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  1. livewire

    Lessons Minor Cenote Incident - Lessons to be Learned

    You're 100% correct, visiting that air dome is absolutely not unusual, and certainly not that day or other days. We were one of at least 4-5 groups at Chac Mool that day, and I definitely overheard others from different groups talking about the air dome and briefing on visiting the air dome...
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    Lessons Minor Cenote Incident - Lessons to be Learned

    I can't speak to cert levels of the other group or dive guide, but our guide, Felipe is cave certified, which I know because we discussed it. While I have lots of certs and experience I am not cave certified. This wasn't a case of lack of certification, though, Jim. While certainly more...
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    Lessons Minor Cenote Incident - Lessons to be Learned

    I recently witnessed a diver getting separated from his group in Cenote Chac-Mool in Playa Del Carmen. The incident was resolved quickly and without anyone being lost or hurt, but there are some lessons to be learned. Unknown what dive op the separated diver was with, so I can't speak to who...
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    Used drysuit worth it

    You'll likely get several opinions about buying used gear, and arguments about life support equipment etc. I'm firmly in the camp of supporting the purchase of used gear, especially gear which can be serviced an returned to great condition. First thing though, age is not mentioned here, but...
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    Filling tanks with Cheap-O Air Compressors on eBay?

    Well, my original question was "Has anyone here tried these?" The clear answer is no, no one who responded has used one. There are people out there who have, though, and as I mentioned before, "Minidive" is out there packaging one up with a pony bottle and a reg, so logic would follow that if...
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    Filling tanks with Cheap-O Air Compressors on eBay?

    Electric pump, water cooled, and while they provide a pump for cooling, you need to provide your own bucket of cold water, maybe ice water to keep it cool as the cold water is pumped through. Ships with filters, but clearly the air quality is an unknown unless you measure it. Again, I don't...
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    Filling tanks with Cheap-O Air Compressors on eBay?

    Has anyone tried filling tanks with these compact $200 compressors that have shown up? There are a few out there, below is an example. One of them out there is labeled as "Kwasyo" brand (kwasi-who? ). Says it can fill up to 4500 PSI at 50L/minute. If I'm doing my math right, it seems like...
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    Uwatec Galileo SOL Strap Failure

    Adding a post for the archives and for those who may come looking for this thread in the future when their strap breaks. :) I just broke the strap on my Galileo Sol, and thanks to those who posted and it helped me with another idea. My solution was a velcro strap slightly different from what...
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    Nauticam Housing for the Sony RX100 II

    Thanks for posting! I plan to purchase this housing soon, so your video was very helpful. Hopefully that bulkhead will someday allow electrical TTL via the hotshoe, as for me personally it would be pretty handy.
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    Sony DSC RX100 - new model

    Purchased the rx100 II a couple of weeks ago, no housing yet. It's an outstanding camera on land, and I expect it will do great things underwater. Video quality is excellent, still quality is excellent even in low light. Focus is lightning fast for me, and I haven't seen any macro focus...
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    Boots/Fins for New Dry Suit

    I was fortunate enough to have a pair of hiking boots fail on me... the soles were coming unglued and ripping right off my K-Swiss waterproof hiking boots which I had loved for far too long. The right foot peeled off first, half way through a several mile hike. I'd previously been diving with...
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    What drysuit undergarments for new drysuit diver in SoCal?

    I love that you posted this question, as I had the same question myself when I started diving dry in So. Cal. I'm mostly diving off the beach in Laguna, and I dive a Whites Fusion. Trouble is, like you, I'm still figuring it out... And I've been figuring it out for a couple of years now. The...
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    Fusion Repair: Can this torn velcro be repaired?

    Hi Whites Team and/or Fusion Repair People: I've recently damaged the velcro seam on my Fusion below the zipper at the chest. By this I'm referring to the velcro that holds the lycra shell to the inner shell. Pictures below. The velcro is ordinarily sewn in to the seam that holds the outer...
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    Converting SL4 Xenon > LED?

    Thanks all to have replied. At this point, I have tried to re-create the issue in a bowl of straight tap water, a bowl of iced water (temp in low 50's), and in air, but can't reproduce the behavior. In a bowl of water on the kitchen counter, there is no movement, so I'm starting to believe...
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    Converting SL4 Xenon > LED?

    Not sure it's a contact issue, as I would expect a different behavior. With faulty contacts I would expect flickering, or flicking with movement or position. In my case, it was more constant: 3 seconds on, 1 second off, 2 seconds on 1 second off, 1 second on, 1 second off. Inconsistent...
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    Converting SL4 Xenon > LED?

    Took my newly modded light out today and noticed an odd behavior. At first, all was well, I would see something interesting switch on my SL4 and hit the subject with 320 lumens of glorious light, examine, then switch off. We then came across some cracks and crevices that warranted much further...
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    halogen to LED mod

    Hey 126buddy, did you ever try it out? Any successes/failures? After an easy success with my UK SL4 LED conversion, I think I might take this project on next. There are some pre-built drop-in LED's on dealextreme, but since you're now talking 4, 5, or even 6 LED's the investment is a little...
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    Converting SL4 Xenon > LED?

    bbcg59's "The easiest way" post, turned out to be the easiest for me as well. I used the SKU he mentions, pluce shims from Ace Hardware. The shims/washers I found were Ace Hardware Item # 2811-K (sku 008236023176) and they are labeled 1" x 1 1/2". I'm using 4 of those and they work perfectly...
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    First Oil Rig Dive... scared or should I be?

    Hey Robibler, you realize this thread is like 2 years old, right? Well just the same, I'm sure the OP appreciates your help. :)
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