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Yeah, the ABS breathes like crap. The only good thing about it is that it breathes the same - like crap - in either orientation.

Steramine can kill grass and other plants. It's a QUAT sterilizer, and it is biocidal and can destroy the cellular structure of plants. Of course, the solution to "pollution" is dilution. So if you sterilize your gear and then remove it, I suppose you can add enough water to the bin/container...

I’ll just add that you need to use the weight you need, no more and no less. Whoever suggested you use more weight so you can ditch it if necessary is an idiot.

Ahh, maybe this is what OP was talking about. I never use that set of stairs, and use the one at the "front" end of that row of docks.

Sorry you had a bad experience. I always find the new staff at Gilboa to be very courteous and friendly, and a huge improvement compared to when Mike owned it. There’s nothing they can do about the stairs - the quarry has a cliff edge and it is what it is. You can always enter behind the office...

This time of year the water is nearing its warmest, and most people will feel comfortable in a sing-piece 7mm throughout the shallow side of Gilboa. A 5mm suit might suffice if you run warm or if you do most of your diving in the shallowest part of the shallow side. I know I couldn't do it...

Amen!

Regulators are designed to fail safe, meaning they will fail open and not closed. Unless I’m not understanding what you’re saying.

I'm not sure what you are asking. It seems like you are describing a standard H-valve but one that can connect on the fly to rental tanks. Why? The only potential benefit of an H-valve is if you are worried about cold-induced free-flows in an otherwise standard rec diving configuration. If...

It's clearly meant for a travel rig. Many people get constipated when traveling overseas.

Just to clarify a bit... PADI does allow instructors to run skills out of order, as long as they are within the current "dive." That is, you can't take a skill from later in the course and put it in earlier or vice-versa, dive-flexible skills notwithstanding (although some of them have...

Gotcha. Makes sense now. Thanks.

What do you mean by "much rougher guidelines?" My understanding is that the difference between Navy tables, the PADI RDP, and subsequent computer-based algorithms is the use of a shorter (typically 60 minute) half-time for the longest tissue compartment. You make it sound like these algorithms...

Yes, with a full tank. The idea is that holding a normal breath is making you buoyant enough to offset the weight of the air in the tank. You then exhale fully and hold that exhalation while you descend. On the way back up, with 500 psi in the tank, you should be able to hold your safety stop...

Yeah, you just have to accept that your gear will go without a rinsing for the week. It's not a big deal, as you'll be diving so much it will stay mostly wet anyway. Then, as you say, just give it all a good soaking and rinse when you're back home. Enjoy Blackbeard's! It's a blast.

Chase, I would respectfully suggest that you slow your roll quite a bit. It's great that you are thinking of longer term diving goals, but take it in smaller steps. Get your OWD certification first and see how it goes. You sound like someone very comfortable in the water and you are young, so...

Sorry for coming on too strong. It’s just that there seems to have been a significant lapse in terms of applying your training to the situation. In addition, I think the shop you did your reactive with did you a disservice if they didn’t try to convince you to do a full recertification. Or at...

People have their preferences, but generally speaking a narrow-beam dive light is the way to go for just about every non-videographic application. I would skip the dual beam and just get a dedicated narrow beam light. For night diving especially this is important. The backscatter you get with...

We don't know the specifics of this case, other than what kcc6001 wrote, but even if she was handed an empty tank, she should have discovered that immediately upon setting up her gear and checking her air pressure. At one time or another just about all of us have been given a partial fill or a...