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The sweater is sold alone ready with pockets for heat pads and holes to route wires. If you buy the gloves they should come with wires included. When you buy heat pads you should have option to buy with wires, except y connector needed for using gloves and sweater together. I made my own but...

I have the sf tech and am quite impressed by it. The sweater is a fairly thick and warm on its own, similar to an arctic fourth element. The owner of the tech dive shop that I go to, was at a Dema show.He stopped at the sf tech booth, and they demonstrated to him stabbing the heating pads...

@JohnN Don’t be silly now, there is nothing more dangerous than diving with split fins.

Which canisters do you have?

I have the 9 amp nimh battery, charger and 18w hid light head from a halcyon Helios 9 for sale. Battery is fairly new and still does about 3:45hous burn time. The canister I’m keeping for my heated gear. Pm me to discuss. Have you tried to cycle charge and discharge your battery. I found that...

The way I setup my gear is the way it needs to be. I don't reconfigure my setup to specs of inferior gear. The rubber hoses never burst on me no matter how I twisted them, so, been-there done-that, and moving on. Rubber hoses are time tested and can withstand the abuse I need it to. Having my...

If your flashlight is a drop in battery type, then you would need a button top 18650. They have a protection circuit in them for over charge/discharge , and most important when in use ,short circuit/over current and temperature. All lithium batteries in use needs some sort of protection. Be it...

Sure that’s fine, but for me I’d rather not over populate the left D ring or left side of my configuration if I don’t have to. When I want to check my gauge from time to time, I like only having to fiddle with three clips to find my gauge clip. Once the tank is buoyant it will no longer be...

I dive mostly in river with a decent amount of current ,and the leash method for my travel gas is a pain in the a** for the same reason you mentioned. Also Once the tank is breathed down and becomes buoyant ,the leash method becomes useless, it can start floating and swinging around you like a...

I’ve had 3 high pressure hoses burst that were on my deco bottles . Mind You I bend them like a u ,and bind it with a rubber band so my gauge is positioned right. They have luckily never burst while diving but usually as I’m gearing up and open the bottle, and bang. I have witnessed a few other...

I have mostly had high pressure myflex hoses burst on me ,so stopped using them. Had a long hose myflex that was chafing my neck raw,when I wasn’t wearing a hood so stopped using that too. I literally had a low inflation hose fail that I purchased last summer ,just last week, after I was all...

My wife, so I shlep my gear in a contractor grade garbage bag and a broom handle. It’s also water proof once you tie a knot.

“HOLDSTILLHOLDSTILLHOLDSTILLOH****OH****HOLDSTILLHOLDSTILL“ 😆😆😆 Been there/done that/ still kinda doing it. This has brought back so many memories from the beginning of my training. Now it’s going to be stuck in my head all day like a song. Although In the beginning I had a lot more...

I’m 100% for choosing the right instructor ,it really makes all the difference , well worth the travel and extra expenses. A good tech instructor will develop you into a proficient tech diver where most all gear failures or dive plan not going to plan will become more of a inconvenience than a...

Maybe so, but as the good lord says, For those who have ears, let them hear.

I garantie you ,if you have a runaway battery you will wish it was not in your pants. If you can’t reach your switch you need to adjust your setup so you can. I was trained by my tech instructor to make sure I was in full control of every piece of my dive gear ,and it is now a permanent part...

@JohnN you are missing the point. The point is with the energy potential those batteries have ,and if by any unforeseen event a short is caused, quality built or not, they will catch on fire with a very intense heat and they are not extinguishable. I am not saying that those batteries are not...

The problem as @Superlyte27 mentioned is thermal runaway It is irrelevant if the battery pack is watertight. A lithium battery's worst enemy is heat. The most probable cause of a lithium battery over heating is a short circuit in the electronics and/or wiring. There are many ways and points...

Yes about 24 -1/4'' and you can go a little shorter but not by much. I have 2 pounds at battery level, and I put about 4+ pounds in the nose to have perfect trim. so like @tbone1004 mentioned it would be risky to shorten more than another inch. I really recommend to install the Smart DPV...

A UV-18 total weight is about 75 pounds. For every inch you remove you will reduce the buoyancy of scooter by 3.18 pounds + weight of material which is not enough to concern your self with. The amount of body you can remove will be limited by how deep you can recess the battery. Make sure you...