Scuba Gadgets - what's great and what's not

[Jax]

Any chance we can get back to the topic? :focus:

I like those diver 'horns' you hook between your BC inflator and the BC . . . as long as it is used only for emergencies.

We had a diver and buddy on a night dive, who went too far and got caught in the current. The blast made the boat aware that they had surfaced on the other side of the rock outcropping. Otherwise, we might have been searching in the dark for a long time.

 

[TMHeimer]

Wow, Walter -- I rarely disagree with you, but I sure do today!

I don't have spring straps because I was worried about the other ones breaking. I have spring straps because I got sick and tired of struggling with fin straps, and with having fins come off. Springs, properly sized, are instant-on instant-off, and the only time I've lost a fin with them was when I kicked the entire BOOT off my foot. I watch students, time and again, struggling and fussing with donning and doffing their fins, and I want to put springs on all of them, just as an act of KINDNESS




Absolutely. Best $40 I've ever spent. And my new split fins cracked while the springs keep on going.

 

[Walter]

Any chance we can get back to the topic?

Nope, because we've never gone off topic.

 

[dolesorchard]

However, I love to dive because it is peaceful, tranquil and silent.

I am a farmer and wear hearimg protection any time I am operating equipment. The one thing about diving that I hate is the noise from air bubbles, especially in shallow water I feel like I should be wearing my hearing protection, or my old double hose that I used in the 70's. Diving with a single hose reg is anything but silent.

 

[ScubaVideo]

However, I love to dive because it is peaceful, tranquil and silent.

I am a farmer and wear hearimg protection any time I am operating equipment. The one thing about diving that I hate is the noise from air bubbles, especially in shallow water I feel like I should be wearing my hearing protection, or my old double hose that I used in the 70's. Diving with a single hose reg is anything but silent.

The bubbles are the tranquil part.

 

[ToddK]

The Good
DSS bungy dive computer/gauge wrist mounts.

I agree with most of the original list. Definitely need to include DSS computer/bottom timer boots. I wouldn't buy a computer that didn't have one of these mounts.

I'd also add flashlights clipped to D-rings and held in place with bicylce innertube (tech/DIR style), and the UK LED/reflector inserts for retro fitting Scout backup lights: Underwater Kinetics LED Bulb and Reflector - SL4 - Dive Right In Scuba - Plainfield, IL

 

[lionfish-eater]

my favorite gadgets are a filet knife, chopsticks, soy sauce and wasabi. The freshest sushi is still squirming in your mouth. You can skip the soy sauce if you are in salt water.

Eat a lionfish - save a reef

 

[SCUBA482]

GOOD: LionTamer for killing the invasive species

BAD: Illegal/too small dive flags... and Guys like that

That Lion Tamer is sweet! Thanks for sharing.

 

[paddler3d]

Spring fin straps...

Bungee mounts for instruments...

Female catheters...I'll explain. I added Diving Concepts Dry Gloves to my dry suit. I rigged the mounting ring so that my had still goes through the latex seal. In the event the glove fails, I don't flood the suit. The question is how to equalize the glove. Folks told me how they pull their dry suit underwear under the latex seal, so on so forth. I've seen guys use the straws from WD-40. I tried the underwear under the seal and it sort of worked. The WD-40 straw worked but was uncomfortable and if the glove failed and I had to remove the straw under water, very hard. I have access to female disposable catheters. They are a soft tubing that does not have any rough edges. They are flexible, put able to hold their shape, most importantly, they have a large piece that is easy to grab with dry suit gloves!

Finally I will add the Inline adjuster with IP gauge from SCUBA Tools.

 

[sassyalice]

I like our full face silicon masks with communication. Being a photographer (National Lampoon .... not National geographic) I tend to stay in one place until my husband reminds me to catch up. or lets me know of something I want to shoot, without disturbing the rest of the crowd. Or I can let him know I am on my way...
I get to wear my grin down there.
And with no reg in the mouth I can LOL when I get narqed

My spare air. :shocked2: :mooner: I know sh*t Happens, because I am usually in the middle of it, so I know what can go wrong will.

I come up with a tank that is 75% of the time still over half full, so i don't use it for my SS. but if murphy comes diving with me one day, at least I know it is one less thing I have to worry about.