Living a Diver's Life

Image: Pixabay Fred Stratton fred@bubblesornot.com fred@hydrosharks.com We are very grateful for your business. Equally important to us is the friendship and comaraderie that comes with sharing our mutual love of scuba diving. We welcomed many new members to our BoN family in 2019 and reluctantly said goodbye to a few servicemembers whose duties took them elsewhere. We trained together, from Open Water through Instructor including fun Specialties like Cavern, Nitrox, AWARE, Deep, Wreck and Diver Propulsion Vehicle Diver. We traveled throughout Georgia, Alabama, Florida and the Caribbean. These experiences forged strong bonds which blessed us all.  We will close 2019 and open 2020 with our first trip to Asia as we dive in the tropical archipelago of the Philippines (26 December - 04 January). We want you to look good and be properly equipped for all your diving adventures in the new year and beyond. So here are some of Santa's favorite gift ideas to in your dive...

Nate Davis, age 10, performing a buoyancy check. Nate is using  a  Dive Rite  TransPac harness and Rec Wings Image: Rose Bennett Fred Stratton Instructor and Repair Technician fred@bubblesornot.com Thank you for the questions we've received since we posted back-to-back articles on buoyancy compensators (BCs) in February and March 2018. L et's look at the myths and misconceptions that triggered the comments and questions and educate ourselves with facts.  "I was told that back inflation BCs force your face forward at the surface, making them dangerous. Is this true?" This is like saying that giving children piggy back rides is dangerous because you'll fall backwards. What happens when they climb on? You adjust your body position to maintain your balance, right? Properly Inflate your BC at the Surface Scubapro XTek back inflation BC Image: Scubapro A BC is not a life preserver. Your BC helps you compensate for...