I fancy shopping

[Digger]

Ebay, in my experience, is a very expensive place to buy kit. UK Diving's got a lot of personals ads, and is often pretty reasonable, as is the Personals section on these boards. Divernet might even have an elusive bit of kit, but you do get the odd few who just don't realise how little all that expensive gear they bought a year ago is worth!

Mary, you can get as many 10s and 12s from the club as you like, so the 7s route is the answer! No more singles and pony diving! Perfect for Stoney and reasonable depth coastal diving. A match made in heaven. I'll even sell you the twinning band kit to put them on your BCD. Cheap, like, as long as I can borrow the twins now and again.

Nitrox courses are running left right and centre. Look on the POE 2003, but it's Sports + 20 dives. You don't really need to worry about the exra dives, but I don't know whether you've finally got the Sports signed off yet!

You'll want to go firing SMBs for the day at Stoney too, because that's basically all they can fail you for in the practical. You'll pass the theory easy. I did it in 20 minutes. And I never use BSAC tables!

[And]

<font color='#0000FF'>Hi

Thats only if you do the combined nitrox course Digger. If you do the basic nitrox then you only do a day in the classroom. No practical and no regswitching, delayed SMB stuff and simulated deco stops.

If I was doing it all again I'd have done the TDI advanced Nitrox. Same time for the course, similar money but certified to 100% rather than 50%.

If you insist on BSAC and don't do deco then just get the basic which goes to 36%, plenty for that type of diving.

Andy

[MATTBIN]

Basic TDI = 40%, to existing certified depth limits about £100 includdes 2 observed dives (if you are lucky).

Matt

[Mary]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Digger @ Sep. 01 2003,12:09)]but I don't know whether you've finally got the Sports signed off yet!

What do you think!

[/! I know you can use club tanks, but how much notice is needed?]

15 mins..... just round the corner and stopping of at 1 of 3 mates on the way to pick up keys, compressor on site.



[QUOTEI'll even sell you the twinning band kit to put them on your BCD. Cheap, like, as long as I can borrow the twins now and again.]

Fine but somehow don't think the regs will fit!


so the general consensus is TDI advanced nitrox is the best course around, I shall investigate further.

[Mary]

haven't quite sussed the multiple quotes thing yet, how do you do it?

[tiewrapdiver]

Hi Mary,

The BSAC basic nitrox course is £27 + regional costs (what ever they maybe) however there isnt any more courses unless you want to go to St Albans to do it!!

Before looking at basic nitrox talk to someone and see if its worth doing the basic or going straight into the advanced with the combined course (you'll need your sports first, unless you've got it since we last met.).

See ya soon

[Digger]

Sod the basic nitrox. You've as good as good Sports, surely? So do the qualifying dives, and £70 is the combined sorted. Talk to Pete Church. He'll get you on a course, or failing that Ian could probably do the course for cost in the pub. Not complicated, and you've got the knowledge to do the sums in your head, probably.

Why won't the regs fit? I'd imagine you'd be on a 232 set, as your regs aren't 300 bar DINs, and I can work with that. DIN convertible valves? Oh yes. Easy as.

Want to dive Wednesday night? If you drive from notts with a couple of tanks I'll lend you my set for the evening. Good way to see how the 7s feel? I can do it on singles and club gear. Now they've got BCDs.

And my flight is booked for Friday. Cave diving here we come...