First dive with Yoke

April 12, 2008 at 11:12 pm | In dive gear | Leave a Comment
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Last weekend we got hold of some yoke converters for our Apeks regs from some generous members off the DiveOz forums. We took the plunge and converted our Din regs to Yoke. It was quite simple, unscrew the Din head with a hex key and screw in the Yoke head. We have a service manual for our regs and followed the instructions regarding installing a yoke.

Today was our first dive with the new setup and it worked quite well. We went to Fairy Bower, fast becoming our favourite dive site. My rig had no issues. My husband’s had small minute bubbles coming off the the first stage. He took off his BCD and inspected it. He made sure the yoke cap was screwed on firmly and this seemed to stop the bubbles.

All in all I was quite surprised at how easy it was to change. And to think we got quoted $120 by a mainstream dive shop to send it to them and they would then send it to Apeks to get replaced by an authorised service technician.

The dive itself was pretty good. There was limited visibility and no sign of any duskies. At times it was also quite cloudy overhead which dropped the lighting condition. However we still managed to spot the resident wobbegong, a school of yellowtail, some salmon, groupers and a ball of striped catfish. I really can’t wait to pick up the G9 and underwater housing and start capturing images from our dives.

We also saw an octopus that was in a rock ledge. It was pullin a shell towards it. Next to it I saw some type of crab with very very slender arms. I thought it was a spider at first but I think it was a crab. If only I had a camera!

New mask shopping

April 12, 2008 at 11:24 am | In dive gear | Leave a Comment
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I’m trying to find a new mask to replace my Tusa Spendive II. I like the size of my mask but I am finding that it leaks quite a bit so I end up having to purge it quite a bit.

My husband has a Cressi Penta which I’ve tried but found a bit big for my face. Although it didn’t leak as much as my current mask I did find that it was a little hard to pinch my nose to equalise.

I had a look at the Atomic Sub-frames a while ago and thought it was a good mask for me. I had a look again today, but also had a look at the Apollo metal frames and the Oceanic Shadown single view. I actually prefer the Apollos but they are even more expensive than the Atomics. And now I prefer the Oceanic over the Atomic. So I am leaning towards the Oceanic.

New dive gear

April 12, 2008 at 12:01 am | In dive gear | Leave a Comment
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We bought some new dive gear from Leisure Pro and they arrived today. We have a trip planned to the Philippines in May and needed some tropical wetsuits. I got a Bare Velocity and hubby got a Cressi Summer. Both didn’t fit well so we plan to return them, hubby will get a larger size and I will change the Bare to the Cressi Summer for Ladies.

I must say, the Bare wetsuit is really really easy to don on and off. I just felt it was a little too thin and the arms are a little loose. The Cressi was too small around the arms and chest for my husband, hoping the next size up would fit better.

We also got some small stuff like a titatnium dive knife for hubby, a mini gear keeper for me etc. One of my favourite items is the Akona dry bag. Really well made, tough and not very expensive. We also purchased some dive bags to use on dive boats, Pinnacle Pacific Duffle Bag. These things are huge. Fits summer suit, BCD, regs, flippers, snorkel, boots, mask with lots and lots of room to spare.

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