off with the Stealth BC. Have downloaded the manual and looked it over a few times. What I saw was two loops on each side where they had bungee cords and one loop at the lowest point. Is that all or are there any...

1. Proper buoyancy and trim is VERY important. If you get them wrong, you'll never be able to progress far as a diver. 2. It's something which will often be intentionally started off wrong with many instructors (especially those on the resort style fast and durious 2 - 3 day courses)...

Been looking at the this conversion kit from DiveRightInScuba and it seemed to be a very well made piece of kit. Have noticed that there have been made posts made on using HOG 1st stages with what I believe to be adaptors and not conversion kits but I'd just like to confirm whether the...