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  1. Addison Snyder

    How long can stages be left underwater?

    How long do y'all leave stages underwater for? Freshwater or saltwater? Assuming aluminum stages. How damaging is it to the tank itself vs the reg?
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    SLAM and LiDAR Cave Mapping

    I've been holding off on this post for a couple of months now, but I've been working on mapping caves using visual-inertial SLAM. There's still a ton of work to do, but I'm getting there with the process and it's only getting better over time. I could practically write a thesis on it all, but to...
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    DIY LiDAR Thread

    Starting this dedicated thread to discuss underwater LiDAR and making custom/DIY tools for mapping underwater stuff. Seems to me that most pre-built LiDAR systems run in the range of $10k+, especially if built for underwater purposes. I'm attempting to make a fairly simple (by comparison)...
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    Blacktip DPV Battery

    I'm building a custom battery pack (inspired by this) for my Blacktip Tec, equivalent to 2x20Ah (in series) dewalt batteries in its vanilla configuration. So output nominal voltage should be somewhere around 40v. For anyone familiar with the Blacktip, do you know what the 3rd blue line is for...
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    Gainesville Dive Buddies

    Anyone need cave diving buddies? I'm trying to fill up my weekends.
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    Regulator Fouling

    Not a crazy story or anything, but just thought I'd post something about a couple months after the fact. tldr; duckweed fouled my regulator, leading to some seriously wet breathing in a cave on both regulators. Not much more to add to the above, but during cave training at Peacock, I surfaced...
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    Do you drink the spring water while diving?

    Had my stupid thought of the day, but how many Florida cave divers out there drink the surrounding water when deep in the springs?
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    Inner Tube For Tank Bands

    Is there a tried and true inner tube people recommend for tank band use? I'd prefer not to pay 4-8 bucks every time they tear or wear out. I'd buy a random wheelbarrow tube, but I don't know the size, how elastic they are, etc. Any recommendations (preferably a link to a product) would be...
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    What are things you wish you could tell your past self (SCUBA RELATED)?

    Obviously everyone went nuts on the silly stuff (bitcoin, jobs, stocks, relationships) on the last thread. This time SCUBA-related stuff only... For example, I'd tell my past self to only buy hard weights rather than soft weights. I'd also tell myself to put less money into a cheaper snorkel...
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    Drysuit Pockets on the Side for Sidemount

    Context is that I've ordered a seaskin, waited 6 1/2 months, and a couple days before they ship it, I got an email telling me that they can't fit the pockets on the front of the thighs because of the size of my legs. I'm primarily a sidemount diver, and have been diving a crappier drysuit with...
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    What are things you wish you could tell your past self?

    I'll start with telling my past self to only buying hard weights. I've yet to run into a situation where I wished I had soft weights, and later down the road have wanted/needed hard weights because they are A) more compact and/or B) can be put on webbing Also inb4 non-scuba related stuff like...
  12. Addison Snyder

    Condom Catheter Recommendations?

    Getting a new drysuit in a month, and I want to get it right. Right now I'm using a pretty hillbillied setup on my P-valve (haven't gotten a UTI, slightly surprised). Anyways my current condom catheters are single-use latex ones. Rather than use glue, each one comes with a small rectangle of...
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    Anywhere to Overfill Tanks Near the Keys?

    I'm likely heading down to the Keys for the first time this weekend. I'd prefer to overfill my LP85s tanks. I'm 90% sure Rainbow Reef doesn't do that, and would feel better if my tank fill money went to somebody who did. On a side note, any nice technical-oriented dive shops and charters in the...
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    Drinking Buddies in Gainesville?

    I'm moving to Gainesville from Daytona, and am gonna be viewing rentals and places there this weekend. Anyone local divers wanna hang out?
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    Steel Stage Bottle for Sidemount?

    Got Intro to Cave a month or so back, and have been diving nearly every weekend since. One of my buddies showed me a little hack where he dives with a stage bottle and breathes off of it exclusively to and back from turn pressure. He converts cubic feet and psi between his backmounted doubles...
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    Overfilling LP108s?

    Was thinking about getting a new set of LP108s, for both sidemount and singles. At the moment I've got 4 LP85s and overfill them regularly to a settled pressure around 3500psi. If I were to get LP108s, would I also be able to (somewhat safely) overfill them by about the same ratio? Asking...
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    Cave Country Regional Map?

    Hello, recently started cave diving and I've been looking for a good map to print out and throw on my wall. Or a poster. Preferably something that lists towns, caves, maybe shops, etc. so I can daydream once in a while at my desk. Right now, I'm looking at cave atlas interactive maps, but was...
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    Floaty Feet / Drysuit Boot 'compressors'

    Sometimes when I get modest floaty feet in caves, my feet wiggle left and right within the vulcanized rubber boots. I've started wearing extra layers of socks, but I see myself doing weird things with my feet to get a grip when frogkicking. I've seen items in shops that resemble 3 sets of...
  19. Addison Snyder

    Standalone Sidemount Wing

    I'm considering getting a Katana vs building a custom sidemount bcd, and was wondering if there were any decent generic sidemount wings out there. Ideally I'd love it if DGX had a Katana-like bladder, but they don't. Are there any options that I haven't seen?
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    Does More (exercised) Muscle = Better Efficiency?

    Legs are a little sore after a weekend of frogkicks. Got me thinking about whether it would make sense to work on those muscles. But would more muscle mean more metabolism and more breathing? Asking mostly out of curiosity.
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