Review of the Shearwater Petrel Dive Computer UPDATE 9/21/24: I have a Used Shearwater Petrel for Sale (Shearwater Petrel Dive Computer $425) I’ve owned and…
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Tag: technical diving
Mounting a GoPro Camera to Scuba Gear
Mounting a GoPro to Scuba Gear recently got my hands on a GoPro Hero video camera. I honestly never gave GoPro much thought since I…
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I’m not sure if the world needed another free classifieds website or not, but here’s one more. I mostly created joeuw.com as a test related to…
View More New Free SCUBA Classified Ad WebsiteFourth Element Halo 3D Review
Over the weekend, I taught two classes, a PADI Drysuit Specialty Course and a PADI Altitude Diving Specialty Course. Being near Lake Tahoe, both are…
View More Fourth Element Halo 3D ReviewApeks Tek 3 Review
Apeks Tek 3 About six months ago, I made a regulator change on my technical rig from Poseidon to Apeks. My Poseidon regs (Cyklon 300’s)…
View More Apeks Tek 3 ReviewScubapro 330M Digital Gauge
I recently had a conversation with a technical diver who explained that his “backup” depth gauge and timing device was his older sport diving computer…
View More Scubapro 330M Digital GaugePADI Tec40 Course, Lake Tahoe
If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to push your diving to the next level, PADI Tec40 is the first step beyond recreational diving. The…
View More PADI Tec40 Course, Lake TahoeDUI Dry Gloves, Zip Glove Review
Last week, after literally thousands of dives in drysuits, I decided to buy myself a little something for my birthday; dry gloves. Specifically, I bought…
View More DUI Dry Gloves, Zip Glove ReviewMy New Apeks TEK3 Regulators!
These are my new Apeks Tek3 regulators fresh from the dive shop on the front seat of my truck! They’ve been tuned but the zip…
View More My New Apeks TEK3 Regulators!OMS BC117-K 94lb Lift BCD/Wing Review
I have been using the OMS BC117, 94 pound-lift BCD (wing) for technical diving for quite some time. I’m not very active in tech diving…
View More OMS BC117-K 94lb Lift BCD/Wing ReviewEdmund Fitzgerald: Most Famous of Great Lakes Shipwrecks
http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald-36/ I remember hearing the Gordon Lightfoot song when I was about ten or eleven years old. It’s kind of burned into my memory so…
View More Edmund Fitzgerald: Most Famous of Great Lakes ShipwrecksDive Planning: What Happens When One Member of a Dive Team Fails
“Plan your dive. Dive your plan.” How many times have your hear that one? It’s especially important when dives take on complexity, and is down…
View More Dive Planning: What Happens When One Member of a Dive Team FailsHappy Independence Day from JoeScuba
It’s the fourth of July, and I want to wish everyone, especially my fellow divers, a happy and safe Independence Day. It’s a day for…
View More Happy Independence Day from JoeScubaChoosing a Dive Computer vs. Decompression Computer
Choosing a dive computer in some ways is a pretty straight-forward process. You decide on a budget and go for it, because most of them…
View More Choosing a Dive Computer vs. Decompression ComputerMiflex Hoses – SCUBA Gear Review
Every once in a while a product comes along that is so simple and so right, you wonder how you got along without it. In…
View More Miflex Hoses – SCUBA Gear ReviewCalculating SAC (Surface Air Consumption) Rate
One of the fundamental calculations we rely on as technical divers is the SAC, or surface air consumption rate. We care because that is the primary means…
View More Calculating SAC (Surface Air Consumption) RateGetting Started in Technical Diving
Getting started in technical diving, the first question you must ask is why. For the uninitiated, technical diving basically involves diving where the diver does…
View More Getting Started in Technical DivingThe New VR Technology – VRx Dive Computer
Here’s a little information about VR’s new VRx dive computer from their site. I had a discussion about it with the owner of the dive…
View More The New VR Technology – VRx Dive ComputerDeep Diving on SCUBA
For years I was considered somewhat of a rogue in the recreational diving community. Having made decompression dives beyond 200 feet many times, I believed…
View More Deep Diving on SCUBAIs my SCUBAPRO Titanium regulator compatible with the use of Nitrox or pure oxygen?
I personally love titanium for a regulator material, but it generally isn’t a good choice for tech divers due to incompatibility with high concentrations of…
View More Is my SCUBAPRO Titanium regulator compatible with the use of Nitrox or pure oxygen?OMS Deluxe Harness
This is my harness/backplate/wing rig. I think it looks tough. It’s a huge pain to adjust, but sure fits right once you get it set.…
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Even though I enjoy poking at DIR diving purists, I do respect their commitment to the sport, safety and dedication to training and fitness. That said,…
View More DIR: Is There Really Only One Right Way to Dive?1800psi 38’s for Deco Bottles?
Just how well do steel 38’s for deco stand up against modern aluminum cylinders? I have a couple steel 38’s (1800psi) that were manufactured in…
View More 1800psi 38’s for Deco Bottles?Atomic Frameless Mask
I just bought a new mask for the first time in 20 years. For deep technical diving, I keep a backup with me, but it’s…
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