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  1. Nick Ward

    Looking for a BSAC instructor in Taiwan

    You would still need to fill in missing gaps though to progress to Dive Leader (next qual after Sports for BSAC) or to dive as a Sports Diver... things like Deco and Nitrox are missing from PADI...
  2. Nick Ward

    DAN: Sanitize equipment with 10% bleach solution.

    Best stuff to use is baby bottle steriliser... either bottled or tablet form. perfect strength and doesn’t need a rinse off afterwards
  3. Nick Ward

    Overshooting NDL and mandatory deco stops

    if you’ve exceeded NDL you’re into mandatory decompression, not optional (extended or otherwise) safety stops.
  4. Nick Ward

    My AN/DP/Helitrox course

    Interested to hear the rationale as well - after all, some agencies still only certify up to 80% for accelerated deco...
  5. Nick Ward

    Shearwater's hiring!

    Commute probably rules me out - you should try a UK office ;)
  6. Nick Ward

    Why give primary instead of alternate regulator?

    I’ve been in the reverse position - i went out of air a few weeks back, no panic - calm signal to buddy, followed by a second slightly more urgent second signal when he didn’t quite realise what was up, he passed me his primary, switched to his necklaced secondary, we spent a minute or so seeing...
  7. Nick Ward

    Dive tables for accelerated decompression

    yeah, but they are monitored extremely closely for signs of narcosis - and the 12l is a bailout only should the umbilical get damaged/fail... you can’t equate what you’re talking about with what they do (and the extensive training they receive!)
  8. Nick Ward

    Dive tables for accelerated decompression

    BSAC produce a set of oxstop tables Ox-stop Tables (with slate) They’re a bit pricey and I absolutely would not recommend diving them... certainly if you haven’t done the BSAC accelerated deco course...
  9. Nick Ward

    OSTC computers feedback?

    Yeah - depends on the model, some are 120m some 200m
  10. Nick Ward

    OSTC computers feedback?

    I’ve got the 2c - an older model, but can’t fault it... I’m in the UK and over here the general consensus is that there’s not a lot between shearwater and ostc having used both, I’d agree but imo ostc just have the edge
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