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Halocline, I paid $130 total for both regulator sets getting serviced. I had two tanks undergo the annual Visual at the same time for which he was going to charge me $30 each (everywhere else locally they are $20) but he waived that fee (loyalty?). End of day he gave me store credit for what...

Thanks for the responses. I appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge. Your answers are along the lines of what I suspected they would be. As for cost, it was $65 each, but I had received the promise of "free for life" when I purchased the gear, so on reminder it was honoured as...

I took my new regs in for their first annual service before our local summer dive season gets underway. They are Sherwood SR1 with Genesis Octo combo and according to the Manufacturer the service interval is two years ( at least that is what they give free parts for. Nothing back in the way of...

I have one. I like it. Takes getting used to using one button but once you get past the learning curve it takes nice pictures. Bought the flat cover as well and it does make a nicer picture.

I am a little bit north of you, and I was part of the "Buy and train in my gear" crowd. I like that I got comfortable with my stuff when we went training. I have 7mm Hendersons full suits with the chicken hood. Love them in West Hawk. Minneapolis has quite a few dive shops for you to...

Some good information and responses for you TimFrancis. My daughter is 16 and recently OW certified this past year. She is going on 14 years with Type 1 and has a great history of BG management along with great control of her A1C. Having said that we follow the DAN guidelines when we go diving...

Do they? Being comfortable in the lessons was easy for me and my daughter as we already spent a lot of time swimming and have taken lots of swimming lessons. If you add diving and trying to be comfortable in the water it would be a lot to get used to all at once. Don't quit, maybe take the...

Great tips on navigation - thanks everybody. I found I did resort to watching where my shadow was on the bottom and the angle of the sun to help especially on the way back. Our first dive was supposed to be straight out north and back south (can't get more simple than that) and still managed to...

Thanks, I did have the importance of buddy check reinforced, we are both ultra cautious and hopefully it develops into a habit. We both realize that our C-Card was just a learners license. I actually think the contour is what threw us off - we likely followed along the contour of the lake...

We did west hawk and I probably didn't need the mitts yet and have a five fingered pair on the shopping list. Probably a bit lighter than the 7mm mitts as well. Didn't really notice the thermocline until almost thirty feet which was quite a bit deeper than July. July the cold hit at about 17...

Got my Open water certification back in July and tried twice to get out for the first post certification dive. First was scrubbed as the planned site was too shallow with too much boat traffic. The second saw a thunderstorm roll in as we arrived at the dive site and the third time was the charm...

Side business pays for toys. Sucks to have to work sometimes but money is easy to make if you have enough drive and ambition. Sugar momma helped me get the education, I have been paying her back for going on 18 years now.

I saw this link below Please wait and that explains the post title. Job well done in any country. Never made Wainwright only been to Shilo.

Its a good thing you can retire after 20 in, your knees are usually gone about the same time. I thought that our southern neighbours gave up the monarchy?

I think that sports and activities such as Scuba Diving can be very attractive to individuals with personalities with this type of attitude. I noted you mentioned these individuals are involved in yachting. I recall from my pilot training course the saying that flying, like the sea, is generally...

Check out your local dive shop - All of the local Winnipeg shops have groups headed out to West Hawk regularly and there is even a few clubs around they can put you in contact with. Look at the events pages of their websites - some update - some not so much. Most are out on weekends they don't...

The LDS I use changes the mouthpieces for each new class going thru the Open Water and your reg set stays in a bag with your name on it. Not sure what happens if he has a need to rent a set that weekend. I am sure it would go out the door - I would if I owned that business. I am ok with that...

CapnHook, I am pretty sure we frequent the same LDS. Positive actually. I purchased the SR-1's after researching a significant amount. I had three main critera when I went looking: 1) Local support mandatory from a shop that was established. 2) Had to appeal to me visually - I have to like...

Good luck following that route and congrats on paying off your home. Manitoba is north of Minnesota. I would have to ice dive to get my open water dives in - so it is wait for spring (and water temps to rise a bit) or travel south. I will get equipment to use here vs travelling south.

Hi all, Really wet behind ears, and enjoying it. Thanks to all on this board for ton's on information on equipment and opinions. We are fortunate to have a couple of long term local shops (40+ years) that carry good equipment and have great service. -20 C outside right now, so its a long...