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Hi all, A pair of co-workers have asked me for guidance in establishing a fair price for a reg that one wants to sell to the other. As far as I can tell it looks like a Poseidon Cyklon 300 with a 2305 1st stage and a 1133 2nd stage. Apparently it was serviced "a few years ago" and put into...

Hi, I was recently handed 5 boxes containing new old stock full face masks and according to the boxes they were manufactured in 2007. 1 or 2 have been opened for people to try on, but these have never seen water. I've never used any FFM and will not without some proper training. When I asked the...

Hey all, I've got a little problem and would really appreciate some guidance. We just got a brand new Coltri MCH 16 Ergo and had a whole room remodeled and fitted 400V three-phase electric installed for the compressor. This is at a small marine lab on the coast of central Chile. I can run the...

Hey all, I lost one of my fins a few months back and before I bite the bullet and buy another pair, I wanted to see if anybody out there has one to sell. The one I'm looking for is the newer version. Ideally in black and with the bungee strap (like the one in the picture), but I don't mind if...

Hey all, I've been looking for a new suit and came across this one from a LDS. The shop's about a two hour drive so before I commit to going to check it out & try it on, I wanted to see if anybody here knows anything about this suit. The intrawebs don't seem to have too much information on it...

Hey all, I need to get a new hose for my ~1996 US Divers Micra reg (I bought it new in 96). It has the massive SEA type first stage on which the four LP ports are of two different sizes, there are three standard 3/8" (one has my BC inflater, one my octo connected to it and the third is plugged)...

Hey all, I'm looking for a PADI Divemaster manual in English to accompany the Spanish crewpack I just got. I don't care about the hologram since my crewpack is legit. I just want something to reference once in a while since the Spanish translation of the DM manual is mediocre and, since...

Hey all. Looking for some help here from anybody that has used O'Neill dive suits, especially newer versions of the Sector model. I've been looking at getting a new suit and am having an extremely hard time finding a good fit (I'm 6'4" and 185lbs). I've decided on the the Sector mostly...

Hey all, I just sent my (actually my work's) Bauer compressor off for a complete maintenance (changed oil, filters, belt and then some) by a guy that came highly recommended from both by my regular LDS and another LDS (both claimed to send their compressors to him). Is there anything I need to...

Hey all, Looks like I'm going to Easter Island in April and I'm wondering about water temps. We'll be diving to (supposedly) a max of 60 feet for about 4 dives a day and I'm not sure what suit to bring. Will my 3mm be all right? I'm pretty cold tolerant and not used to warm water, so I guess I...

Hey here are some recent pics I took last weekend here in Chile. C&C more than welcome, please critique, how else will I learn anything! For those that want it: These were all taken with a Nikon coolpix P5000 in a Fantasea housing with a Sea & Sea YS60N with a Heinrichs-Weikamp OD adapter...

Here're a pair of fish portraits I took the other day in Punta de Tralca (central Chile, cool temperate green water - visibility was about 5-7m and both were taken in about 15m depth). Taken with a Nikon coolpix P4 in a Fantasea housing with a Sea & Sea YS-60 & H-W digital adapter. This...

I have a Sea&Sea wide angle lens made for the PT-009 housing I got from the S&S closeout page a few months back and am using it on the Fantasea housing from my Coolpix P4. The other day while I was diving at Punta de Tralca (central Chile) my lens started fogging. I'm sure it was the lens...

I've seen people asking about how to mount add-on lenses to compact camera housings without threaded lens ports for which Inon doesn't make an adapter. Epoque now makes an almost universal M67 adapter that is adjustible to fit a wide variety of camera housings. The only catch is that...

Hi all, I've come to the point that I'm convinved I need to get a strobe for my Coolpix P3 (I use it in a Fantasea FP-4 housing) and am looking for some advice/feedback. Some brief info re my camera: no hotshoe, it does fire a single preflash that cannot be turned off and I have not found...

Coolpix P5000 to be debuted at PMA. Quick rundown: 10MP on a 1/1.8" sensor full manual & aperture and shutter priorities (or full auto) iTTL hotshoe 3.5x Optical Zoom (36-126mm 35mm eq) lens shift VR iso up tp 1600 (or 3200 @ 5MP) 2.5" 230,000-dot screen compact (3.9"x2.5"x1.6") list...

I left all my diving books in the states when I came down to Chile some years back since I figured that between my SSI, NAUI, PADI and AAUS cert's something should be good enough to let me dive. I thought wrong. In order to dive for my work, I need to get my certification accredited through the...

Ok, so I know I'm new here, but I found this section and realized theat you are all here for some kicks. So, I thought of something that make for a fun game. Actually it's based on something I saw in another forum, but I've made some changes to try and make it more interesting. The idea is...