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To those saying you don't need a BC system have you tried getting back to the surface from 110ft while wearing a wetsuit and 32lbs of lead or after you tore a hole in your drysuit and it is flooded? Yea I know for years noone wore them blah blah blah BC system first if you are a hard to fit...

You may also want to make sure it is legal to leave an un manned vessel where you plan to dive. I know in Missouri it was frowned on. The state Water Patrol would wait for you to come up and give you a lecture even if you were flying the "A" flag if your boat was unmanned at anchor. I have...

If I wear a necklace it's a big gold link one like Mr T.

Any of the reg's listed will do you just fine. I have to add I used my Scubapro Mk10/G250 for years of Ice Diving and NEVER had a freezing problem. All the hoopla about the little gizmo that keeps the water out during rising is just that. If you bump it it leaks.

Don't seem like PADI is doing the bashing more like publishing a "I love PADI letter".

If you use them you can justify how good they are cuz you use them and don't want to look bad cuz you do. If you don't well you bash them cuz they are not as good as what you use... If your not using the old Idea 3 fins you are a fool.

Depends on what is included. Shore dives vs boat dives would add to the cost.

Not to start a dust up but... In water chest compressions used to be taught years ago. Way back in 1981 when I was a little diver I took the YMCA SLAM class and we had to show that we could do them along with rescue breathing. It is done the much the same way as the Himelich(sp) just higher up...

I am very suprised noone has told you to try THICKER booties. I went from a 3mil boot to a 5 mil and it made a world of difference for me. I went from standing to laying flat. Another trick is wraping an ankle weight around your valve.

Dive Experience St. Croix USVI Tropical, speak english, spend dollars but drive on the wrong side of the road. They teach a Great course there. I know I worked there.

There are 2 thought trains here you can ride. The first one is the one that everyone here is telling you. No you dont need to buy all that gear to do your cert dives with. The other is yes you do. I worked for a shop in Sunny St. Somewhere and I know where in the chain of things to do...

Start a new Logbook with the last dive and show your card.

The o-rings are not the problem you can get them at an o-ring supplier. It is the seats 1st or 2nd, most of them can be reused its just a problem of getting the knife edge of the piston to line up with the groove in the seat so you don't have IP creep. The biggest problem is the 2nd stage seat...

Tell them in a loud voice if they don't clam down you will be SMACKING them in the head. You will be amazed how well that gets someone to listen to you. Keep your gear on till you need to dump it for a long distance tow. Its your gear wear it. Go under and behind as was said to cradle their...

The Uni/School we taught at had a 13 2 hour pool 1 hour class format. One of the shops I taught at had a 6 Sunday 2 hour pool, a 3 Wensday 4 hour pool and a 6 hour Sat/Sun pool. The College class had more pool time for sure but did not neccesaraly(sp) produce better divers! The all cheerleader...

I feel ya.... I replace gaskets weekly here at the Kayak shop I work at in the middle of doing a neck right now. I love the smell of MEK in the morning!!!!

Funny thing about this feed/human conditioning thing some of these posters are talking about. I worked as a feeder on a Eel Feed and a Shark Feed dive program at 2 different islands. We would do the Eel feed in the afternoon, when we dove that site with out food bags we saw the normal amount...

I'm kind of intrested in who/what shop this is as I live in this area, even though I retired as an Inst. I like to know what is going on in my area.

It looks like we have an answer A,B,C So I'll put in answer D D all of the above are correct

I dove Air2 and stock 2nd hose for 20+ years with out ANY problems. If you like it get it and get used to using it. Not everyone needs an overhead rig but he did ask what you like/don't about the Air2. And this DIR thing, I am doing it the way I like so to me thats DIR.