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"OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011
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@Giles I need to upgrade my hook line like yours and to cut the stupid metal.
Question on your setup, having the reference point from the carabiner, I was thinking about getting larger knots, just to have more surface area so hold on to. What is the result of your slip test? I know it's a subjective question, but have you tied it to something and gave it a try? -
I did think about installing plastic beads about 12mm in diameter, locked between two knots instead of just the knot. But felt that the small knots would be OK, even if I have to wrap the cord around my hand. and the beads would increase the chances of getting tangles as I deployed....
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@Giles Thanks! Good and balanced opinion. The tangle worry is always real. My fucking hook was out and about few times to many this last trip...
But that's why Im thinking about thicker paracord. I have a feeling the thicker it is the harder it is to tangle. But I was not testing this theory in practice.
What do You think?Favorite:
IH-888S-21 | IH-888-XHSib | IH-805 | IH-729-PUR | IH-555-SST-BLK | IH-555S-25MB
IHSH-339-SAX | IHSH-293-OD | IHSH-362-BLK | IHSH-409-IB | IHSH-336-OD | IHSB-BIGBUCK-BLK | IHSB-PR-NAT
IHV-44-BLK | IHV-02-BLK
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@Giles said in Scuba anyone?:
said in Scuba anyone?:
XDeep Ghost with 4 small trim weight pockets,
Bought.
And what about @Madame-Buttonfly ?
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She is not 100% sure exactly what she wants/needs, size wise and weight pocket wise. So I have ordered an L Ghost for me, with 4 small back mounted trim weight pockets and 2 small ditchable waist belt weight belt pockets.
I wont use the waist belt pockets, but she will. I want to get her to understand (she has issues visualising shit), how they and the back mounted pockets will work.
Once I have shown her how it all fits together, and she has worked out where her gear will attach, we will order her the wing and any other bits she needs.
I have one of these already. So I can stow my DSMB and reef hook (and other shit, if I feel the need) in that.
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@Karol said in Scuba anyone?:
My fucking hook was out and about few times to many this last trip...
My fucking hook used to fall out of the pouch it came with and hook onto shit randomly. Which is why I now stow it in the XDeep cargo pouch (see above)
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@Karol said in Scuba anyone?:
My fucking hook was out and about few times to many this last trip...@Giles said in Scuba anyone?:
My fucking hook used to fall out of the pouch it came with
@Karol - sounds like a great trip, good to get the hook out when travelling
@Giles - did that excuse ever work?
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Well, I will just put it out there - I opened the diving season in Stockholm. The water temperature was 4 degrees Celsius at 3m and 3 Celsius below. That 3 was the coldest I ever experienced. We did 2 dives and when returning to the shore after the second one I was intensely thinking if it is possible to lose fingertips if it's still above 0 Celsius. Ahh and there was a hailstorm between the dives.
Ahh my beautiful Raja Ampat, where are you now? -
@Karol said in Scuba anyone?:
@Giles WTF?!
Driving me wild. I placed 2 orders with DIVEINN. I have had no email comms from them, but both orders were showing in my account with them. The smaller of the 2 orders was delivered, then both orders disappeared from my account. I have been trying to explain that to them for the last week or so, I have been asked multiple times what my order numbers are, I don't fucking know, I have no emails and the orders are no longer in my account. Have you tried asking Royal Mail? How the fuck would they know why my orders are not showing in my account on your website? etc etc etc
This morning I was told that I mast have ordered them from a different email address. NO I FUCKING DID NOT.........
"OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011
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@Giles time to threaten with a chargeback? I was just reading the reviews and it seems like their lower tier customer service is handled by bots/automated shite…maybe the threat will get you sorted to the appropriate level of support. Hate doing that kind of stuff, but when there isn’t a way to pick up the phone and talk things through. (From Canada it looks like you can only use live chat or email).
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@Giles Fuck those wankers!
But surprisingly your story came just in time so I could warn a friend who was just in the morning sending me page to that web shop saying he is going to order from them. I showed him your post. One more saved.
@goosehd your assessment of their support capability is exactly on point.
