What is the best info you have learned on SB?

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

I was reading another thread and someone said that a bit of information was the best find they had ever come across on Scuba Board and that made me wonder about some of the best finds on Scuba Board.

1 So what is the best tip or bit on information you have come across on Scuba Board whether diving or non diving related?

2 Can you provide a link to the original thread or post?

3 Can you share why this was of great value to you or what impact it had on you?

Thanks,
USBB:blinking:

 

[*Floater*]

I learned a lot about gear, in particular about backplates and wings, various kick styles and DIR - all of which have had a profound influence on my diving subsequently, but that I might not have otherwise found out about until much later. That said I still had to go through a bunch of wings and fins to find out what I really liked and I never became a proper DIR diver.

 

[TSandM]

I think probably the absolute best thing I learned on SB came from a thread I started about a freeflow I had on a training dive. I entitled the thread, "My first underwater emergency." After a page or two of discussion, Diver0001 (who used to post here a great deal, and who I miss a lot) came on and simply asked, "Why did you think this was an emergency?" It made me sit back and realize that, as is frequently quoted, the only true emergency is a lack of breathing gas. I had an inconvenience, nothing more, and regarding it that way would lead to a far calmer and more rational response. That was a huge lesson, and it has paid off well in a number of awkward situations (or inconveniences) since then.