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You're misunderstanding the policy. You're not allowed to service the regs yourself, BUT you're allowed to buy the 'travel kits' (which are service kits) to 'take on vacation in case you need service while away'... see how that works?

It's not true! I bought a SP service kit from my LDC a couple of month ago and they also all over the web. It's not 'grey market' stuff. They're sold by dive shops. Poseidon service and parts a way more expensive... just look at how much a bloody hose costs. You can easily spend 70 to 90 dollars...

Tom, as I already told you, it's no problem to get Apeks or SP parts and they're way cheaper than Poseidon parts. Stop telling people that.

A new Stealth is 500... for a used one you shouldn't pay more than 350, maybe 400. He is looking for a rig that can take a BM tank though.

I think the best bang for the buck you get with used Scubapro MK20/25 and whatever 2nd stage they come with. Parts and service is fairly cheap compared to Poseidon and the used market for SP regs is probably the largest... you can get a them for under 150 Euros. They're also smaller and lighter...

There was a long thread about this a while back and it's OT I guess, but this one says you need 30 dives: TEC 40 TEC45 only requires 50 dives, which is also very low considering these are total dives including dives during prior classes.

Not right after the class but you only need 30 dives total to get deco training at least with PADI.

I'm not sure whether it's still the case but with the SSI OWD you were 'allowed' to go staight to 100' after the course. I agree with what you're saying though. Used to tell my stundents, that, even though they're allowed to go to 100', they shouldn't until they have more experience. My old LDS...

Agreed, the atomic regs are really nice. I just thing the 1400 bucks for The bcd seem excessive.

I don't think you can compare those two. Porsche, BMW and Merc really are 'upper echelon' in terms of performance and quality of manufactoring etc. it's not a marketing play, IMHO. They also have very high cost of labour as they still make most of the cars in Germany. This BC on the other hand...

I don't think it's an issue when people take AOWD right after OWD. Essentially they're just doing an extended OWD course... nothing wrong with that and they're not really qualified to do anything new after the course. If anything, it's a plus for some people as they get to do more dives with an...

Being tec trained or not doesn't matter in this situation (I assume you're aware of that)... generally, for good and experienced divers, there is not that much to learn in tec training anyways. People that have a hard time in 'tec' training usually go into it too early, IMHO. I know rec divers...

I really don't wanna get into yet another argument with you John. However, IMHO it's the instructors responsibility to sort this stuff out before the dive. In the end of the day your the one in the water, not the crew. Don't you usually talk things through with the skipper/crew? If they don't do...

The other once I can't mention because people like you can't argue on even ground so you asked to have stuff deleted. (I bet you report a lot and that what the mods like). It's always the people who don't have anything to say or anything to add that are in favor of deleting stuff. It's the Sb...

1 and 2 day SM instructors course ARE A MATTER OF FACT. It's just the type of fact that's not allowed to be mentioned on scubaboard.

No, not me, buddy. People outside of UTD.

John, are you saying that 'not anyone' can learn that basic skill? I think anyone can learn that. I'm not discussing this any further because the SB moderation is again just deleting the answers they don't like. I'd be happy to discuss stuff like this honestly, but it's not possible. You, John...

Wow, some post of mine was already deleted for 'agency bashing'. Not possible to have an honest discussion about anything here.

That's not what he said. You asked how you would know what BS and what not on the web.

Generally how it works with most agencies is, you send a copy or some log book pages to the IT/IC. Than, in the course you go through the course material and do a few dives were you show basic skills... sometimes with specialty courses (and if you know the IT) is less than that. It's really hard...