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Been my backup suit for about 6 years, but it is time for it to find a new home and get back in the water! Last dove it 2020 with no leaks. Here are the details: size XL (I'm 6'0", weigh about 210, and wear a size 11 shoe) diagonal front zipper telescoping torso w/ crotch strap trilaminate...

Selling my backup set of doubles regulators. Asking $650.00 What you get is the following: Apeks TX50 and Zeagle Tech-50D Second Stages Apeks UST DIN First Stage with swivel Halcyon 5000 PSI Pressure Gauge Primary Regulator on 7 foot hose Backup Regulator on 26 inch hose Drysuit Hose BC...

I am wondering if anyone has any experience with the XDEEP Hydros 40 wing. I am about to pull the trigger to switch to Halcyon, but thinking of it as an alternative being $200 cheaper ($339 vs $540). Main concern I have about the Hydros wing is that they state they reduced the volume of the...

Hey all...went through dive gear and have some stuff I won’t need. No longer live in so cal so my diving is now mostly vacay diving. Everything is in great shape. Doubles wings: one Halcyon 55 and a Agir Bak 54 lb, both with inflators. Faber 100 doubles (another 100 and 72 also) OMS...

Set of hoses for converting standard regulator setup hoses to Hogarthian/long hose/DIR length *7ft hose with boltsnap for primary reg- $60 *BC inflator 22" hose with QC- $25 *back up reg 24" hose with neck bungee- $25 *HP SPG 24" hose - $25 $120 for all of it Local to Detroit area, would...

**** DISREGARD THIS FOR NOW, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE***** Sorry for the inconvenience. Becoming a cave diver has been a goal of mine ever since I started diving. I was hoping to take the first steps towards that a few months ago by taking my fundies course. Unfortunately I got sick and had a...

Hi, I have a wireless main torch and do not have the canister. I have bought a hose stabilizer. It is moving along the belt. According to DIR and/or good practices, should I use triglider in order to stop it in one place or it should be movable like a knife?

I am servicing the whole number of regs of my family (4 divers), and I would like to setup at least two complete setups in an "advanced" configuration more or less adhering to GUE/DIR recommendations. I was always in favour of the concept of "donate the primary". When I and my wife were working...

Hi All, I recently (May 2019) completed a Fundies course in Sydney, I didn't smash it, however I did come back to Perth and firstly, buy a Back Plate & Wing (BP/Wing) plus Jet Fins and secondly, commit to some bottom of the pool time, working on trim and buoyancy when task loaded. I hope to...

Hi, I would like to understand how the GUE procedure works when one team members has lost his deco bottle and it is time to perform deco. As I understand, teammates then share their deco bottle with the diver who lost his deco bottle, but I am not clear as to how this is done. Let's say you need...

Hi All, I've lurked around a bit and posted here and there in years past, but have long since forgotten my credentials, so here's my 'first' post. I'm looking to switch from my current 12yr old setup to a more streamlined BP/W and possibly DIR rig and looking for some advice on a few things. I...

I have been diving for ~15 years and have recently moved to BP/W (last few years). However I still dove primarily with regular ("octopus" donate) hose routing. I am in the process now of moving to a primary donate configuration and am grappling with the best hose length for my primary...

To snork or not to snork, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the water to drag The slings and tubes of outrageous rules, Or to forsake Snorkels against a Sea of troubles. :acclaim: Sorry. Another thread made me do it. For my part it's been abandoned, lost and I don't care

Hi! There seem to be several threads floating around discussing whether poseidon regs are dir compliant or not. I have been diving the newer generation xstreams for some years now and it seems to me that there is very little one can say today against its dir/gue compliance. In the past people...

So this question comes from reading an article in quest magazine called “Am I really DIR” by David Rhea. In the article he mentions being fit and living a healthy lifestyle as one of the tennants of DIR. We know the system is designed to be wholistic but fitness seems to be the thing a lot of...

As my wife and I work slowly to align our gear configurations I find that I can not successfully play the role of the DIR police and simultaneously maintain a happy marriage. Being a simple man, I find that the DIR configuration works very well for me, especially when task loaded and slightly...

I have decided recently that every scuba knife I have ever owned has kind of sucked! First I wore a great big 1990s BFK in a plastic case that was easy to deploy but awkward to wear. It was titanium, and seemed really dull from the start, and I wasn’t any good at sharpening it. Maybe I need to...

I assembled a BPW set up for my wife recently. She likes purple, so she got purple webbing. I used: SoprasSUB wing and inflator DGX Cumberbund, DiveRite D-ring/triglides Hollis Pad Scuba-Tec (stainless black) STA DGX Cam-Band BlackHawk duty-belt buckle Scubapro ditchable weight pockets...

A few weeks ago a friend told me that he could cut a plate for me using a water jet machine, and that got my wheels turning on designing my own DIR style backplate. I took to the Inter-web and found Huw Porter's design, and made an AutoCAD file based on his, then went to modifying it as I...

I just switched over to a long-hose configuration and am LOVING it! :yeahbaby: I do have one issue though that I'd love to find a solution for. My alternate second stage is on a necklace and lays in a nice position on my chest when not in use. It's on a 22" (56 cm) rubber hose. Problem is that...