Forget DIR!

[SeaJay]

I'm going BDG. ("Buddy Double Gold.")

http://www.divex.co.uk/military_buddy_double.html

(Notice the high-tech air integrated octo, by the way... And yes, it even has a pull dump.)

Interestingly, these guys also offer Force Fins...

 

[Dryglove]

Yea thats a uhm....nifty little item there.Bet it works good with force fins.Ill let you buy one first and you can tell the rest of us how good it works. You can always run it by JJ and GI3 to see if it can be used as an alternative to bp&wings :mean:

 

[SeaJay]

Man, I should buy those two and show up at my DIR-F class next weekend like that just to see what they'd say.

Oh, man... I'd pay to see the looks on their faces.

"Ha! I'm SeaJay. I know dat y'all don't allow for dem dere split fins, so I gave 'em to my brother Darryl and bought me some a-'dese fancy ones..." <Pulling on pull dump while testing integrated octo.> "Let's get in dat water, boah!" <Jumps into the deep end and immediately sinks to the bottom.>

 

[Dryglove]

SeaJay once bubbled...
Man, I should buy those two and show up at my DIR-F class next weekend like that just to see what they'd say.
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I double dog dare you to do that and be sure to post pictures of the looks on their faces..... Just a little hint be sure to paint it all black first,who knows maybe they wont notice........lol.

 

[stiebs]

lal7176 once bubbled...

Just a little hint be sure to paint it all black first...

You can order it in either black or gold!

 

[bwerb]

Look under Maritime Counter terrorist. They have a compressed air driven grapple hook. If GI3 knew about this, I'm sure it would become standard equipment.

ROTFLMAO!

 

[Diver0001]

SeaJay once bubbled...
I'm going BDG. ("Buddy Double Gold.")

http://www.divex.co.uk/military_buddy_double.html

(Notice the high-tech air integrated octo, by the way... And yes, it even has a pull dump.)

Interestingly, these guys also offer Force Fins...

In the old days these things were the norm. I still have one from U.S. Divers kicking around somewhere, complete with the airsource octo.

When I first started diving I bought used gear that dated out of the mid-70's (I started diving in 1984/5). It included a horse-collar BCD like this one, which I used with a drysuit for redundant buoyancy. It was small, out of the way and light. Absolutely perfect. The rest of my gear was an AL 80 with a J valve, a tri-lam drysuit (one of the first on the market where I lived, in fact mine was a prototype that I got a good discount and an Auqalung Aquarius (ca 1974, unbalanced piston). It only had 3 ports, 2lp and 1 hp. The LP ports were for the drysuit and reg and the hp for the spg (which I still have on my reg today). Hence the need for the airsource.

And jetfins, of course, which I ended up giving away and replacing with a pair of cheap plastic fins from Dacor (which I still have) because the jets were too heavy and dragged my feet down.

Makes me all nostalgic and misty-eyed. Made all kinds of dives to 40+ metres on this stuff too.

R..

 

[SeaJay]

bwerb once bubbled...
Look under Maritime Counter terrorist. They have a compressed air driven grapple hook. If GI3 knew about this, I'm sure it would become standard equipment.

ROTFLMAO!

Holy moley...

I mean, I'm not to make fun of anyone's gear, but c'mon!

<sarcasm mode on>

Let's see... I'm interested in some really "state of the art" diving gear... I think I need...

1. Some Low Magnetic Fins. ( http://www.divex.co.uk/military_low_mag_fins.html )

2. Some Low Magnetic Neoprene in my suit. ( http://www.divex.co.uk/military_lm_neoprene.html ) (C'mon... How much "magnetism" do you think there really is in neoprene?)

3. The ultimate redneck BC... In camoflage. ( http://www.divex.co.uk/Military_Shadow_jacket.html ) Man, the guys would go nuts about this here in South Carolina.

4. A Buddy Line. ( http://www.divex.co.uk/Military_Buddy_Lines.html ) Oh yeah, my buddy's shot, and now I'm tethered to a dead body. All while in...

5. VSW (Very Shallow Water.) Oh, yes, ladies and gentlemen... You've heard about it... Now we actually have an acronymn for it! ( http://www.divex.co.uk/military_stealth_eod_&vsw_rebreather.html )

6. BASSCA: Forget SCUBA! Go BASSCA! ( http://www.divex.co.uk/military_BASSCA.html )

7. The whopping thirteen inch "Navy Knife." Okay, I love my pigsticker, but this is rediculous. Next thing they're going to offer is going to be a sword! ( http://www.divex.co.uk/Military_Navy_knife.html )

8. The incredibly technologically advanced POWERLIFT BUOYANCY JACKET. ( http://www.divex.co.uk/Military_POWERLIFT_BUOYANCY.html ) I think that my LDS has these for rent, if you'd like to try them out first.

9. The latest thing to tick off your GUE instructor... Extra padding! ( http://www.divex.co.uk/Military_Mine_clearance_diver.html )

Whoo, boy. My sides are hurting. Best is, they even sell a rebreather. I dunno about that one... Anyone wanna give it a try to see if it'll support life? Not me. I'm not buying anything from anyone who sells "Low Magnetic Neoprene."

I dunno about the air-powered grappling hook... ( http://www.divex.co.uk/military_grapple_hook.html ) Ever since I got one for my G.I. Joe when I was a kid, I've always wanted one for me. GI3 would be proud! (Okay, so G.I. Joe would be, anyway.)

Can you imagine showing up to a dive with your buddies, holding that thing in your hands? How unbelievably bizarre... ("Y'all, I'm SICK AND TIRED of these 'ere currents! Ain't no TIDE takin' ME downstream!")

I think I'm going to have to pass, though... After seeing the picture of this guy ( http://www.divex.co.uk/military_thinbear.html ), who looks like he's seen a bit too much radiation in the engine room of the nuclear sub, I'm afraid to get a package from him.

Oh, man... You think these guys had a booth at DEMA?

</sarcasm mode off>

 

[SeaJay]

lal7176 once bubbled...


I double dog dare you to do that and be sure to post pictures of the looks on their faces.....

I'm dying laughing over here. "Double dog dare me?" ROFLMAO!!!

Oh, man... How can I turn that down??

Anyone in/around Atlanta that has some of this "high tech" gear they'd like to lend for next weekend?

I've been double dog dared!

If y'all produce it, I'll do it. I swear.

 

[sheck33]

Hey, i started diving with a horsecollar BC that is simpler than that !!