lawofgravity
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Rats.... I meant 45 degrees Fahrenheit... my bad.
Finally made my purchasing decision
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geraldp
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Hee Hee... that's pretty good. I was picturing diving some lava tube somewhere.brianwl:That's a pretty deep Hot Tub.
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Went out and dove with my new gear for the first time yesterday. Have to say i am very happy with the equipment i purchased. 1000 times better than what i trained in.
i really like the back inflate bc. establishing neutral buoyancy seemed to be a heck of a lot easier. the bc did tend to push me over a bit at the surface, so its not a myth.
that really is not a big deal to me as i like to lay on my back at the surface anyway. i ended up mostly just inflating enough to have just my head out of the water. no need to lean back if you do that.
i guess it depends on how comfortable you are at the surface. i can see where some people might not like to float with just their neck out of the water.
i just wanted to mention this for those that may be considering a back inflate. i am very glad i decided to go with the back inflate. the difference in feel underwater was like night and day compared to a jacket style.
not a lot to say about the regulator except that it breaths like a champ.
so i am very excited with my gear and cant wait to hit the water again soon.
i really like the back inflate bc. establishing neutral buoyancy seemed to be a heck of a lot easier. the bc did tend to push me over a bit at the surface, so its not a myth.
that really is not a big deal to me as i like to lay on my back at the surface anyway. i ended up mostly just inflating enough to have just my head out of the water. no need to lean back if you do that.
i guess it depends on how comfortable you are at the surface. i can see where some people might not like to float with just their neck out of the water.
i just wanted to mention this for those that may be considering a back inflate. i am very glad i decided to go with the back inflate. the difference in feel underwater was like night and day compared to a jacket style.
not a lot to say about the regulator except that it breaths like a champ.
so i am very excited with my gear and cant wait to hit the water again soon.
Cards90
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RockyTop:
Thats what I have and love it, except I have the S600 instead of the S550 Congrats on the choice it is a good one.
junior diver
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Whoever it was who said you will never need to share air. I've had to share air 7 times! All of them in training but if they see a point in teaching you how to do it and put such a point on practicing it, it is most likely to happen to each diver at least once in a open water situation. However I've seen more than one diver run out of air. But I wasn't their buddy and it was easily sorted out with their buddy. Anyway, congratulations on getting your own gear. I couldn't wait till I got mine and I'm currently running and scrounging for a second set up which is going to have a DIMW (dive it my way) set up.
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