Northwest Dive Club

It is a really cool look! However, since I have extremely bad vision, I have my monitor set to 800x600 and the new logo/header doesn't fit.

DANG!! Now I have to scroll back and forth to read.

Man ... it sucks getting old eyes!!

It is really an old idea that has been greatly improved. Back in the 80s, we sold a hood that had ear cups build in and got it's air from a line to the second stage. It was made for those people that had perforated ear drums. It is just salesman's rhetoric about making the ears easier to clear. It o...

Ok, so if my math is correct: :book: 12x12x12=1728 (cubic inches in 1 cubic foot) 413/1728=0.239cu' in a 12 gram cartridge 551/1728=0.319cu' in a 16 gram cartridge Thanks! :salute: Oh man!! This is a trip back to the 70s!! One thing that we used to do for our divemaster class in the 70s was to pop ...

Man ... price is all over the board on this one. Since I sell a lot of seals to the shops, I see everything from about a $35 DIY to over $100.

I suggest that you take it to someone that has done a few of them so that it gets done right the first time.

Good hunting!

For those that remember Horizon Watersports in Beaverton, the owner, Bob Brown passed away on Monday. Bob has been managing a resort in the South Pacific since closing up the shop last year. I first met him when he was just a manager at a dive shop and followed him through his different phases of ow...

They teach classes at DEMA. ... I have heard they are great,... Don't fool yourself! Classes at DEMA are NOT intended to teach anything ... only to familiarize an already competent service tech with the particulars of that regulator. Usually, out of 50-100 sitting in the classroom, only 5 to 10 act...

Mind if I jump in on this one? Amy has invested over $25 thousand dollars in her full system ... air compressor, Nitrox generator and a ton of storage bottles. On top of that is the oil, filters, maintenance charges, interest on loans/leases, pay to shop worker that does the oil changes, filter chan...

Not to take away or change direction from Amy's thread, but I can give a little insight into the standard little compressors as well. Yes, 155 VAC is nice. However, it is the slowest running motor of all the options available and that makes a 3.5 CFM machine only put out 2.8 CFM. Additionally, it ha...

I got little guys too! \:D/ The compact portable that consists of compresor and membrane system is only $6895. But as was previously noted, you need to fill supply bottles first then use those bottles to feed the membrane and then fill nitrox. Kind of a round about way, but still works if you have l...

Amy is getting the newest generation of the LP280 all in one Nitrox generating compressor to match up with her 10 CFM compressor. This is the first of the single phase units with a refrigerated air drier for extended filter life and an almost silent rotary LP compressor. If you saw this at DEMA, it ...

I have some great friends that run a shop out of Delray Beach (just a little north of Fort Lauderdale) and they can most definately give you advice on charters and suit requirements. You can get them at (561)278-7020 and ask for Lee ... she is the owner.

If you are just looking for storage in the trunk or from the car to the garage, I would think about those big Costco bins with the integral tops. They are about yay by yay by yay (visualize my hands at 2 feet apart side to side then 1 1/2 feet apart front and back and then 1/1/2 feet up and down) an...

Yes, there is a device that suction cups to the inside of the mask and holds the glasses (less the arms) to the inside of the mask. However, remember that the glass is a ways off from your eyes and it will be holding your glasses at a bit of a distance. Just try holding your glasses out at the end o...

I hope this isn't classified as SPAM, but I just got word that for August and September, there is FREE SHIPPING (Continental US only) on any of the compressors! That will save anywhere from $150 to $900 depending on the size of compressor. Oh ... and that small electric 3.5 CFM is prices at $2750 .....

One thing you could try is to put a tiny pea sized blob of tooth paste in your cheek. The minty flavor will cause you to salivate and eliminate the dry mouth.

Now, I DID NOT say to put a mint in your mouth! It might inhaled and then where you be!?[-X

Just my $.02

Ray

CT is absolutely right! The valve just has to be screwed in to the point that it "kisses" the tank. That insures that the O-ring is captured. Once pressure is applied, the o-ring is pressed into the sealing area of the valve and tank and "locks" them together. Dive shops used to ...

Undergarments can only trap so much air. After they are "saturated" with air, all extra air gathers at the highest point on the body in the form of bubbles. It's these bubbles that have caused so much trouble to new (or clueless) drysuit divers. It is important for us to find out just exac...

Using both for control is much more complicated than just using one or the other. In a shell style suit, when the proper weight is worn for neutral buoyancy, insulation directly tracks buoyancy. As you go down, the air compresses and you lose insulation and buoyancy. Touch the inflater to restore yo...

You don't have to use a special sticker. Way back in the olden days when we had a dive shop, we just ordered vinyl stickers that had waterproof adhesive on paper backing from the local advertising specialties guy. As I remember, we paid somewhere around $.50 for bumper sticker size and $.33 for 6x6 ...

There are electronic and mechanical CO monitors that can be installed on the outlet of air filters. They are well worth the money with their price ranging from less than $100 for a simple in line test eye to several thousand for the fancy electronic sensors. Either one would have given the fill stat...

Time for another pointer! OK ... you got your compressor and now find that the filters are eating you up. Well, there are a couple of things that you can do to make your filters more efficient. First - install a back pressure regulator. This is a device that builds a back pressure on the filter befo...

Did you say compressor s ? How much are we talking about here? I wonder if we could fit one into Nailer's van. Portables that run on gasoline or diesel run anywhere from $2950 to about $7000 depending on size. The $2950 ones will fit in even the smallest car's trunk and will pump a tank up in about...

Send me his contact information. I would like to sell him drysuits and compressors.

I guess that really depends on the camera and housing you bought as well as what type of photography you will be doing. I am a 35mm film guy so digital, while it follows many of the same rules, is a gray area for me. You said your housing doesn't fit your Sealife? I assume you mean your tray and str...

I have been working with underwater photo equipment for years and can give some very basic tips. The internal flash will light up the front of every little piece of junk in the water. That effect is called back scatter. What was already posted about getting close to the subject is true. You need to ...