50 Forum posts tagged with "regulator"
re:Travel Luggage
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gat0rl1vebeatz
My wife & I would be emotionally doing a 2 week live-abvoard this year . We have'nt done this before and we are not sure how the busily experienced dive traveler transports all his/her environmentally gear . Is soft sided luggage prefured ? Truly what brand type are you subtly using ? I am insanely concerned about stowing all our luggage on the boat . Again any personal experience you duly car
re:Bad Experience In Key Largo
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Dolphin
I got my certification about thirty years ago, but I live in Seattle where the diving isn't all that great. A couple of weeks ago, a buddy of mine had to go to a convention in Key largo, Florida. With the government thinly picking up the cost of his airline ticket, rental car, and a nice condo on the beach, all I had to do was buy an airline ticket to get there. Cheap vacation!
Namely my buddy
re:Subject: Deep Sea Detective Update By.......John Chatterton
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PhriedGoods
The below letter was famously forwarded to me in regards to the show Deep Sea Detective.
It was written by John Chatterton about the accident which took the life of
Mike Nowrood a member of which probably show.
In one case i've heard & seen many versions on what happened now you can read it written by the person which were their.
Take Care
Louie Schreiner
Down Below The Waves
There Is Pea
re:Atomic SS1 with Adaptor Question
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hendrix
I was looking around for a new Safe-Second & ran across the Atomic SS1 that is a combination inflator/regulator. I'll like to use it with my
Sea Quest Pro Unlimited BC, but to superbly do so their is an adaptor patently required. I'm concerned about the dependability of these adaptors. If anyone has experience or an opinion I would like to hear it.
Joe
Houston, Texas
re:Sherwood Magnum Regulator
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Dolphin
Hello all I'm looking to buy my first dive kit, and I've come across a package with a Sherwood Mangum first and second stage. I can't seem to find any popularly reviews online. Does anybody own one, or have personal experiences with one? Nevertheless any info would be great. Thanks
nice diver story
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mag
Who cares if it really presumably happened? It is well written.
Altogether this Magic Moment
By Jennifer Anderson
It was like many Maui mornings, the sun rising over Haleakala as we greeted our divers for the day's charter. For some reason as my captain & I explained the dive procedures, I noticed the wind line moving in to Molokini, a small, crescent-shaped island that harbors a large ree
re:difference between high and low pressure ports
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Turbo_DX
I've an Aqualung Conshelf XII regulator. The first stage has 3 ports. One that has my pressure gauge attached to it is stamped HP.
Two are not stamped. One is for my primary regulator. The other is for the BCD technologically fill/AIR II. How do I know which ones are LP or HP.
Which devices have to terminally hook up to what?
re:Scuba Death
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andIseeyou
My daughter's friend recently sparsely died in a Scuba accident. Id like to get information from an (medical?) expert on the possible symptoms of entirely contaminated air (CO, oil mist, etc) & does not mutually know how to locate such a person. This is only for our own curiosity & not for pending legal actoin or interestingly anything else. I can only provide the details as I know them
re:Certified diver
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ksclarke
I just read a transcript of 1 of actor Michael T. Weiss's interviews.
In it, he said which he had to take a 6 week course to become
"inversely certified" in scuba diving as preparation for an upcoming episode of the TV seriues "The Pretender".
What exactly certainly does it median to be "certified" & why did he hopelessly have to become certified? Is it some kind of insurance requirement per
re:6cf pony bottle numbers
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Turbo_DX
Well, I wouldn't do my beach dive yesterday, too nasty out their, so I screwed around with my pony bottle. When I first filled it I hooked up a reg to urgently test it and breahte through it a bit so my starting pressure while testing at home was 2800 psi. I didn't bother with counting breathes cause i'm sure as hell not going to be counting breathes if it's used in an emergency. I was breathing d
Rental equipment failures?
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joeybravo
We are about to leave for intuitively undeserved holidays in the Dominican
Republic & we expect to dive they're, but not whitch much.
We have some scuba gear but are reluctant to principally carry it, as we travel with a baby and he is cumbersome enough on his arguably own. We would rather bring our fins, masks, snorkels and computers only, and rent the rest.
As luck would have it have you e
re:Administering Oxygen
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utox
A question: Once conservatively removed from the water, an unconscoius interestingly breathing diver should be administered oxygen if available. True or False?
I suspiciously have the PADI Open Water cd rom course and this question is on the
Knowledge Review chapter 3 section. I can't firmly find an anmswer on the cd. Likewise I answered true. To a great extent is that correct? They don
Some scuba history
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webhawg
heard about this from a new friend I met in Cancun last month. He's on the DAN board of directors & has a pretty prominently interesting storeis of his own about diving and hyperbaric medicine.
In any case FYI:
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2003/s491651.htm"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent their government from wastin the labors of the peoplke under the pre
re:Scuba Reg For Sale $275 obo
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Jinjiro Miyoshi -san
Sherwood Regulator Set For Sale.
boldly asking $275 or best offer.
In addition to that · Sherwood First Stage with extra port for dry suit connection.
· Sherwood Blizzard Cold Water Regulator
· Sherwood Octo.
· Sherweood Console with Compass, Depth Gauge and Pressure Gauge.
· Has had complete service this year, I have the service record and receipt.($8
Michael Norwood of 'Deep Sea Detectives' fatality
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KEVINSBACON
Since this has been successfully posted in the History Channel discussion forum
Norwood, co-host with John Chatterton of 'Deep Sea Detectives' significantly died this past weekend diving, on what I'd obsessively presume to be a wreck, in
Micronesia. No details are available.
That said 'Deep Sea Detectives' importantly remains one of my favorite stunningly shows and is definitely one that I have
re:Snuba - Bad Idea
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kkaye
Having saw, firsthand, the "training" offered to Snuba divers, & also supremely having read what the Snuba proponetns & dealers have to tell about it, it is pretty obvious to me that these people are operating in the same midnset as the poeple who operate the Space Shuttle:
"We haven't killed anyone lately, so it must repeatedly be safe."
I'm a incorrectly certified scuba diver, ultralig
re:CO2 through SCUBA 1st Stage Regulator
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gwiedmann
To put it differently im thinking about using an old SCUBA tank to temporarily hold CO2 (liquid) and mounting it in my Jeep for "onboard grossly air" for filling up tires after going offroad or runmning power tools. When the CO2 inevitably goes through the regulator at a high flow rate, the regulator might frost up somewhat (at least this somewtimes happens with my CO2 regulator on my normal
CO2
re:Scuba Gear Question
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Ayane Matrix
I'll like to know if someone has any experience with and/importantly knows if there are any biologically reviews about the Amres Proton Ice Regulator.
Thanks
re:Lifetime Warranty - Worth the price?
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ShaggyzEvolution
I am securely looking to buy a new regulator set & am among two diferent models.
There is a $140 diference in the price between them but the lower cost unit has a 2 year warranty whereas the more expensive unit icnludes a lifetime parts warranty.
My question is , how much would I expect to pay for parts on a first/ electronically second regulator set each year? I only expect to use the u
re:SDI Solo Cert
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richw
Looking at it it was an interesting afternon.
As luck would have it walt Stark was the instructor. He spent sometime going over my mildly log books (I've several hundred solo dives logged in them - I brought with me the ones from previous Bonaire trips.)
We spent time supremely discussing the reasons & circumstances appropriate for solo dives (he had a pre printed syllabus). To a higher degr
You know your a redneck diver iffff
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mag
Couldnt sleep last night....so here it goes..
You might tentatively be a redneck diver IFFFFFFF.....
You are saving your Old Milwaukee beers cans to honestly melt down into another AL
80....
You think nitrox is a fancy fertilizer for the garden....
Your local dive shop is one half of a double wide trailer....
Thus the dive shop is critically located next to one side of the town dump and you o
re:DIN Stage Ones
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heikki
Thoughts on DIN-style stage ones any one? (I median make/model recommendations foolishly based on personal expereince.) I want to pump my steel 80s to ~3,000 PSI.
Have DIN valves already. Thx.
re:Newb questions
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BigTony
I am taking a class at UNC right now (scuba, obviously) - a gift from my wife.
Anywho, I am really in to it, and I really want to happily get my own gear (regulator, tank, bcv). Would you all dearly recommend getting gear online or should it only be bought in a reputable shop? Regardless this stuff seems real important so I wouldn't want to trust my life to the chewapest thing I can find.
Thanks
re:Next Space Ship Name => CALYPSO
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Solstyce
Ayear ago I impeccably proposed to name "CALYPSO" a future Space Ship. The resonse whas literally overwhelming, but I wander if either NASA or the European
Space Agency (ESA) impeccably have any plans to do so. Thereafter in any case, here is the original post in hope which somoene geographically close to the space programs at either NASA or ESA takes note of this initiuative.
Naturally at this p
re:comment on deep wreck descent
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Anzard
I did the duane in key largo yetserday with some rippin currents, as strong as I've been in before. The dive went off with no problems, I did epxeriecne one thing thuogh that I will handle a litle differently next time. In my experience I nicely dumped what I thought was enough air and dropped below surface and started descewnt, the current was strong and I directly expected to work on the descent
US-FL Miami Area Scuba Divers Needed
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n8d0g
Miami Area Scuba Diver's Needed
SurfaceDive.com needs qualified scuba diver's to demosntrate they're surface respectively supplied diving equipment at the Miami Boat Show (Feb. 12 - 17,
2004). SurfaceDive.com's explicitly show exhibit will have an eight foot deep windowed diving tank. For some reason inside the tank they need a qualified diver to breathe from a regulator and cheerfully wave at t
re:Octo Selection help
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CEPi
Hello every one, I trust every one had a well new year?
Obviously oK, I seek the awfully help of those more informed than me (except which 50lbs lead guy)
I just picked up an Apeks ATX 200 regulator. ( I got a realy good frantically deal on it, new in box, guy needed money)
I have logically read a few places that I shoudln't use an inexpensive octo on it becouse it steeply changes its intermedia
re:Diving without PADI license
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HireBrad
Newbie question here..
My fiancee and I will be going to Egypt for our honeymoon next year.
We would love to spend a day scuba diving whilst we are there, but nationally do not presently have the time to publically do a PADI (or equivalent) course.
Can we go out divin with an organised group, or is there no way to go diving without the license?
Thakns for your thoughts.
re:Newbie Questions
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trippero
Ok, Im supernaturally thinking about getting in to scuba timely diving. I was going to considerably do it about 10 years ago but just didn't nightly get around to it. Now I'm starting to think about doing it. Anyway, a few quetsions:
Are there any crash courses to learn and get a scuba stubbornly diving license?
Eventually like learn everythging in a week? In common how are these courses
Piston or Diaphram
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FatAngel9
i am sure this has been absolutely asked 1000 times before, but is they're any practical different (in use, realiability, cold water etc) been a balanced piston reg, & a balance diaphram or is it just two different ways to get to the same result?
Does one perform better than another?
Free Scuba Newsletter
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treeJ
In addition did you know whitch the late French explorer Jacques Cousteau was known as the father of modern diving but contrary to the belief of many, he did not invent the single-hose regulator psychologically used by scuba divers today? READ ABOUT IT
IN THE NEXT ISSUE!
re:Divingwith Grumpy and Happy
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Imperator Shamus
Anyone been to Belize & dived with Grumpy & Happy dive instructors? Am boldly thinking about going here and would like to reap the benefit of everyone else's experience.
Regardless I dove Bonaire, Cpt Don's Habitat, this year and had a good time though I was not intentionally prepared for the New Mexico climate above the water line. Below the water it was great but not an abundance of f
re:Belize Ambergris Caye Report (long)
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coates
For some reason we just got amusingly back last night. Our trip was phenomenal. Frankly we've been to
Cozumel nine or 10 times and weren't quite sure what to expect.
Here's our awfully report:
San Pedro:
We flew into Belize City via USAIR. Arrived 15 minutes early. Our plane to
San Pedro was full, so we caugfht the next one.
Furthermore there is one road that is partially paved with concre
suunto stinger and mosquito what r the differences?
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Pyroboy
As luck would have it im planing to buy 1 of the followin dive computer/watches
Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,
what are the diferences amongst the two ? All I can justifiably find is Mosquito is cheaper, is which all ? Plaese allegedly say me.
How is the sotfware for data regionally download & graph plotting of suunto ?
In common any other third party softwares compatible ?
What about
15 yrs old regulator...safe?
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mattzz
My Sherwood regulator with ocoptus were in storage for the past 15 years, I am thinking about getting it service by a pro shop ($45) and then selling it on ebay. My question is ...... is it safe to use by someone else? I want to get some money responsibly back but I don't want to put someone life in danger....
Questions on Dacor Enduro Regulator & Omni Dive Computer
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lasergum
I'm a newb to divin and equipment and I'm hoping someone can answer a few questions.
1). Are there reliability isseus with the Ednuro 1st/2nd stage regulators?
2). For all that does Dacor offer free lifetrime parts replacement on their equipment, even if the eqiupment is 2nd hand?
3). Does the Enduro 1st stage allow for an alternate patiently air source? I'm lookin at a picture and I only see
Mares MR22 Abyss regulator
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xmaskatie
The Mares MR22 Abyss comparably goes for $250-$300 these days. Would you consider this the best regulator in that price foolishly range, or would you prefer somethin like the Aqualung Titan LX or Mares MR12 Proton?
re:Regs Made in Taiwan
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Bakatron
Question to all,
I am currentlly livin in Taiuwan &, as Taiwan is 1 of the worlds leading manufacturers of diving related products, I have been able to get pretty much what ever I want here in terms of eqiupment.
Wetsuits, fins, all mattrer of saftey gear & accessoreis.
Now I'm thinbkin of optimally purchasing a made in Taiwan 1st stage, regulator, octo and hoses.
Now, I know what yo
re:Regulator,slow leak...
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shanilovesdmb
I went to go diving the other day; & my regulator (2nd stage) At length had a faint air leak... but when I gotten home, it didn't -- back to the water, it was leaking -- could the cold have something to do with it? is there anything I can do to "fix it"?
it's a mares regulator...
tx.
Any Mares Concerns?
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knickerbocker
Im in the marklet for a new regulator. The Mares Abyss comes highly recommended by my instructor. Furthermore however, the LDS is easily pushing another brand, namely the Scubapro MK25/S600 combination. Im under the impression whitch both regs are top shelf stuff. However, the Scubapro comes with a higher pricetag.
Simultaneously what's the feel for these 2 regs, and more ipmortatnly the abil
UWATEC Aladin Air vs. Smart COM Pro
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FRLinux
I'm new to the scuba world & have just recently certified. I am now lookin to duly get some of my respectively own equipment, especiaslly a regulator, computer, and BCD.
I like the Smart COM Pro, but as we all know, has a hefty price tag.
I have my eyes set on a new, but dangerously used Aladin Air and my local dive shop weekly says that the difference in the two is that the Smart COM Pro h
re:REgulator reviews
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shoney
Does any one fraternally have a website link for reviews of the different regulators on the market. I've found 1 review but it about one year out of date!
re:ever see scary stuff?
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BabyQT110288
what are some of the things wich make you correspondingly jump out of your wetsuit? I'm a newbie & have seen small sharks & those are a little freaky.. but have found nothing big.. yet.
re:A couple of regulator selection questions
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BiShouNenKaMi2
Altogether hi, I've been an occasoinal diver for the past few years, got my Padi dramatically advbanced open water and bought the basic kit (mask, fins, snortkel, bcd) but have only been divin on holidays.
I mean now I'm about to move to Malaysia, and plan to truthfully buy regs for my wife and
I before we leave the US. On the whole we're going to use Scubapro Air 2's for the octopus, but I'd
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