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    The Sentinel needs it batteries charged with a plug in charger and the head is so plumbed in you don't remove it so somewhere indoors with power that you can put (strap) the unit would help.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nigelH View Post
    The Sentinel needs it batteries charged with a plug in charger and the head is so plumbed in you don't remove it so somewhere indoors with power that you can put (strap) the unit would help.
    same sort of thing for a KISS too, unable to remove the head means having to find somewhere dry to use overnight rather than a kitting-up-bench.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nigelH View Post
    The Sentinel needs it batteries charged with a plug in charger and the head is so plumbed in you don't remove it so somewhere indoors with power that you can put (strap) the unit would help.
    NigelH already knows this but you can get a Power Monkey from Amazon for GBP40 which enables charging off all sorts and is excellent - you can then charge externally on a boat etc etc. You need to buy the Power Monkey to Sentinel/VRX fischer attachment from VR Technologies but it works very well

    The batteries easily last a week of red sea diving so will easily last a week in the uk anway

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    Quote Originally Posted by RickW View Post
    NigelH already knows this but you can get a Power Monkey from Amazon for GBP40 which enables charging off all sorts and is excellent - you can then charge externally on a boat etc etc. You need to buy the Power Monkey to Sentinel/VRX fischer attachment from VR Technologies but it works very well
    thats all good but on a week long UK dive boat in our wonderful weather, it'd be nice to have the head out of the damp and be able to dry off the cells. Its one of the few things i really like on the vision/inspo's, the ease to which the head is removed and can can be dried inside. Having had to leave my KISS out in the damp summer weather last year i felt less and less certain about the cells as the week went on, until i could dry them properly one sunny day.
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    I don't tend to work on my RB "on site", I like doing it when I'm out the way, somewhere stable and won't get "what does that do?" or "why don't you do it this way?". Possibly one of those red lights you get outside darkrooms with a sign saying "if the light is on then shut the f**k up and don't speak to me" If my RB packs in before a dive then I usually sit it out rather than rushing to fix something badly just to catch a dive.

    I'm happy with just somewhere flat, maybe with some bowls formed/fixed in it for chucking screws, etc. A big, feck off catering pack of kitchen roll would be handy but I wouldn't bother will tools or spares, they'll either get nicked or divers will complain that you don't have a [insert item here]. I've got a toolbox that has just about everything in it I need to keep my RB going and I can distill that into a little tool bag for taking on boats. Somewhere safe/dry to stash a toolbox would be handy. Don't keep spare cells, there's no point, they age and they need to wake up before it can be used anyway. I imagine there would be a big liability issue as well. Diving on just two cells is a good skill to practice anyway... Batteries, I can still dive mine manually even with a failed battery so I'm alright

    For filling the scrubber, I'd definitely get some sort of slop tray rigged. I prop the can on a couple of bricks inside a rubble sack. Deck level is best, as others have said lifting a full lime keg and aiming it is a pain. A couple of funnels handy would be good, but again they'll probably get nicked.

    I agree with Zak, a couple of wine boxes nearby is helpful. A stack of porn would be nice as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RickW View Post
    The batteries easily last a week of red sea diving so will easily last a week in the uk anway

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    Provided they are fully charged up

    Or perhaps the wish list should include a 110/240 Volt multi plug (camera/rebreather/torch and backups) exterior protected supply to each divers dressing station

    If so can I have one for the Zepp and the MP3 as well
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sonicthediver View Post
    Provided they are fully charged up

    Or perhaps the wish list should include a 110/240 Volt multi plug (camera/rebreather/torch and backups) exterior protected supply to each divers dressing station

    If so can I have one for the Zepp and the MP3 as well
    Certainly ...however I may have to rethink my charter price


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazel W View Post
    Certainly ...however I may have to rethink my charter price


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    I don't think prices need to come down, you're bound to be very busy as it is

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    Havn't read all the posts so sorry if this has been said, would be nice to have a rope hanging down from some overhead structure to tie onto the unit so that it can be stood up and turned around whilst working on it without the risk of it falling over (also won't take up as much room).

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