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I'm a Great Lakes diver who has enjoyed visiting Maine for many years, but never to dive. I'm looking into what the best wreck and shorediving is in downeast Maine and I'm shocked at how little I am finding. I'm not even seeing dive shops in between Portland and Lubec, at all. So my question for...

Clearly the aim was to more easily recognize the arrow by feel in the dark... Go with what you're used to.

It's a backplate, not a shoulderplate. Very useful to have the pic, first BP/W is a bit of a learning curve.

Ah, so you know the "one true way" to dive and anyone who doesn't agree with you is stupid. Got it. It's the internet. Coming back to the real world, charter boats mooring to wreck sites is extremely common. Sometimes there is current involved. Sometimes a little current going down turns into...

The idea that this is the brainchild of people who teach divers and not a Rube Goldberg-esque meme is horrifying. I can call a lawnmower strapped to a forklift hanging from a crane DIR, but it's still a stupid way to trim a bush. DIW - Doing It Wrong.

You don't need a sewing machine for this project. Aquaseal will bond strongly to neoprene, and for this you don't even need to buy the good scuba-rated neoprene.

Those are fins for snorkeling, not scuba. If you want advice you need to include where you are diving and what kind of diving you want them for.

I am trying to do the same. I'm going to post the stl's for a few bucks though, for people with printers.

Good presentation, thanks for posting it.

That sounds in no way practical, but if you wanted to make yourself some prototypes as something fun to work on and see what you can do then go for it. Unfortunately the rate we consume gas does not lend itself to generating electricity, and obviously any system that gets between you and your...

I am a sidemount tech diver who dives primarily off boats. So: BM doubles: you already know the pros and cons Sidemount: Let me echo @Tracy and stand on my sidemount training soapbox. First, most people can teach themselves sidemount, in the sense that they can get two tanks more or less on...

Never expected a classified post to be funny but in all seriousness I think we all know the pain of finding out the thing you paid big $$$ for can be had a lot cheaper. But that's why we share this info and save money for the diving kitty.

There are essentially 4 classes of trauma shears: 1) cheap and disposable, like $5. 2) Quality but expected to be replaced multiple times a year for an EMT. $10-$15. Leading one is Madison Supply Medical Shears 3) High Quality, tough, lasts for years. X Shears, $40. 4) Leatherman Raptor, $80...

I remember reading about that sub as a kid. Very cool find.

Rest in peace.

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Looks nice. I like the dump locations, though I prefer dumps on the inside of the wing for streamlining. The spine weight is lacking for cold water diving as well; I need 4 spine pockets, not 3. But who wants a rig you don't need to mod? I like it.

Hmm. Well, he definitely dived the Niagara, I'll give him that. Strange that he decided he was fine with only diving it once, but he made his choice. I don't think scuba attracts significantly more people who think like this guy than any other serious sport, but the ocean is probably less...

My cold water rig is based on a Manta sidemount wing. It's the only thing on it I never changed. I don't know if they are still available now but I very much enjoy the valve layout on the Manta. They are inside the wing, protected, and perfectly comfortable. It does balloon at times, though, and...

The primary lower is paracord or whatever your rope of choice is. The second lower boltsnap that clips onto your forward waist dring is light bungee. I do not yet do technical wreck penetration; I only do restrictions that require winging out a tank in the safety of a training area, so keep...