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Hello Alec. I took my AL80 to a shop near Lake Hydra. They removed the Yoke Adapter to fill using their DIN connection. They also replaced the Green o-Ring with a Black one.

Lol... I've used yoke since 1987.... I rarely had any issues with yoke, as long as you maintain your gear. Keep extra O-rings for everything. I'm expecting my yoke to blow the screw- on threads off it one day. . I keep extra plugs, hoses, and i probably don't have too but i carry a extra abasic regulator set up with me these days. Lol rarely have I ever ran across a tank with more the 3000 psi.. halfvthe time I don't even get too 3000.. last time I got ripped off and only got 2750 in my aluminum 80 tank. Lol. I did have an issue with my first DIN . It was the guy that was running a dive class on the boat that we were using. We were splitting the boat cost and the guy that was helping the class got sea sick. He could not stand up long enough to fall off the boat and it was a new rig so he asked if I would take it to 33 ft, and give him my opinion.. it leaked like crazy! It turned out it was dropped before he got it and had a bad spot and it snugged up but. Did not seal. I went through 1000 psi in a few minutes and came up and traded tank and regulator. I like my trusty old US Divers, it was nice to get to try out a brand new plastic light weight, but the new reg had a little skinny hose that was stiff and had a rough feel to it. Just did not feel right. Lol.

My reg came with yoke but after repeated issues with the o- ring on the reg I had it converted to DIN. Never had the problem again.

Right before jumping in I had an O-ring extrusion using yoke. Was able to replace o-ring with save the dive kit. Both are good, but I feel most comfortable with Din. Your long video on the pros and cons of both is GREAT.

din is better , why? cause yoke has nothing good...

My Genesis Prana came with a Yoke. On the Third Dive, The Oct fell apart. Specifically, The Purge button fell out. While I was in 30 Feet of water. Didn't know it until it Free Flowed. Grabbed it out of the Holster to see the inside mechanism. Which I was able to manually close. Went to the surface. Instructor followed me up. Told him I had an Equipment Failure. Fortunately one of the Dive Masters had a spare Reg set. So I was able to complete the 2nd and third Dives of my AOW Class on Sat.

Yolk is easier to fit in a hurry. DIN is the better engineering solution for reliability, pressure capability, weight and compactness. Choice depends on your priorities.

I had a mk 6 Fenzy, probably the safest buoyancy aid ever made for divers. Separate weight belt is a must, latter divers seem obsessed with pockets and "D" rings. I went into commercial diving which killed my love of the sport. Prior to that I used to mainly dive alone just as the "buddy system"was being pushed, so at venues I had to dive with idiots. 70s/80s were peak for the sport. This sport is now full of technobabble morons.

DIN is better. For about 20 reasons. Period.

There's no advantage to using a "dive" bag when regular luggage works just as well. And there's a reason to avoid a dive bag as it advertises that the contents is valuable and temps a luggage thief.

Great video Alec. Thanks Jeff King i got you as friend on Facebook. 👍👌

Man, what were they thinking back then?😬

Did I hear a certain curse word 😮?

imagine pumping your car tire with that pump? well, the tire is only 30psi, this bottle is 3000psi. no chance anyone does it in 20 minutes

So it doesnt have to do with the depth but with the tank pressure

Interesting

👍😎🤿🇵🇭! Amazing history! Thanks for sharing!

If anyone was wondering what a MODERN Diver Recall system looks like, OTS makes the DSR-100b Diver recall system. basically an underwater hydrophone that someone at the surface can talk through to recall divers from the surface. Modern scuba tech has gotten pretty cool and Id love to see some of the more cutting edge equipment talked about on this channel!

creativity have no limits It is simple, efficient and a very low cost device good topic excellent video

And all the fish float to the surface 😅 I want ten of em

The US Navy tested this?! They must have concluded that if a submarine goes to the surface when it's under attack with depth charges, a big firecracker would do the same to a diver! Same logic, just in a different scale haha

At one of our local squid dive sites, Redondo Canyon, there are occasionally squid boats that will fish nearby. They drop seal bombs in the water to scare sea lions away from their nets. Unfortunately, at over 200 decibels, the seal bombs can create a very concussive sound to divers in the area. A good example is on the video "Seal bombs while diving La Jolla Shores"

Hi Alec. Isn't that how Crocodile Dundee fishes in the New York harbor? Makes my rattle stick just seem a little wimpy. Take care Owen m

We should ask PADI to add Diver Recall training to their AOW class.

Remember when they made the real M-80's.. lol.

Love it !

You can still get these in the UK, still being manufactured and used, just a waterproofed flashbang (MK9 Thunderflash / 8g NEC). Aren't flashbangs subject to ATF restrictions in the US?

Poor Kevin😂😂😂

Next trip I’ll pack some m-80’s 😂

So basically the Jaques Cousteau method for counting how many divers are on the reef.

WW2 depth charges should work good as well 😂😂 They used them quite successfully to recall U boats back up 😂😂😂

if someone is that bad with checking their SPG, I wonder if they'll be consistent in refilling the spareAir bottle after using it?

Good perspective! One point to add is that a backup SPG shouldn't be necessary from a safety perspective: in the event of a transmitter failure you have to end the dive, but you know (hopefully!) that you have enough gas to safely ascend and complete stops. I typically run one or the other, even for technical/decompression dives, with the philosophy that carrying both is just adding extra O-rings etc to possibly fail.

I love SPGs….now I have 2 that are stuck arround 70 bar… so never out of air any more! My Suunto EON Core with transmiters on tank and stage just works perfect, for years now… Alec, you are right, scrap it - before it leaks, also!

Thanks Alec absolutely brilliant, I have learned a great deal from you. Really appreciate the time, your experience and expertise that you share.

Great advice Alec, you always give a great programme thank you.

Excellent videos as always Alec - great to have you openely sharing and discussing ideas at a pro level from your experience. Thought provoking ... thanks from a fellow resort in 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

My dad has one of those pumps for filling up the tanks on pellet rifles, and I can say that 20 minutes for that tank is very optimistic, even without exhaustion kicking in

Do they have lead free diving weights now, like they have lead free birdshot and what not?

My son (10) would like that for our private pool. Is it too dangerous to use it in a pool to have some fun (depth 1.5m)? We don't have scuba experience. Thx

Alex, did you notice when you were explaining the faces of the console, you mixed up the SPG and depth gauge 0:59 but you did get the compass right 😉 BTW I will only use analog SPGs, none of the expensive computers and transmitters and their extra service and maintenance costs as. The KISS analog SPG works fine for me.

Hello sir, I can see by your comment sections that you interact with folks and answer questions… I am looking for something for wild fires, I live in a place with lots of fires and I’m trying to get those few extra minutes with my water trailer if needed, or those few extra minutes to try to catch my animals… you think this thing will work for that?

One issue may be with the carefully-prepared bailout cylinders rebreather divers have. Not (yet?) my case, but as far as I can imagine those cylinders usually stay full all the time. Well, they will have a shorter lifetime and that's about it, I guess.

Good episode

Plate & wing BCD...infinitely adjustable as the diver "grows" or shrinks

Lololol I don't think I have to worry about MI e being too big. Lol. I been wanting to try out my old horse collar.. I had it for years in my closet and looks like brand new. It was always too nice for the places I worked so I kept it put up.

WOW... That is some great trivia! Thanks!

Such fun!

Great advice Alec 👌