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Shampoo in the rinse tank doesn’t eat the camera o-rings, but it could dissolve the very light coating of grease used to coat the o-rings. Although the main o-ring is often removed and re-greased, the small o-rings for buttons and controls cannot easily be re-greased. My Nauticam housing needs...

First post of this thread from Bryan has a link to info on dh reg placement: Double Hose Diving 101 - Vintage Double Hose. I'm a tropical vacation diver and use an Oxycheq softplate and 18# wing. The plate is tiny. I use the waist belt and crotch strap to position the dh can between my...

Yes, they're not difficult to service. I took the class from @rsingler a few years ago for "normal” regs, and he helped me learn my Kraken too. Silent Explorers sells a rebuild kit of seats and o-rings. Scuba Museum also has other replacement parts. If you get to the point of knowing that...

I’m not familiar with your Hush dessicant packs. I use Moisture Munchers, which are little plastic tubes that may not fit in your housing. After use, I store them in a tub of DampRid to refresh them. The Moisture Munchers are blue when dry, and turn pink when they absorb moisture. Storing in...

Thanks for the info. Makes sense that a lot of the regs are manufactured in common factories similarly to the masks.

Also note that although I do NOT find the website/business to be sketchy, I would not be comfortable buying some of the products that GetWetStore carries. I'm comfortable buying masks because I believe that most masks are made in the same few Asian factories, and that many of the name-brand...

Yeah, the website looks crummy. But they installed lenses and sent out my mask in a day. They're just popping in pre-ground lenses. But that's all I wanted. Even when I bought my previous Dive-Rite mask from DGE, it just got pre-ground lenses. If someone wants a special prescription, they...

If you end up renting a car, then Pacific Rim Divers has my recommendation. I've been diving with Patrice and Frank for over 10 years. Smaller boat, owner operated.

I switched from contacts to a prescription mask a decade ago. For me it's just easier not dealing with contacts anymore. Up until now I'd been using a Dive-Rite mask with -8 lenses. My most recent prescription bumped a little, so one eye is -9.5. This time I bought a Promate Seaviewer. It's...

I've changed over to a smaller dive boat when I visit Kona now. But back when I was diving with them, I was able to get a ride to the harbor with Jack's Diving Locker from their shop in town. Ask them if they still offer that service.

Did you try out back kicks? I sometimes need to back kick away from the reef with my camera.

I tried the Oly 60mm macro in my Nauticam dome one year. The pictures came out nice and sharp. But I felt that autofocus was a little slow. Normally I shoot the Oly 12-40 Pro in the dome. A friend said that using the macro flat port would help with the autofocus speed. I'll test that out...

The most direct route between Hilo and Kona is known as Saddle Road. It goes up to 6000 ft, and it's recommended to avoid that road after diving. There is another route around the north side of the island thru Waimea that isn't as high. And there's a route around the south side of the island...

You MIGHT be able to find the specs on those blown parts, but what caused them to blow? They're probably a symptom and not the cause. I'm not an electrical guy. I once had a neighbor who was. That's what he taught me when I blew a car stereo amp. Maybe just keep the old light as possible...

I recently took the online technician training course from @rsingler. He taught theory and hands-on repair of single hose regs in class. Then, he and I had a separate session where he helped me rebuild and tune my Kraken. VDH sells service kits and other parts.

Rob's seminar was very good. He has a love and enthusiasm for the subject that shines thru. He also has a huge amount of patience for students and stayed around each day until we ran out of questions. I got a lot out of it and plan to maintain my own regs. And Rob has graciously offered to...

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Maybe a bacterial infection? Hot tub folliculitis: Pictures, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment I got something like that a few times. I started removing my wetsuit and rash guard during surface intervals instead of sitting in hot sea water for an hour.

I don't know how the yellow filter works. I do know that red helps to not spook nocturnal fish. I believe that the fish are not attuned to red wavelengths because the red wavelengths filter out of the water column pretty quickly as you descend. They just haven't needed to see red. Note that...

I night dive with a red spotting light. Fish don’t seem to see the red light very well compared to white light, so they don’t spook while you’re setting up your shot... especially for nocturnal animals My camera strobes put out white light when I actually take the shot, and that mostly...