Struggling in midwater

[Land Locked]

Yeap... The old comp is alway more reliable than the new toys. I can't understand why the new compure is over $1K compared to any electric appliance. :no

$500.00 and it is yours W.T. Hope too see you in the water here soon!

 

[Hoosier]

$500.00 and it is yours W.T. Hope too see you in the water here soon!

Hmm... $100 each... It is pretty good deal.

Sure, please let me know when Joe's opens.

Note: Sorry for the hijack...

 

[redrover]

I find a mix of old and new tecknologie works best.

Yeah, my Ball has audio and the needle flutter rapid response. Admit tho it only comes to mind in the struggle to relax while alert to correct quickly in strong surge at 15’ or less. I want to see a steady line (at 60 sec. sampling rate) on the dive details graph.
I can do with out the Bank indicator. For some reason I’m real tuned into that judging from how annoyed I find the slightest list.

The other thing, which might be hard for me to say..is I hook my fins into the water collumn horizontally...just like your "perfect trim" looks, then I apply more resistance to one fin or the other, from my core. It is probably imperceptable, like thigh/seat pressure for a horse? …snippets…when you are stretched out and flat, you are working with the added resistance in the water column which is a stabilizing force. You can hang on one fin versus the other and never move position.

I’d like to know more about this. I think I may be doing just that (somehow came up with it on my own.) However am unable to combine with the relaxed accounts I read about stop holding.
Is this relaxed for you? From the esoteric description (LOL, ask me to describe my skiing Magic Turn – the US Demo team got a kick out of it.) I’m thinking I’m recognizing the ‘hooking a fin in the water column’ to position hold (critter looking and close quarters contact avoidance) but only using for lateral shift and drift. I’m not seeing quite how to do vertically.
Maybe I’m completely not understanding what you’re describing. Any chance somebody get you on video to see it – the action?

 

[Rick Inman]

I'm late to the party, and this is a page one kind of answer, but here's my thoughts.

When I'm hanging mid-water, without a real visual reference and I have a task, if I'm dialed in (which I'm not always, that's for sure) I get this weird kind of mental detachment from the task - as if one of me is calmly hanging, and watching the other me do the task, like shooting the bag.

It's hard to explain, but I really do feel removed from the task, as if I'm just watching, which allows me to stay focused and relaxed on staying in one place. The most difficult task for me to do this with is a valve drill. And I can tell when I'm in the zone because I stay perfectly still in one place, and when I'm not in the zone, I start motoring a bit while I'll I'm turning the valve.

It's hard to explain how the total detachment feels, but when I'm doing it, it's obvious, and makes the tasks so much easier.

 

[Buoyant1]

I find a mix of old and new tecknologie works best.

WOW...that's a lot of stuff on your wrist!

 

[Land Locked]

WOW...that's a lot of stuff on your wrist!

Less lead on the belt and NO corrective lenses needed, except for the Citizen.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Less lead on the belt and NO corrective lenses needed, except for the Citizen.

... and when you're done with your dive you can use the same gauges to pilot the Enterprise ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[cool_hardware52]

I find a mix of old and new tecknologie works best.

What! No DG?, no T&B?