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I bought a Perdix 2 recently and used it on its first trip. A strange thing I noticed which is leaving me in doubt, is that the stock Energizer Ultimate battery voltage seems to drop a lot during the dive compared to pre-dive. After only about 20 hours of diving it prompted me LOW BATT INT...

My booties have a lot of adhesive residue from band-aids, sports tape, etc. What's a good way to remove them without damaging the neoprene?

On my local marketplace someone's selling an Apeks T20 with a damaged crown for $10. If I want a beater reg to learn and practice servicing on, would it be suitable? Or will IP creep render it worthless even for that purpose?

Does anyone have both the Apeks and Halcyon wetnotes? So far I lost two Halcyon wetnotes and now I'm on my third. My LDS has a big discount on Apeks and the Apeks ones are half the price of the Halcyon - thinking of trying it out. Wetnotes

I bought a G260 sidemount kit recently and dual-purpose it for backmount single. The bundled LP hoses are pretty nice with their knurled fittings. It comes with a 24" LP hose which is slightly too long. Does SP make this hose in 22" length? For cosmetic reasons, I'm trying to get a matching...

Recently I bought a sensorcon CO monitor. The day it arrived, it read zero in my house, and 5ppm from my pony tank - I was quite pleased to see it working! Two weeks later, I'm on a dive trip and it reads 30-50 ppm in the room, on the beach, at sea etc. After some troubleshooting I think that...

My IP gauge is leaking from the part in the photo below. A friend said that it's probably due to a worn plastic washer in the OPV, and that the whole OPV can be replaced cheaply (although it is hard to source). What do you guys think?

This past year I got two regs serviced (by different shops) and both returned them without port o-rings replaced. Some of them looked rather frayed too. Is it customary for a dive shop to replace them all, or only replace damaged ones, or?

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I just did a wet run of my AL19 pony setup. The valve seemed to hang quite low; is there a way to bring it closer to my chest? Although it probably won't make much difference to my profile as I find it comfortable to dive with my arms hanging low as well. Any other feedback for me?

Hi, I'm seeking second opinions on a XS Metal Impact tank I just bought. The neck has a couple of dings in it. DGX says: "Hello! Looking at the photo it appears that these are superficial in nature and should not have any impact on the tanks ability to hold gas or pressure. We see this from...

What's the correct way to use an analyzer with a tee like this? When the end of the tee is capped lightly with a thumb, the O2 measurement increases by about 1% compared to without it.

I've recently come across the term blackwater diving and the photos taken during those dives look pretty cool. Is it worth experiencing as a non-photographer? I can't tell whether creatures in those dives can be appreciated using torchlights, or whether they fleet past quickly and can only be...

I just received this light and did a quick comparison to the classic D26. The body is a bit more matte and looks better to me. The switch lost the physical lock, it's now locked and unlocked through button press sequences. The switch travel is much smoother and defaults to turbo instead of high...

Can the silicone wrist seals be reused? So I didn't check my current seal size and ordered standard seals, when the drysuit originally came with small :banghead: My wrist circumference is 15cm, which is on the upper end of the small seal and in the middle of the standard seal. I've always...

I'm a Perdix AI (firmware v53) user. After upgrading to Shearwater Cloud Desktop 2.1.0, I noticed these two problems: 1) Newly transferred logs do not have transmitter pressure. 2) Old logs have incorrectly calculated SAC, all of them appear as 0.01 bar/min.

I notice in photos of myself and recently in a video during practice, when I hover I have a habit of pointing my fintips upwards. I don't think it's ideal and I'd like to break the habit and be more mindful of my fintip position, before I start cave training. What could I do to troubleshoot...

I'm looking at ways to lighten my doubles rig as I'm top-heavy. One of the options I'm considering is changing the first stages from Hog D1 (similar to DST), to the Apeks US4. I can't seem to find info on this first stage's weight though, does anybody know?

I just bought a LM primary reel from an online shop. The reel is smooth, but there's a bit of tension in the spindle and it doesn't spin freely. It hasn't been in the water yet. Should this be expected of a new reel, or did I get a dud? Here's a video demonstrating it:

I had my gear setup and pressurized. About 5-10 minutes later, I heard air freeflowing out of the first stage. Fortunately we were still on the boat and haven't gone into the water yet. It turned out that the HP o-ring for my SPG hose extruded out. We removed the hose, inspected the o-ring for...