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Thanks for clarification and most excellent point; OP was for a particular question which was well answered. Lots of good follow up as well... :-) Guess I should have continued lurking, but felt compelled to speak... seemed (?!?) to be getting very complicated.... Appreciate the...

It reads as if you may be encouraging 60 fpm or am I reading too much into it and/or your other posts ? For the sake of the OP- - it may not be possible to use Padi's tables to exactly work out the dive on paper as you wanted. It won't take a large leap in your education though to start...

Not sure if I'll have "good" info on this but will give what I can and will look forward to what others have. I travel for work and will sometimes add dive trips to the travel, this causes me to put the gear in the car- trunk- for the week to then be used at the end of the week. I've never...

before anyone "complains" / just in case... I wasn't saying it wasn't reasonable / doable. I was calling into mind that pending your tank size that time/depth may have you staying way longer than possible (i.e. stretching for sake of example- i.e. if you were on an Alumin 80 you wouldn't have...

The playing helps- keep it up. :-) If you are questioning why it shows up as deco in this example vs the 1st dive- - you've taken a huge leap in bottom time (40 minutes vs 5). Pending your tanks that jump up may not even be plausible (mentioning as sometimes playing can lead one into odd...

4D club appears to be planning a trip to Findlay OH July 18th time frame... Could it be that Giliboa will be blessed by their presence?!?! wow makes it tempting to throw in some extra regs & long hoses to offer to members. :-) Event Calendar

I'm told there can be some differences during production runs that won't necessarily change the cylinder's abilities but can have minor differences in size. not noticeable or observable until the cylinders are linked together. Can't say that I have seen it first hand but have heard of one...

great follow up question (always ask why in my opinion...) My thoughts were that if you are starting in singles with a plan to go into more technical dives then there is an overwhelming chance you will be going to doubles. Having two tanks made at same/similar time will make them all the...

kudos on reading and planning on diving a lot. For me this would have been a very aggressive plan, but alas I don't live in Florida... Presume in addition to diving and reading you plan on taking many more classes (Cavern & Cave, rescue, etc)? The classes may have an end result in...

Lots of great advice being given Dante so this is probably just repeating what many others have said (which maybe adds to the there must be a reason everyone is saying it). There were a few pieces of gear that I bought early and have continued with me for 4 or so years and will hopefully...

what was the first little taste and/or where do you think you will be going / what kind of dives? Probably could use some insight on your current gear? Pending where you are at and where you are going and wht you have there could be a variety of answers. :-) I love the ideas given by...

zenhead -- how far away from mt. storm WV are you? and/or send me a PM if you want. similar to others suggest doing some posts in your region and even possibly trying to phrase it as a request for a buddy. If you have some specific skills you are hoping to go over that even makes it...

nice post Though I sometimes seem to find that the bad rap more so seems to come from people that have never taken a class or been around anyone that has... feelings particularly strong from a group that have "heard about it" or "read about it"... :D Can't agree more with lets all dive for...

Curious, what is driving the question are you seeking opinions, or looking to go for a cert level that it may be required or... I would not do what I've done.. logged religiously the first 100 or so and then stopped for three years and then did so rather half hazzardly as a nice dive events...

ohhh and for at least part of my mental perspective for why BT If faced with a choice of spending $1,000 on "X" or $200 on "Y" leaving $800'ish to go diving I've pretty consistenly gone for going diving... If you can do both then all the more kudos. :-) if you saw my drysuit this...

"concern" idunno - mostly curious possibly jealous ;) Lots of people doing things way over my head and a whole lot faster than I... just took me by surprise to see someone in helium with less than 100 dives (though also coupled with large desire of wishing I were ready for it... ) I don't...

you are in a tri mix class and using a Cobra? and likewise have less than 100 dives? I am not Tri mix so my input may be skewed/lacking. I've come to appreciate having and using a BT and diving tables/ratio deco. Particularly if you are concerned about wanting to be more conservative- -...

Carl is that where/why you were advising our little jump spool wouldn't work? :D Dave

Congrats Bob ! A well earned pass ; Thanks for having us along this week. A pleasure to head the wrong way, in the dark bouncing heads & tanks with you :-) More so looking forward to practicing fun/safe dives tomorrow ! ! ! ! Dave

I've pm'd you my address- - please send your key and address. THANKS