Scuba anyone?
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That is an interesting point about air consumption. Working on reducing it, will be a big part of my diving for a while. The XDeep Ghost which arrived whilst I was in Japan, is the first part of the jigsaw, learning how to frog kick properly is another.
In Raja Ampat last time, my group (of 4) included a girl called Cat. I had been diving with her before, but we had never dived in the same small group, so I had not studied how she dived in detail underwater. She frog kicked, was always perfectly horizontal and never used her hands to turn (I do). She dives with her hands held way forward of her torso, I think to move some weight forwards of her pivot pint to help with trim control. I am not awful with air consumption, but she would regularly come up after an hour with twice as much air as me. She is tiny, so I am sure that helped, but that holiday made me realise I have a lot to get better at.
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If I had to quantify what gave me most air saving, I would say frog kicking.
It’s just such a reduction in how many muscles are propelling you forward. And I also realised how much the normal kick was fucking up my buoyancy. It always has some sort of force pushing you up, it’s impossible to have neutral buoyancy.
And at this point I don’t even get more force from normal way, the frog kicking is all I need no matter how hard is the current. -
@Karol I don't have air integration with my Peregrine. I had it with my SUUNTO, but really disliked it, it was not connected to my computer more than it was
But, I can do the math in my brain. I know how I typically fare compared to Paula. She's about 15-20% better than me. I'll work on closing that gap, I am pretty sure she will get wings which will help her too, and she may even start frog kicking, so I may never close the gap, but we'll both be heading in the right direction.
"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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I have a Divevolk and keep on tweaking its config. But my photos are still 100% crap. I will possibly take it with me on certain dives in Raja and The Philippines, but I will be very selective. I dislike the lack of freedom a camera gives me, it's something else to lug, something else to hang around waiting for your turn, and all it does it take crap photos that my mates with decent rigs take way better than me.
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@Giles if you want to race with @Madame-Buttonfly, you will be always on the back foot.
We will always need more air compared to the ladies. But I can also promise you that being better is attainable. I have a female friend as a reference point throughout my diving journey and I can report that during Raja Ampat trip she was asking how to reduce the air usage 🥳 -
Underwater photography is always a gamble. Everything is super expensive, we have the depth limits on the hardware, etc.
And it’s another thing to worry about/think during the dive. I have to say that I like the more approachable cases for mobile phones. The line between pro setup and a phone in the case is getting thinner and I like it!!! -
@JDelage I have been using Subsurface to log my dives. The Shearwater app is also great. You will be needing it anyway for firmware updates. The Teric is a great computer been using one for quite a while now.
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@JDelage on the update part:
Luckily Sharewater is not Microsoft, and the updates come at reasonable intervals. Since I updated to version 102 on 10.10.25 no news.
I just need that GPS enabled air integration.
https://shearwater.com/en-eu/products/swift-gpsIm going sidemount in few weeks and according to Sharewatter having one of those with GPS + one regular (that I already have) will be just perfect.
And one the Sharewatter app, I had in my opinion a serious issue with it at the time (Jan 26), It required internet connection to authenticate! WTF! Im in the middle of nowhere, who writes this shit?
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@Giles said in Scuba anyone?:
Paula says there is a big box for me in the office......
are we happy Vincent?
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
IHJ-75-BLK | IHJ-79-BLK | IHM-37-ODG -
Hahahaha. In the old days before Japan had got a cellular system that worked with western phones, I would obviously need to use wifi hotspots. But the only way you could authenticate yourself to get access to a wifi hotspot was by requesting an authentification code .......... that was sent to your phone.
MY PHONE DOES NOT WORK HERE, THAT IS WHY I AM TRYING TO GET WIFI ACCESS.
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@Karol said in Scuba anyone?:
are we happy Vincent?
Yep. It's a big job getting it to fit right with the D rings in the right place. But that is one of the many advantages of getting a back-plate and wings over a "waistcoat" style BCD....I can dial in the fit perfectly.
And, I can never remember how to thread cambelt buckles, so that wasted a bit of time. Also, I had to change over the BCD inflator because I use an Atomic SS1 Regulator with integrated octopus (means I have one less hose flapping around). I may want a slightly longer corrugated hose, because the XDeep has the inflator hose going into the centre of the wings, on my Hollis the hose went into the far left, so the run down to my left hand was shorter. BUT, I won't do anything just yet, because I think if I can sort my trim and frog kicking out, I should be horizontal in the water, and not need to vent from the inflator hose.....
