undercurrent magazine??

[Crawl79]

I subscribed a month ago and look forward to getting my first issue, unfortunately I dont know when I will get my first issue as I am in Brasil. I am trying to get a coworkers to hand carry all of my goodies from home. I may post my opinions when I get my first issue however.

 

[Code Monkey]

I agree that the reader reports (found in the Chapbook) are a lot like reading this board *but* there's something pretty cool about having a completely separate source of this form. Communities tend to have favorite haunts. Ask this board about Cozumel, for instance, and you'll hear a lot about Christi and Blue XTSea (we've dived with her, by the way, and we love her). That's because smart people go where the recommendations are and then report on their trip. Ask Undercurrent about Cozumel and, as I remember, we didn't see Chrisi mentioned once (we've since sent in our report so this may change). They have a different set of favorites.

I, for one, like this diversity. You want to go to a new place, you read both sets of forums, you get two sets (often disjunct) of love-'ms and hate-'ms, you get choices. I like choices. YMMV.

 

[mase]

Communities tend to have favorite haunts

Agree completely.

 

[DocVikingo]

Hi Code Monkey,

Christi's op is mentioned several times in the Cozumel section of last year's "The Travelin' Diver's Chapbook" ('06 Edition). No doubt it will be mentioned again in the '07 Edition to be mailed starting Dec 10.

There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 ops on Coz, so I'd say that's not bad.

Regards,

DocVikingo

 

[Code Monkey]

I stand corrected. We looked a while back and didn't see it but, as has been pointed out, that doesn't mean it wasn't there.

 

[WarmWaterDiver]

I suscribe to both the print and on-line versions of UC. I like the print version as I can read it wherever I like, such as in bed before going to sleep, and the on-line to easily see things grouped by category when I'm looking for something (and due to our household pets occasionnally shredding printed matter for fun & amusement on their part when accidentally left within reach while we're at work or out to dinner).

I use the Chapbook like I use this board or any source of info - potentially a candle to avoid cursing the darkness, but remain cognizant that opinions are opinions.

Their equipment features and DAN study summaries are things I particularly pay attention to in the print version. This was the first place I saw the Scubapro MK 20 news on the yoke nut, that Scubapro has now issued a bulletin for. When I had my MK 20 serviced in Nov. 2005, I spoke of this at the LDS most convenient to our new house - they didn't know anything about it and when I received the regulator after service the yoke nut issue had not been addressed. Needless to say, my MK 20 is having service at a different shop this month, and one of the first things the owner mentioned when he picked it up off the counter was the yoke nut issue hadn't been addressed but that he would take care of this during the current service.

To each his or her own for info sources.