XS Scuba Buyers Guide is Interesting Reading..........
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WarmWaterDiver
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Pretty quick - just minor lag from here 
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=177805
Mike, no one could ask for better focus on feedback from the end user. Maybe you could do an inspirational guest speaker event at Microsoft on this, for a big fee??
Seriously, I have a trip to Curacao the last 2 weeks of March, then probably not another dive trip until labor Day, so it would suit the product development better if you had someone else try out the prototype. If the prototype works out, I'll gladly try one in early September!
I have considered coming up with new specialty C-cards for local diving in the area I currently live. These would be:
Echolocation - a regional sub-specialty of the Navigation specialty c-card. Required to navigate through the local waterways, and essential for avoiding in-water encounters with alligators, water moccasins, and snapping turtles. No dive computer or SPG needed since you have to surface to read them anyway.
Pirouge Diver - subspecialty of the Boat Diver specialty c-card. Two dives required, one using giant stride entry and one with backroll entry. The objective is to get your depth gauge or dive computer deep enough to actually register a dive. Multiple entries for the same dive are allowed, in the same spot, to try to get deep enough by wallowing a hole.
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=177805
Mike, no one could ask for better focus on feedback from the end user. Maybe you could do an inspirational guest speaker event at Microsoft on this, for a big fee??
Seriously, I have a trip to Curacao the last 2 weeks of March, then probably not another dive trip until labor Day, so it would suit the product development better if you had someone else try out the prototype. If the prototype works out, I'll gladly try one in early September!
I have considered coming up with new specialty C-cards for local diving in the area I currently live. These would be:
Echolocation - a regional sub-specialty of the Navigation specialty c-card. Required to navigate through the local waterways, and essential for avoiding in-water encounters with alligators, water moccasins, and snapping turtles. No dive computer or SPG needed since you have to surface to read them anyway.
Pirouge Diver - subspecialty of the Boat Diver specialty c-card. Two dives required, one using giant stride entry and one with backroll entry. The objective is to get your depth gauge or dive computer deep enough to actually register a dive. Multiple entries for the same dive are allowed, in the same spot, to try to get deep enough by wallowing a hole.
I got a Fusion Purge during my certification (along with the Sedona Dry snorkel), and it's been absolutely great. My only quibble with the split-pane design is the weird refractive gap underwater (when dry it's seamless), but the quality and purge system are all first-rate.
ronbeau
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XS Scuba:
This question is not about masks. THe questions is about your rolling duffel bag.
My wife liked your rolling duffel and bought three of them (one for each family member).
However there is a shortcoming with them. The pull handle is too short so you have to stoop over a bit to have the duffel roll properly.
My wife and I are about 5' 6" tall so the problem is not that an overly tall person is using the product.
Other than this shortcoming we like the bag itself. Do you have any suggestions for correcting this shortcoming in an otherwise excellent product?
XS Scuba
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Hey Ron:
Do you have the BG140 bags http://xsscuba.com/wh_duffel.html or the BG150 bags http://xsscuba.com/wh_mesh_duffel.html?
Do you have the BG140 bags http://xsscuba.com/wh_duffel.html or the BG150 bags http://xsscuba.com/wh_mesh_duffel.html?
3-Ring Octopus
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Hey WarmWaterDiver...would you be willing to instruct on that Echolocation specialty here in the PNW? I realize it's coldwater...but I'm certain my SO and I could have used it to deal with the seal that buzzed us (grabbed my fin, the little SOB!!) out of the dark and didn't even have the common courtesy to give us more than a quick arc out in front before disappearing into the green/black! 
On second thought...diving in an area frequented by Whites, maybe I don't really WANT to be able to echolocate... 
Cheers,
Austin
On second thought...diving in an area frequented by Whites, maybe I don't really WANT to be able to echolocate... Cheers,
Austin
mike_s
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PhilEllis:
Phil....
it sounds like you need to get out and go diving. I can reccomend a great trip in July we are going on a liveaboard if you want to go? Think you might be able to make it?
Anyone got a regulator he can borrow?
-Mike
Heh....that's the new PADI Cajun Diver Specialty!WarmWaterDiver:
WarmWaterDiver
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3-Ring Octopus:Hey WarmWaterDiver...would you be willing to instruct on that Echolocation specialty here in the PNW? I realize it's coldwater...but I'm certain my SO and I could have used it to deal with the seal that buzzed us (grabbed my fin, the little SOB!!) out of the dark and didn't even have the common courtesy to give us more than a quick arc out in front before disappearing into the green/black!
Cheers,
Austin
Austin,
I don't have instructor status; I didn't grow up in this area which puts me at a disadvantage. We moved here in mid-July 2005.
I figure the IDC for Echolocation is probably a stone beyotch. The weed-out rate would be pretty high, but could be reduced if you don't wash out anyone who winds up requiring amputation or antivenom more than once each during the course, or some such twist to the rules. Might reduce the dive professional insurance premium for this specialty that way. But for anyone who comes down here for the course, using it in cold water ought to be a piece of cake! You could write off a Mardi Gras excursion as a business trip that way!
Instructors could be famous after invting Mike Rowe of 'Dirty Jobs' to visit for a day. Mike thought the folks working at the alligator farm were crazy. As Justin Wilson used to say - I guarantee!
WarmWaterDiver
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ElGuano:
Does your mask have the clear silicone or black silicone skirt?
I tried both black & clear silicone skirt masks when I started diving and I decided fairly early I prefer masks with black silicone skirt instead of clear to minimize extraneous reflections, my new Fusion Purge is that same design. I tried a Scubapro Tri-vent mask with clear silicone skirt a few years ago and had a similar complaint, plus the strap didn't fit me optimally - I always felt a pinching around my temples, I don't think that design had swivel buckles.
I'll let you know how my black silicone Fusion Purge works out after I get back in April.
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