Posts by Dan

  • What color bands do you like?

    All Speardiver rubber is natural latex. The natural color of latex is amber. Dye is added to latex to make different colored tubing. I did a write up a few years ago explaining that natural color latex is the best performing because when dye is added it replaces some quantity of latex. Since then others have quoted me and this information propagated. While theoretically it is true, in reality the amount of dye added is so small there's not enough of it to affect the rubber's performance. So practically the color of the band has no bearing on performance.


    Discussion of the Speardiver no hole rubber continues here http://spearfishing.world/spea…-hole-speargun-bands.html

  • Hi eveyone

    Welcome to Speardiver.


    Freedive Store has speargun components/trigger mechs and will ship to Nicaragua. Ask for the triggers to be disassembled. They will be labeled as metal parts and you'll have no problems getting them through customs.

  • What color bands do you like?

    I know I know, the only thing wrong with Speardiver gear is me :) It is what it is.


    My post probably would've appeared more appropriate in response to previous posts where you did mention manufacturer "X". I just felt that MY rubber thread was where it needed to be addressed.

  • Pass power rank

    From Visa requirements for Canadian citizens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    According to the 2014 Visa Restrictions Index, holders of a Canadian passport can visit 173 countries and territories visa-free or with visa on arrival, and the score of Canada is currently ranked 2nd in terms of travel freedom (tied with Denmark).

    From Visa requirements for United States citizens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    In 2014, holders of a United States passport could visit 174 countries and territories visa-free or with visa on arrival, and the United States passport was ranked 1st (tied with Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Finland) in terms of travel freedom according to the Visa Restrictions Index.

    As you can see Canadian passport is ranked 2nd not 7th as in Vigili's link. And there are a few more countries ranked the same as the US passport.

  • What color bands do you like?

    With respect I've never disclosed where Speardiver rubber is manufactured, and you don't take care of my purchasing, so you can't claim such knowledge. You may think you know but I'm certainly not going to confirm one way or the other. And it doesn't matter, Speardiver rubber will stand on it's own merit, hence all the trouble I go to to make it innovative, distinctive in appearance and consistent in high performance.

  • Speardiver spearfishing wetsuits for tall and thin divers

    Thanks for the review.


    I use just enough lube to get the suit to slide on easily. Using the right amount of lube comes after a little experience. I no longer use a spray bottle, rather I dunk the suit in water to get it wet on the inside, then squirt a little hair conditioner inside and move it around with my arm. This adds only a small bottle of conditioner to my gear bag rather than a large spray bottle. If after donning it it feels too slippery, I raise up the bottom of the jacket and flush it water.


    You can also put the suit on easily without any lube if you do it in the water.

  • What color bands do you like?

    :) I appreciate your enthusiasm. Before you buy be aware that it's somewhat difficult to insert knotted wishbones into this tiny hole. This rubber is really meant to be used with the Speardiver wishbone system Low Profile Plastic Wishbone Inserts. These wishbones are fantastic and changed my band making into something I no longer dread. All you do is drill an 11/32" hole into any piece of wood, put the head of the plastic wishbone insert into the hole with the tapered stem sticking up, put some dishwasher detergent on the stem and push the band on. It takes 5 seconds and no wishbone insertion tool or pliers required.


    Speardiver Spectra wishbone line is ideal to use with the wishbone inserts. Insert the wishbone line through the hole in the head and out the side, with a lighter burn a glob on the end of the line and tie a single overhand knot. Do the same for the other end of the band, now pull hard on both ends of the band and the Spectra knot will settle into the hole and out of sight. The wishbone line can be easily pushed to expose the knot again and undo it, to thread the band through speargun muzzle holes. I will make a video of this soon.


  • What color bands do you like?

    My focus has been the new Speardiver "no hole" rubber tubing. The first batch I made in silver over black and was going to market it as Speardiver Platinum rubber. You can see here Speardiver Small Hole Speargun Band Rubber. One of the reasons I picked silver is because no one has done it before and I wanted Speardiver rubber to stands out.




    Once it was ready and I rigged a carbon speargun and a wood speargun, I felt it looked a little strange. Since then a few spearos expressed concern that the light color will scare fish, albeit only theoretically as it may very well have the opposite effect of attracting fish. But for these reasons I got a little turned off the silver idea and never even promoted this rubber (I've had it for a few months now), actually I just added it to the store a few days ago. Even so I'm almost sold out of it as many guys were eager to try it just for the "no hole". The results are that for example the 14mm no hole rubber is as strong or stronger than conventional 16mm rubber (depending on the manufacturer). The advantage is you get a smaller profile/less drag and zero water intrusion to deteriorate the band from the inside.


    I initially wanted to do blue but held off because like I said Rob Allen "claimed" this color. Now I see that the Vecta 2 colors are much darker than the blue I like, from a distance they're hard to distinguish from black. So I'm back in business with blue and the next batch of Speardiver no hole rubber tubing will be blue over black. I expect this in about a month.

  • Whats your Secret (Technique TALK)

    BTW Nick I know full well what it's like to dive fished out areas. I started spearfishing on Cuba's east coast approximately between Havana and Matanzas, swimming from shore where the water is accessible near small towns and through roads constructed for the oil wells, and everyone and their grandmother spearfishes. Sharks would be considered welcome table fare if they would ever show up. Even nurse sharks were game and sea turtles a valuable capture. You could dive all day with nothing to show for it, at other times can get lucky. Very deep divers working in pairs assisted by a rope had the best chance, obviously because they could reach fish others couldn't, and even so could return empty handed. In such conditions the only real trick is to swim out further and dive deeper and longer. Still the only real good captures were made because of certain fish movement patterns. There were distinct times of year for Amberjack and Mutton snapper that I became aware of. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to talk to local fishermen and find out which species run when. Another way to go about it is go to a local fish market and see what's available. But then you spend almost every day in the water anyways so I don't know how much that would help.


    In the end you have to just enjoy the diving, though I know it can get frustrating without something to shoot. But that's why I live in south Florida. Anyone here that complains about fish being scarce hasn't seen a really desolate sea. I think the fishery here must be very well managed. I can see no other reason for me being able to take fish every time I go out, even with the hundreds of boats hook and line fishing, spearfishing becoming so popular, and even scuba spearfishing being legal.


    Why don't you get a boat and expand your area, look for new spots?

  • Whats your Secret (Technique TALK)

    If sharks are not a serious concern gut and scale your fish as you catch them, it may attract other fish. Depending on what your route is it may be worth while to revisit the spot where you gutted the fish after 15 - 20 minutes.

  • Whats your Secret (Technique TALK)

    Nick, a good chunk of your post is not about spearfishing technique as the thread title implies, but an attempt at preventative medicine. This seems to have become a staple of your thread starter posts and to me is a turn off. I don't know in what forum you've experienced such adverse conditions (although I can make a safe guess) but it certainly was not Speardiver. I think you may be in the habit of copying and pasting the same post across forums, if this is the case consider editing it a little to make it more Speardiver forum oriented. Apart from your instructions on internet etiquette I do enjoy your writing style, so thank you for sharing.


    Advice for the forums where it applies.. Members will say what they want whether enlightened or nonsense regardless of your warnings, it's the nature of the beast. If you see something that yanks your chain (as I felt I wasted a small piece of my life reading your instructions) then retort and unburden yourself, or simply ignore it. I also think you may be creating the opposite effect than what you intended, when trolls see that something bothers you they will try to push your buttons.


    For spearfishing technique, if your water is clear enough a mask with mirrored lenses may make a difference for spooky fish.