Nail clippers are also good for cutting zip ties and less conspicuous for air travel. For sidemount I also carry a 5/16 nut driver (MUCH quicker than a flathead screwdriver or multitool) to quickly set up my clamps (more secure to use clamps than the cam bands) and with the nut driver i can set it up so quickly, especially helpful on a boat. Also for keeping consistent measurements super quickly on at what height on the cylinder to place my clamps, I have a string pre-measured to hang off the valve and it hangs to the perfect length. So I don’t need to measure. I also carry extra of the following: bolt snaps, extra contact lenses, duct tape, silicone grease, o rings, lithium AA batteries for my shearwater, EZ cut, mouthpiece, ear drops, mask, bungee, multi tool, Allen keys (especially the size for removing yoke inserts on tanks for DIN), zip ties, reef-safe sunblock, extra dsmb and spool, backup light, hair ties, and seasickness acupressure wrist bands. I have different pouches for each category of item- for my body, for my gear, and in the water (which i carry in my butt pouch).
Saw one of your videos awhile ago. Tonight was taking a course with I believe one of your former instructors. He said something like “oh yeah he was in the Amy like you”. So when I googled Dive Vibe, I had to subscribe. Keep the good content coming!
Awesome! Who was it? First name is fine. Yeah I was a medic, in garrison my life was CLS classes. That experience helped a ton when I started teaching diving.
@@DiveVibe I was taking the SSI Equipment Techniques class. The instructor was Carl (dude who’s worked in just about every dive shop I can think of around Houston, TX) He also taught my React right and underwater navigation course. Great Instructor and dude overall. Funny story, this past weekend I was diving in a Nuclear Missile Silo out near Abilene. A cool experience and something fun I’ll get to tell this weekend when I get to help out in an open water course as a divemaster. Oh and I was in a truck PLT full of 88Ms in Iraq, then later went to Afghanistan, did 9 years in the army. Keep the cool videos coming!
Fun fact, Shearwater deliberately made the battery removal slot the same size as a Canadian $1 coin (called a Loonie) so that you’d always be able to open it even without the tool (in Canada anyway). If you get a Canadian visiting you, ask for a Loonie and throw it in your coin tray in your car and you’ll always have it! 😊
We used to joke about packaging up loonies as "Shearwater battery change tools" and selling them at the shop. Then one day shearwater sent us a bag of their little blue battery door wrenches.
Really good stuff! From experience, i'd invest in a quality adjustable wrench, less likely to really round off a nut. I also include some small line to fix a broken strap. As for video idea, i'd love to see some footage of Hawaii!
Line! Great idea. You'd think I would have thought of that since I have DEFINITELY stolen line from my spool before. You're right, those adjustable wrenches I have are trash, I should snag a decent one. My goal this summer is to dive three sites I've never done before, so I should be able to make that happen!
Yes, I carry a big selection of O rings, silicon, my favorite spanners and Allen keys. On the screwdriver you can get reversible Flathead/crosshead thgey cost the same. Your adjustable spanners look like shiny crap. If you are going to use an adjustable without damaging $$$ stuff, buy a good one, that is $20 + and soak it in oil, they are high carbon steel and can rust. I use Scubapro regs, so I have a Scubhapro multi tool, one piece of metal, It will strip/adjust a first and second stage. It cost around $25 but that was 30 years ago. OK what are you misssing? SPARE DIVE COMPUTER BATTERY. Or did I miss that?
Yeah that's what we do with adjustable wrenches for our commercial work. This wrench is just for "oh no! A hose is loose. Sure would be cool if I had some type of wrench to fix this so I dont have to get out of the water with all this crap on". Its also WAY lighter. Which is good because I want a wrench, not a trim weight. Plus, rounding off a 30 dollar hose is no big deal. I spend the same amount on sorb every time I fill up. I check the voltage on my batteries during the predive check (at home), but that's not a bad idea. Might toss a couple in the bag, just in case.
I got it from SubGravity when I bought a needlevalve from them, it came with just a barb so I sacrificed an LP hose I wasnt using and ziptied it on. A little jank, but effective.
If you're removing rust from stainless it should be fine. When we do mooring work we use regular tools (other than the underwater hydraulic hammer drill, giggidy) because it's more cost effective than sourcing purpose built underwater stuff. We just rinse them and apply wd40 to the mechanisms. When I tried a rust remover, it worked, but then it seemed like the tool began to rust even faster. So we just accept nasty tools now, lol.
why manual ccr vs. say electronic ccr. I'm sure you have an opinion on this topic, would love to hear why you chose mccr. KISS is popular because of cave diving with the sidewinder, but for ocean open water type diving why not an eccr? I have my opinions but very curious to hear what you have to say. Thanks for the channel and the good information.
Great question! I used to dive an eCCR and I loved it. The problem was that when it had a problem it needed to go back to the manufactuer in abroad. I needed something that was simpler and wouldn't take so long to fix. So when I was looking for a new unit, it needed to be robust and I wanted to be able to work on it myself. I also really like the simplicity and predictability of it. HOWEVER, I do not hate on eCCRs. One of my most trusted dive buddies dives an eCCR. I really like alot of electronic breathers that are out there right now, especially the xccr, that thing is hot. (and the JJ.... and the liberty.... and the revo... and the sf2... ok, maybe I just love rebreathers).
What do you think is the cross over from open circuit to CCR ? I have seen some comments saying any deeper then 60m one should switch and others that say it is based more on the length of dives.
Depth and/or longer dives are both good reasons to go CCR. Any diving beyond 40m you get into tech diving territory and 60m enters trimix (helium) territory. Over the long term, CCR tech diving is much more cost effective than OC tech diving. Requires substantially less gas…most importantly less helium which is getting astronomically expensive. As far as longer dives go, you definitely get much longer dives at depth in terms of gas needs and NDL. It’s up to the diver to determine whether or not the cost of the CCR unit, the training and the extra complexity is worth the extra bottom time.
Nail clippers are also good for cutting zip ties and less conspicuous for air travel.
For sidemount I also carry a 5/16 nut driver (MUCH quicker than a flathead screwdriver or multitool) to quickly set up my clamps (more secure to use clamps than the cam bands) and with the nut driver i can set it up so quickly, especially helpful on a boat. Also for keeping consistent measurements super quickly on at what height on the cylinder to place my clamps, I have a string pre-measured to hang off the valve and it hangs to the perfect length. So I don’t need to measure.
I also carry extra of the following: bolt snaps, extra contact lenses, duct tape, silicone grease, o rings, lithium AA batteries for my shearwater, EZ cut, mouthpiece, ear drops, mask, bungee, multi tool, Allen keys (especially the size for removing yoke inserts on tanks for DIN), zip ties, reef-safe sunblock, extra dsmb and spool, backup light, hair ties, and seasickness acupressure wrist bands. I have different pouches for each category of item- for my body, for my gear, and in the water (which i carry in my butt pouch).
That's a very thorough kit! Thanks for the info!
Saw one of your videos awhile ago. Tonight was taking a course with I believe one of your former instructors. He said something like “oh yeah he was in the Amy like you”. So when I googled Dive Vibe, I had to subscribe. Keep the good content coming!
Awesome! Who was it? First name is fine.
Yeah I was a medic, in garrison my life was CLS classes. That experience helped a ton when I started teaching diving.
@@DiveVibe I was taking the SSI Equipment Techniques class. The instructor was Carl (dude who’s worked in just about every dive shop I can think of around Houston, TX) He also taught my React right and underwater navigation course. Great Instructor and dude overall. Funny story, this past weekend I was diving in a Nuclear Missile Silo out near Abilene. A cool experience and something fun I’ll get to tell this weekend when I get to help out in an open water course as a divemaster. Oh and I was in a truck PLT full of 88Ms in Iraq, then later went to Afghanistan, did 9 years in the army. Keep the cool videos coming!
Fun fact, Shearwater deliberately made the battery removal slot the same size as a Canadian $1 coin (called a Loonie) so that you’d always be able to open it even without the tool (in Canada anyway). If you get a Canadian visiting you, ask for a Loonie and throw it in your coin tray in your car and you’ll always have it! 😊
We used to joke about packaging up loonies as "Shearwater battery change tools" and selling them at the shop. Then one day shearwater sent us a bag of their little blue battery door wrenches.
A U.S. quarter works fine as well. My save a dive kit is the bed of my pickup truck, but I’m a CCR cave diver. I have spare regs, and rebuild kits.
@Cavediver Am I the only hoodlum out here using a US quarter? Where are my fellow dive goons?
@@DiveVibe guitar picks work too, at least the ones I have around
@@cavediver2579 That's what i'm talking about
Nice
Nice one. Working on my now brother
Right on Wayne!
I’m not going to lie dude…. Your thumbnail got me 😂 Dive safe my friend. I’m fighting an ear infection… heat plus wet ears all the time… kills me.
I thought it looked like a burrito! Lol
@DiveVibe I do have a video suggestion. Can you please make a "simple video of gas management for sidemount / overhead environment" 😁
I'll see what I can do! Thanks Cesar!
I cram my save a dive stuff into a small dry box. I can shove it in my boat bag and not care when it gets in with wet gear.
Ah! I should have mentioned that. I have a small(ish) pelican case that the tools/wallet/phone go in for boat dives.
Really good stuff! From experience, i'd invest in a quality adjustable wrench, less likely to really round off a nut. I also include some small line to fix a broken strap. As for video idea, i'd love to see some footage of Hawaii!
Line! Great idea. You'd think I would have thought of that since I have DEFINITELY stolen line from my spool before. You're right, those adjustable wrenches I have are trash, I should snag a decent one. My goal this summer is to dive three sites I've never done before, so I should be able to make that happen!
Yes, I carry a big selection of O rings, silicon, my favorite spanners and Allen keys. On the screwdriver you can get reversible Flathead/crosshead thgey cost the same. Your adjustable spanners look like shiny crap. If you are going to use an adjustable without damaging $$$ stuff, buy a good one, that is $20 + and soak it in oil, they are high carbon steel and can rust. I use Scubapro regs, so I have a Scubhapro multi tool, one piece of metal, It will strip/adjust a first and second stage. It cost around $25 but that was 30 years ago. OK what are you misssing? SPARE DIVE COMPUTER BATTERY. Or did I miss that?
Yeah that's what we do with adjustable wrenches for our commercial work. This wrench is just for "oh no! A hose is loose. Sure would be cool if I had some type of wrench to fix this so I dont have to get out of the water with all this crap on". Its also WAY lighter. Which is good because I want a wrench, not a trim weight. Plus, rounding off a 30 dollar hose is no big deal. I spend the same amount on sorb every time I fill up.
I check the voltage on my batteries during the predive check (at home), but that's not a bad idea. Might toss a couple in the bag, just in case.
Nice video!
Where did you get that flow meter from?
I got it from SubGravity when I bought a needlevalve from them, it came with just a barb so I sacrificed an LP hose I wasnt using and ziptied it on. A little jank, but effective.
Dwyer VFB‐60‐SSV
0-1lpm flow meter
Toughts on evaporust for removing rust from gear? Ive been buying second hand bolt snaps, and a soak in a rust remover was necessary.
If you're removing rust from stainless it should be fine. When we do mooring work we use regular tools (other than the underwater hydraulic hammer drill, giggidy) because it's more cost effective than sourcing purpose built underwater stuff. We just rinse them and apply wd40 to the mechanisms. When I tried a rust remover, it worked, but then it seemed like the tool began to rust even faster. So we just accept nasty tools now, lol.
why manual ccr vs. say electronic ccr. I'm sure you have an opinion on this topic, would love to hear why you chose mccr. KISS is popular because of cave diving with the sidewinder, but for ocean open water type diving why not an eccr? I have my opinions but very curious to hear what you have to say. Thanks for the channel and the good information.
Great question! I used to dive an eCCR and I loved it. The problem was that when it had a problem it needed to go back to the manufactuer in abroad. I needed something that was simpler and wouldn't take so long to fix. So when I was looking for a new unit, it needed to be robust and I wanted to be able to work on it myself. I also really like the simplicity and predictability of it. HOWEVER, I do not hate on eCCRs. One of my most trusted dive buddies dives an eCCR. I really like alot of electronic breathers that are out there right now, especially the xccr, that thing is hot. (and the JJ.... and the liberty.... and the revo... and the sf2... ok, maybe I just love rebreathers).
What do you think is the cross over from open circuit to CCR ? I have seen some comments saying any deeper then 60m one should switch and others that say it is based more on the length of dives.
Depth and/or longer dives are both good reasons to go CCR. Any diving beyond 40m you get into tech diving territory and 60m enters trimix (helium) territory. Over the long term, CCR tech diving is much more cost effective than OC tech diving. Requires substantially less gas…most importantly less helium which is getting astronomically expensive. As far as longer dives go, you definitely get much longer dives at depth in terms of gas needs and NDL. It’s up to the diver to determine whether or not the cost of the CCR unit, the training and the extra complexity is worth the extra bottom time.
Fantastic explanation!
Ok, this gets a like just for the Cardi B reference....