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Post by time2dive on Dec 11, 2006 19:15:48 GMT -8
I have been diving with my double hose regs for a while now. My wife would dive with me with her single hose. I built my Pheonix Aquamaster and have used that my last couple of dives. THe advantage of the Pheonix is that it can use a BCD, guages and an alternate air source, in other words safer for the new vintage diver. Today I asked her if she wanted to try the Pheonix Aquamaster and I used my Mistral and RAM..... she liked it, no bubbles.    Tim |
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Post by luis on Dec 11, 2006 19:36:30 GMT -8
Those are good pictures.
Wow... that water is clear.
Why are you wearing a hood in Hawaii?
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Post by time2dive on Dec 11, 2006 19:41:53 GMT -8
Wearing a hood does three things.
1. Allows me to have my mask strap across my ears rather over or under my ears.
2. Keeps my earplugs from drifting away
3. I am a wimp, it keeps me warm.... it is a polar tech hood. Some people think Hawaii is warm, those of us that live here know better. It got down to 71 degrees last night.
Tim
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Post by duckbill on Dec 12, 2006 9:52:41 GMT -8
Nice pictures Tim.
My mother and brother are over in Maui on vacation right now, enjoying your cold weather. LOL
If you dive down to 50 or 60 feet, you'll never have to worry about your earplugs coming out again! (You were kidding about that, weren't you?)
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Post by time2dive on Dec 12, 2006 10:30:00 GMT -8
I was not kidding about the ear plugs.
When I was diving almost every day I would get outer ear infections, I also ended up with a minor tear in an eardrum. No diving meant no work, so I started wearing Doc's Pro Plugs. They are earplugs designed for divers, they are vented with a pinhole size hole and keep out 99% of the water. The pinhole allows the diver to equalize and keeps the earplug from being rammed down the ear canal.
No more outer ear infections.
Tim
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Post by SeaRat on Dec 12, 2006 10:36:40 GMT -8
Tim, That's great; I wish I could get my wife diving. Now all we need for a good, formal welcome for her is her name.  I think the hood would be great for keeping the sun off some skin parts too; I just had about five areas of actinic keritoses removed from around my face, so that is a big deal for me. 'Glad to hear about those plugs. I don't have that problem, but if I ever do, it's good to know about a possible solution. Concerning the temperature, I'm happy when the inside room temperature is at 71 degrees F. We keep our home at about 64 degrees F (too cold for Nemrod, I think). And don't even talk about water temps here right now. John |
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Post by shackle on Dec 12, 2006 11:26:04 GMT -8
Just another "plug" about Doc's pro plugs. My 14 year old son used to have a terrible time with sinuses and equalizing. We had him fitted with Doc's proplugs and... voila! Equalizing problems solved and no more aborted dives. They work.
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Post by duckbill on Dec 12, 2006 12:03:01 GMT -8
Interesting about the ear plugs. Thanks for clarifying.
I did a lot of diving this past year (probably nothing compared to you) and now I have constant ringing and a hum in my left ear, as well as some hearing loss, stuffy sensation, and a crackling sound when the eustachian tube opens. The doc isn't too concerned, but I am. It's been going on for well over a month. I'm pretty sure it is diving related and due to an inner ear infection or barotrauma. Not sure if the plugs would help me with this problem.
So, do you think your wife is ready to ditch the single hoser?
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Post by william on Dec 12, 2006 13:20:00 GMT -8
 One Thing I ran into that was a complete surprise about ear conditions is after the Sand Dog 111 Weeki Wachee Dive, for a month my ears were bothering me a great amount and I had a lot of hearing loss. It turned out that I did Not have any infection at all. My ears were just FULL of water is all, ha. I had a lot of fun there with all the guys and I was moving from shallow to deep depths many times, over and over and having to equalise a lot when doing so while useing a Swimaster Mask that was very difficult to equalize with. I had accidentally gotten a LOT of water on the inside of my ears, up my eustation tubes, ha, ha. I went to a Specialist and found that I needed to keep equalizeing gently each day for a while. In a week my ears had completely cleared up and no more problem with them at all. 
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Post by time2dive on Dec 12, 2006 13:26:56 GMT -8
My wife, Leah, may be ready to ditch the single hose, only if she has guages and a BCD. This means that either I test my Snark III Silver or she get my Phoenix. I happen to like my old Mistral best so this may not be a problem.
Tim
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Post by swimjim on Dec 12, 2006 13:59:25 GMT -8
That great to know about those plugs. I just got through my first outer ear infection and it was a bummer. Your collection is pretty close to mine. A PRAM, a Mistral and a Snark III. My Nemrod is the Plain old Snark III without the ports. A real smoothie. I really like my Mistral, but since I 've dove the PRAM I'm pretty spoiled.
Jim
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Post by SeaRat on Dec 12, 2006 16:01:57 GMT -8
Leah,
Welcome to the forum. I really like seeing those yellow hoses in the photos above. 'Glad you too are enjoying the vintage diving; it is a different experience with the double hose regulator, and looking at small fish up close is so much easier.
John
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Post by Broxton Carol on Dec 23, 2006 7:17:19 GMT -8
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Post by scubadiverbob on Dec 25, 2006 3:07:05 GMT -8
I hate hoods! only wear a 3mm to keep my ears warm and because when I was spearfishing in the Chesapeake Bay I left my hood on the cattle boat (what we called the charter boat that would take out twenty to forty divers at a time) I came up and got a tenicle from a man o' war right across my neck. Everyone on the boat saw the jelly fish but I was under the water and didn't see it until it was too late! I was in pain for a couple of hours ... Nice two pairs of yellow hoses !!!
Merry Christmas !!!
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Post by OystrPir8 on Dec 25, 2006 16:31:46 GMT -8
Any cold water diver who dives often ought to be made familiar with a condition called Surfer's Ear (also known as exostosis and different from "swimmer's ear".) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfer's_Ear www.faldoc.co.uk/surfers_ear.htmI was told by a dive master on one of the boats I dive from that 1 in 7 surfers experience it. I would imagine that that goes for divers too (especially the non-hood-wearing type ) Not sure if that's what you guys are experiencing but it's still good to be aware of. Ho ho ho... Meeeeerry Christmas. |
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