Bad scuba advice you've received

[Akimbo]

the person who told me said he dived at Lake Tahoe (over 6,000 feet) without adjustment, and he was fine.

Lots of us did and lived to tell the tale before altitude tables and computers were available. Of course that's not saying much unless you are talking about quite a number of decompression dives.

 

[BoltSnap]

BP/W BC is better than jacket bc.

 

[Superlyte27]

"Buy a rebreather, because you will save money in the long run"

You will… if you dive deep a bunch.

 

[Superlyte27]

And not be replacing expensive parts every few months.

What expensive parts get replaced every few months? I own five rebreathers. The only thing I replace is sensors once a year. A rebreather is $10/hour to dive at any depth. Retail pricing.

 

[lexvil]

BP/W BC is better than jacket bc.

This is about bad info received, not bad info you supply

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Talk about bad advise: Has anyone noticed that about a third of the ships that sink were carrying a secret gold shipment? Even worse is the guy that found a document in the archives in Seville (Spain) with a map with an X that marks the spot.

Maybe some of the number of divers who told me they were Navy SEALS could look for the gold.

 

[broncobowsher]

All cylinders (including steel) have to be eddy current tested yearly by law.
It's illegal to fill any scuba cylinder that is more than 20 years old.

 

[Cthippo]

All cylinders (including steel) have to be eddy current tested yearly by law.
It's illegal to fill any scuba cylinder that is more than 20 years old

There is a difference between bad advice and outright BS.

 

[formernuke]

BP/W BC is better than jacket bc.

That is fact

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

That is fact

So is that the world is a globe. Yet flat earthers exist