dive gears
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Originally posted by Fatum:
depending on the range, they are not much more expensive ... apeks are cheaper actually, if you know where to buy them ....
mares is good for the recreational diver, effortless breathing, cool design etc, but it's not for the more technical diver ... in some models the airflow is not even adjustable ... if you have more money to spend, go for one of the better scubapro models ....
U make me regret my choice in getting my Mares.
But that was 2 yrs ago.
Now which computer should i get?
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Originally posted by s|nNeD:
Wow.. its 8 bucks to go to Adex..
Man, sure its expensive.
i think it was more ex the previous time? -
oh ya, 1 more thing i would like to ask....
how often you guys dive? and how's the servicing of your regs?
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Originally posted by s|nNeD:
U make me regret my choice in getting my Mares.
But that was 2 yrs ago.
Now which computer should i get?
don't get me wrong ... mares is a good choice ... a real glitzy choice ..... just that I dive a different configuration that's all ... I dive a halcyon original pioneer wing with steel backplate and long hose configuration .... if I were using a normal type BC, I'd much rather suck air from a mares reg ... as for computer, whatever you do, stay away from the suuntos .... uwatec is great ... I personally uses an old oceanic air only dive com, and that functions more as a depth gauge for me than anything else ... -
Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:
oh ya, 1 more thing i would like to ask....
how often you guys dive? and how's the servicing of your regs?
how often ? .. hell, it used to be every other weekend for me ... heh .... but I just got back from overseas, and now it's time to hit the ocean again .... I service my regs at least once a year, I'd bring it to divemasters pratama, the distributor for apeks, for servicing, if you don't mind the hassle you can buy the service kit and DIY .... sometimes it's a lot more frequent, there's this notorious dive resort at a popular malaysian east coast spot that almost NEVER clean their compressor generators, and the first stage filter often gets clogged solid black from a single tank... frequent divers should know which place I'm talking about .... the season has just started, if you guys are interested I'm cobbling together groups for perhantian, redang, aur and maybe lombok in the coming months .... give me a PM ... ;) -
Originally posted by Fatum:
how often ? .. hell, it used to be every other weekend for me ... heh .... but I just got back from overseas, and now it's time to hit the ocean again .... I service my regs at least once a year, I'd bring it to divemasters pratama, the distributor for apeks, for servicing, if you don't mind the hassle you can buy the service kit and DIY .... sometimes it's a lot more frequent, there's this notorious dive resort at a popular malaysian east coast spot that almost NEVER clean their compressor generators, and the first stage filter often gets clogged solid black from a single tank... frequent divers should know which place I'm talking about .... the season has just started, if you guys are interested I'm cobbling together groups for perhantian, redang, aur and maybe lombok in the coming months .... give me a PM ... ;)thanks a lot on sharing.
perhaps when i get my personal gear ready! -
Originally posted by s|nNeD:
U make me regret my choice in getting my Mares.
But that was 2 yrs ago.
Now which computer should i get?
I am now using the Scubapro Xtender.
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Originally posted by Xcert:
I am now using the Scubapro Xtender.
I use Mares Abyss.
And like Fatum, I'm using Halcyon Backplate system.
Anyway, why steer awway from Suuntos?
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I had a very bad experience with the suunto mosquito .... my oceanic dive com was a replacement for that ......
and woah ! ... abyss ! ... now that's one classy reg ...
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heavy too....hehe
edit: thinking of getting the v42.
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Originally posted by Fatum:
I had a very bad experience with the suunto mosquito .... my oceanic dive com was a replacement for that ......
and woah ! ... abyss ! ... now that's one classy reg ...
over-balanced reg.
:lol:
And its heavy too.. but i like it still.. haha
And just as i was looking at the D6/9.....
Guess a uwatec would do...
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the earlier generations of uwatec dive coms had notoriously unfriendly user interfaces ... I haven't been checking out their stuff, not sure if things have improved ....
but I usually leave my dive com in guage mode anyways .... so it doesn't really matter ...
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Originally posted by s|nNeD:
over-balanced reg.
:lol:
And its heavy too.. but i like it still.. haha
And just as i was looking at the D6/9.....
Guess a uwatec would do...
how does it feel to have an over balanced reg?
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Air gushes into your mouth, like u press the purge all the time..
But it only happens if u dun keep the pressure in the mouth.. not sure if u get what i mean.
hehe
but its good, coz its damn easy to breathe. Little effort needed..
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Originally posted by s|nNeD:
Air gushes into your mouth, like u press the purge all the time..
But it only happens if u dun keep the pressure in the mouth.. not sure if u get what i mean.
hehe
but its good, coz its damn easy to breathe. Little effort needed..
won't air run out faster this way? -
nah, u can control it..
i can come out from a 40 mins dive with almost 100 bars left, but max depth was only abt 20m?
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Originally posted by s|nNeD:
nah, u can control it..
i can come out from a 40 mins dive with almost 100 bars left, but max depth was only abt 20m?
that's pretty average. ok.
so where have you dived?
i wanna go maldives someday. thats my dream place.
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frankly speaking, not alot of places.
Aur, Tioman.
Furthest was Philippines, Malapascua Island to see threshers but didn't get to see any..
Woke up consecutively 2 days at 5am, brave the cold waters of dawn at Monad Shoal to see crap.
But another group who were with us saw.
Damn, i just dun have the fortune and luck.
I think i wanna go Similan Islands this yr.
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I'm planning to go climbing in lombok early may, followed by a diving trip ....
calling for takers for the diving part ...
speaking of similans, I've been hearing lots of buzz about the mergui archipelago further up into burma ... this may be the new hotspot on the west coast ...
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Burma banks?
A friend of mine asked if i wanted to go, LOB.
BUT, my colleague has to go for reservist during the week and i have to cover for him. :(
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Originally posted by s|nNeD:
frankly speaking, not alot of places.
Aur, Tioman.
Furthest was Philippines, Malapascua Island to see threshers but didn't get to see any..
Woke up consecutively 2 days at 5am, brave the cold waters of dawn at Monad Shoal to see crap.
But another group who were with us saw.
Damn, i just dun have the fortune and luck.
I think i wanna go Similan Islands this yr.
wah, my friends went to malapascua in mid jan and saw the threshers. heard have to hover and wait for them to appear.
where's similans?
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Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:
wah, my friends went to malapascua in mid jan and saw the threshers. heard have to hover and wait for them to appear.
where's similans?
Similan Islands, in thailand.
Off phuket, usually its a LOB coz its group of islands.
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Originally posted by s|nNeD:
Similan Islands, in thailand.
Off phuket, usually its a LOB coz its group of islands.
so it's towards the west coast? -
Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:
so it's towards the west coast?Check this webbie out.
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Originally posted by s|nNeD:
Check this webbie out.
cool, thanks!