Guys the whole point of my post was because a member (somewhereinla) posted the thread, “Diving with a steel tank and a wetsuit??? A dangerous idea?” on the DIR forum. It probably should have been posted on the general technical forum because it was a general question about technical diving. Not that I’m an authority but I did not see a good DIR answer on somewhereinla’s thread.
Maybe because I don’t post here regularly I have been accused of being a troll and advise that I should be filtered out. I may not have the knowledge of many of you guys but I think taking the funndies class and reading the course material “Doing it Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving” and watching the DIR/2004 video over and over again I’ve gained a little knowledge about DIR.
Additionally, I have direct knowledge of the subject from my instructor on the subject because most of my diving here in S. FL is done without a dry suit in a wet suit and I use air very quickly being 6’-4” 240lbs. I dive single steel 100 HP’s and have a balanced rig at the beginning of the dive and end.
Furthermore, two direct quotes from “Doing it Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving” are 1) “ while in a cave, the loss of buoyancy is not as risky because
there is usually a bottom” (p.91) how about that my memory serves me well 2) “steel tanks are commonly used with in cave diving with a dry suite, because they must be
negative enough to allow the diver to stay down in a low on gas emergency”(p.94). These points were also taught in my DIR-F class and in the videos.
Lastly, I like a quote from (Cave Diver) about a small few DIR guys being out spoken from:
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=44823
“Unfortunately, those few outspoken individuals foster a self-righteous, holier than thou attitude which tends to turn people away from a sound concept.”
And yes the transmitter in my picture is about if not the worst scuba equipment purchase I’ve made, absolutely not DIR. I did post it there though to help another member.
