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What happen to the boat; must have been a scam. You and Dexter going to court…. Mark is dead

What's so strange about DIN fittings and poseidon regs? Nice going bubba

Pleas do not forget that infancy areas of the world people earn 100-200USD to barely survive month to months. The Asian market and especially the Chinese is still a market. So companies might be forced to sell dive courses at a dumping price if they upsell the advanced course right after the OWD. The dive industry is a business. They produce certifications. Depending on the business model of the dive center they ONLY make money on courses so they sell like crazy and might even push for dumping prices from time to time. Quite a few guides in Asia or Egypt are not certified DMs. An IDC is a lot of money for them and it often results in paying off debts for months or even years!!! But the diving industry is a business! Competition is super strong in some parts of the world. The perception is often that you buy a certificate independent of the ability to master the skills. An OWD with 3 days duration for ~300 USD is average market price in many parts of Asia. PADI is increasing prices which will heat up competition even more. The industry seems to go in favor of the big institutions while the local staff will feel even more pressure to produce certifications. Do I like this development? NO! It shows that the competition between the large institutions and major market players is too low. Instead of added value and quality/ safety we will see less trained divers and more diveshops with highly motivated staff lose the run for $.

I'm a bit surprised you only went with approximately 1.25x per person for gas volume (you mentioned each person carrying an extra 1000L). The minimum safety factor I was trained at was 1.5x even in an open-water situation. You may want to try a SM configuration for your deco bottle in the future once you're comfortable with deco dives now that you've done sidemount. I prefer a deco bottle being secure and tight to my body while swimming at depth regardless of the 'main' configuration. Also looks like you may need to take a look at your right-post first-stage. O-ring may be damaged or the DIN 'turret' might be loose. Tiny bubbles when you were descending/ascending.

Glad you tried sidemount, I am a big guy myself it taken a while to get mine right

were can i buy the entire kit? cable and transmitter

Thank you!.

How much that kind of sidemouth course?.interested and how manny days?.

I Agree thank you

What length hoses do you owners prefer? I'm 6'1" 250lbs. I like neat setups.

are the second stages really that size? looks quite big, heavy and bulky

I've been using the downstream piston design Poseidon Jetstream for 40 years without a glitch. Half the people on any dive boat think you're weird and going out of your way to try to be different. Some people chuckle and others give you dirty looks. Same thing with my Forcefins.

isn't annoying to have always to switch between reg and tank ? For me it's the main draw back for sidemount i use to do double but not anymore.

Nice video man

Hi. What Island are you located on within the Philippines? Respectfully, James

That looks like a real pain in the butt 😂

Regulator in mouth doesn't look very comfortable. Also tiny bubbles from first stage

Why do you even have backup computer... not just a depth and timer one?

Do you think you can have a local discussion on radio or rv station. Perhaps in local language have translator, about the dangers of deep diving. I am halfway through my deco class now. Dive planning is mandatory

Glad to see you back love the new format

👍🤿😎🇵🇭! Haven’t tried side mount yet! Let me know if you prefer over doubles, that’s more of what I am used to but even in tropical water I still need thermal protection as being underwater for a longer time I still get a little cold!

what is the difference between recreational sidemount and sidemount specialty?

sm relax my body a lot than twins xD

Plan the dive and dive the plan !

For recreational my ppO2 alarm is set to 1.4, what's the thought process behind 1.6 for this dive? Is it where the alarm is set but you monitor and stay well under?

What was the purpose of that dive? All I saw was sand. Was it just to do a tech dive?

Do you have good cave diving there? I just got my nsscds Cave Diver rating.

Lots of fakes looking to make you the next Linnea Mills

It's a whole new world below 30m, very informative 👍

👍😎🇵🇭🤿! My ultimate goal is to begin my journey into tech diving! I am switching dive agencies but not because you prefer STI,TDI but using my experience in observing and listening about the training and above all the dedication of the dive team! Yes it has lead me to TDI,SDI and now a new journey with a dedicated team with a much higher quality of learning! I will not disclose which agency originally but now move forward! Thank you for the great video and always look forward for your future posts 👍!

Well done!

What about breathability at 150 feet?

1:11 The dive example: I strongly recommend to have a look at the Air gas density and nitrogen toxicity (nitrogen partial pressure) properties at 45 m as you used it as bottom gas.

2 days open water course, is he a real PADI Instructor...hes crazy.. he is making the Dive Organisation Bad...

TWO DAYS?!?! 😮😮😮 No way! I hope no one falls for that nonsense...

Definitely on the list! Not really interested in diving alone, but always intrested in building skills. Thanks, great video!

I would guess this is an offer to get you signed up. Then they hit you with the extras like air, equipment hire etc. Also I would guess that somewhere hidden in the small print this is open water part B only. So e-learning and confined water is expected to be already done. A lot of the time dive shops have a heavily discounted headline price and then screw you over on extras!

1 instructor having 10 students with no experience. I wouldn't want to be in that group. I still think people should learn how to dive at their local diveschool and preferably a place with no great underwater sight. Over here in the Netherlands we are lucky to have 5 meters sight. My advanced deep dive at 30 meters looked like the moon. Nothing to see and completely dark. Current diving at the zeelandbridge where currents can be really strong. I think you learn more with this than in tropical water with 30 meters sight etc. My girlfriend had traing through NOB and pretty much took an entire month training.

I have the tecline powerjets. Quite hard and heavy but excellent for finning.

I would look at the reports of the plane at the Civil Aviation Authority if it’s all in order bargain basement here we come

Thank you for making this 🙏

I understand the idea, but at some point you start out printing your customers to other activities. Also the cost of insurance is adding so much to the bottom line costs it drives up even the bargain class investment

In short Buy Once, Cry Once.

i went to the web site looking for recreational dive prices but found non, not even an estimate. as for the courses, in my very humble opinion, scuba courses are snake oil. scuba instructors/dive operators are more annoying than girls on walking streets (or angeles city). they are always trying to sell you a course, you don't need.

100% it's life support equipment buy once cry once and a good instructor is always better then a cheap class

Great vid... hey what's happening with the boat was enjoying those videos

Agreed

I can almost guess who the instructor is, and where it is. Have done all my training and diving in the Philippines and am currently a Master Diver, so basically still a novice in my book. In my rescue diver class there were 3 of us. A local girl and a European guy. The guy was nice, but a little rough skill wise, at the time. In our surprise response drill, we assigned him to shore duties. The girls husband bought the resort, and the former student is now an instructor there. I loved the resort, but the instructors I used all refuse to teach there now. Not sure of the specifics, but I know PADI had to get involved. I will continue to dive, and have my son continue his training at another resort, with the same instructors I used. Things are cheaper in the Philippines, no doubt, but this sounds like the direction that this resort was going with this instructor! Shame because the girl who now owns it was really a great person, and I liked her husband as well.

the only time i think this could be done if is a referral but there is no way it can go from start to finish. if so i wont dive with that person

Well said, great stuff.