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Post by technidiver on Jan 19, 2016 17:46:03 GMT -8
My LDS stated several months ago that weight belts are outdated and aren't really useful anymore because you can put the weight in the BCD. This sounds like a load of garbage.
WHY! Why did the BCD have to come and ruin everything! Why can't people nowadays dive like streamlined sea creatures!
TD
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Post by diverdon on Jan 19, 2016 17:54:53 GMT -8
Tell him that you will throw all his belts away, for him. Wink wink. Especially those clunky old 6 and 8 pound hunks of nasty un-environmentally friendly globs of lead. That you, and your vintage buddies, will dispose of them properly  Some cannot turn away from the kool-aid TD. Just go with it. DD |
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Post by technidiver on Jan 19, 2016 17:59:07 GMT -8
I also hate to say, but the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy is a rip-off. Payed several hundred bucks for 1 dive and zero skills... I still can't get my weight right.
TD
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 19, 2016 18:19:33 GMT -8
TD, now, just imagine if you will: the stupidity that will ensue if you even mention a double hose scuba regulator to said person... yeah, it just ain't woith it bruddah!
JB
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Post by technidiver on Jan 19, 2016 18:45:19 GMT -8
I'm still going to buy a welt belt and get some weights. Just maybe not from them  . Weight in diving has existed since that 1880s and weight belts have also existed that long. To think we will just make them extinct, it doesen't make sense. TD |
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 19, 2016 20:15:16 GMT -8
Wellllllllllllllllllll, if you really wanna mess with 'im: tell him that you're going to get a horse collar BC! Just watch him blow a gasket telling you how dangerous they are, and your response should only be:
"Really, so all those military personnel who use them are all nutz then--thanks, I'll file that away under advisement..."
JB
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Post by duckbill on Jan 19, 2016 20:46:32 GMT -8
I carried a "weight-integrated" setup (that's what they're called) for a buddy once. Pretty handy to have the reg, cylinder, BC, gauges and weights all in one package. "Once" was the key word! I think that might be when I herniated my disc  . Crazy, man, craaaaaazy. |
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Post by technidiver on Jan 20, 2016 4:29:24 GMT -8
I've used those, and they are terrible to carry. Not to mention, terrible to use. The BCDs nowadays are like backpacks. Too big for my liking, so I think I'll pickup a horse collar BCD. Any good manufacturers?
TD
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Post by george on Jan 20, 2016 4:56:02 GMT -8
Horse collars are the only way to go! I started with them moved away from them in the 80s and now I am right back with a Sea tech so simple.
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Post by technidiver on Jan 20, 2016 5:21:11 GMT -8
I'll google Sea Tec and see what I find.  TD |
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Post by george on Jan 20, 2016 5:30:55 GMT -8
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 20, 2016 8:54:17 GMT -8
UGGGHH!  Is black the only color these come in nowadays!  Sorry, but color is good!  Jaybird |
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 20, 2016 9:06:38 GMT -8
I should mention that these really cool older ones usually need a restoration. Some like these two just need to have their C02 detonators replaced:   BTW these were both made by SeaQuest I can elaborate if need be... JB |
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Post by duckbill on Jan 20, 2016 17:42:55 GMT -8
BTW these were both made by SeaQuest I can elaborate if need be... JB Pray tell. How knowest thou? |
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 20, 2016 17:56:55 GMT -8
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaar,  I meant on replacement of ye valves, but... Aye, the hardware be the same, and my ol' mate Jim Steele, Steele's Scuba, were sayin' so  Red-beard |
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. Weight in diving has existed since that 1880s and weight belts have also existed that long. To think we will just make them extinct, it doesen't make sense. 
. Crazy, man, craaaaaazy.
Is black the only color these come in nowadays!
I meant on replacement of ye valves, but... Aye, the hardware be the same, and my ol' mate Jim Steele, Steele's Scuba, were sayin' so 
