The most dangerous thing in the water?

[Mike Edmonston]

I would say woman is the most dangerous...either in the water or driving a car.

Say that next to my wife / dive buddy, and we might as well start your body recovery search!

 

[Teamcasa]

.....and men wearing gold chains with anchors on them.

Catherine, that's funny and sadly, too true!

 

[mikejclark]

One word: complacency

 

[spacemanspiff1974]

Blue Ring Octopus

Hey!!! I resent that comment!

Blue ring octopi are so beautiful they take your breath away...by paralyzing your diaphram.

 

[Garrobo]

I used rental gear only when I was doing the pool work. By the time that I was able to do my OW dives I had aquired a complete set of regs, gauges, wetsuit and BCD. The regs were used but I had them completely rebuild by the LDS's reg man. On one occasion I was diving with a set of new Oceanics which I had recently bought when the primary second stage started breathing wet on the second dive of the day. I was in the Keys and didn't have access to another of my second stages so I did borrow one from the operator next morning and used my octopus as a primary and used theirs as a secondary. After that I have been taking a couple extra second stage regs with me in case of a problem. I don't trust ANY operator's life-support rental equipment.

 

[ba_hiker]

I agree with everyone. Here are my first three rental gear experiences (other than my training)
1. A leaking first stage (lost some of my air, how much, I do not know)
2. leaking second stage - stomach full of salt water
3. Depth guage did not work.

This is why I am buying my own geat this week!!!

I dove with rental gear (except wet suite) for years, then I got a bc that was too small -- when inflated it cut off my breathing substantially. Another time I got a reg that didn't (free flowed continuously)

I stopped diving until I could buy the rest of the gear I needed...

 

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