Posts by grossetti

  • Fins/socks question

    Hi all,


    I have a question, up to now I have used my fins without socks, if the water was colder I would just brave it. I have a 3mm and a 5mm wetsuit and recently bought 3mm socks, which fit in my current fins if I put the sock inside the footpocket and then put my foot inside, it is tight but bearable.


    I was wondering how you guys deal with different sock thicknesses? Do you have a fin per sock thickness or do you just have one pair of blades and a footpocket per sock thickness (this sharing the blade between them)?


    I was thinking about wearing the 3mm socks and gloves with my 5mm wetsuit, since when I wear the 3mm wetsuit it isn't that cold but it is when I wear the 5mm. I am afraid 5mm gloves is too thick and makes it dificult to use my hands so I went with 3mm thinking it is better than nothing.


    Thanks,
    Gabriel

  • If someone has a recent Carter float, could you pls...

    Hi,


    If someone has a recent Carter float (with the new oral inflation valve) could you pls take closenup pictures of the oral onflation valve/tube from various angles? I would like to know if I can use something to hook up a Schrader valve to it, like maybe the Riffe Air Valve and/or the Riffe Air Blower (Schrader) Adapter.


    Thanks,
    Gabriel

  • How do you travel with your speardiving gear?

    Some airlines ask you to show them the sports equiptement (golf clubs, etc) if you use luggage for that sport, because they charge you more if you stick anything else inside (united airlines off the top of my head). Many airlines list what is allowed in the bag and if you have anything else they charge you as oversized luggage which is considerably more than you would have been charged (if at all).


    However, they all define acceptable checked luggage as being no bigger than 158cm linear (h+w+d). If you travel with a short speargun (75cm) and travel light (stick everything acceptable in your carryon luggage) you can get a sportube series 1 or 2 (and shorten it) to use as your only checked (free) luggage. A series 1 can be set to 127.2cm and thus accept a 120cm spear or maybe even a 130cm spear in diagonal. A series 2 can be shortened to 114.2cm and be in the acceptable size with a 115cm spear in diagonal.


    If you stick the spear in diagonal you can make it even shorter, use this formula to calculate the minimum length/height needed to fit your spear and then use that to see if it fits in the authorized size : l = sqrt(s²-(w²+d²)), where l is the max possible height/lenght of the luggage, s is the spear length (longest item), w is the width and d is the depth. I hope this makes sense and helps someone :).


    BTW when you shorten a sportube you loose the straps inside, not a big loss. The series 3 is too large in theorie, it can barely accept a 115cm spear in diagonal at it's smallest size and it is still too big (163.8cm), if you have a 110cm spear you can shorten it to 101.7 and you would be at 158.5cm which should slide if they measure.

  • Beuchat Mundial 2 vs Aeris F10 V2

    No.. when you go under water you have the ability to use a depth alarm. On the F10 when it goes off it beeps (if you want it to) and the little led on the side flashes. On the Beuchat there is no little led, instead it flashes the whole screen (and beeps if you want it to).


    The functionality you mention, lighting up the screen to see in the dark, is the same on both watches of course :).


    I was saying that flashing the whole screen in case an alarm goes off instead of a little led on the side is more visible, especially if it isn't very dark; at least that is what I meant to say :).

  • Beuchat Mundial 2 vs Aeris F10 V2

    Hi Dan,


    Yes, I meant it lights up as an alarm, they didn't put a alarm led like the F10 butninstead made the whole screen flash, thus it is more visible then than than the little alarm led of the F10.


    Yep, I saw that you have a great price in it, that is why I hesitate :).

  • Beuchat Mundial 2 vs Aeris F10 V2

    Hi all,


    I am trying to compare these two watches, everyone on the net says the F10 but nobody says why not the Beuchat... They are both made by the same manufacturer, they are both specifically made for Freediving. I don't scuba dive so no need for those functions, I only spearfish, I don't train or freedive, both can be hooked up to a PC. I heard both watches had issues with their first versions but those were resolved. They are about the same price, I have a heard time seeing what the difference is in between the two, except for the light:


    - on the Aeris it is on the side
    - on the Beuchat the whole screen flashes, which I quite like since this is more visible than the little light on the Aeris.


    Am I missing something? Anyone tried both? Any other differences?


    Thanks,
    Gabriel

  • Beuchat open head with automatic locking mechanism

    Good point Dan. I just copied the description from their site, I guess it is because you don't have to get a wrench out, lol.


    I just wonder how to wrap it since I have a slide ring, my other guns with slide rings have closed heads. Can I just put the ring with that part the line connects to on the right lets say, run it under the right line tab, bring it over to the left and wrap it under the left line tab?


    Thanks,
    Gabriel

  • Beuchat open head with automatic locking mechanism

    Hi all,


    I have a Beuchat speargun with one of their open heads with automatic locking mechanism. I have never wrapped my shooting line around the spear like you do on normal open head spearguns but I saw someone do it the other day. So which was is correct? I thought their new head was to get the best of both worlds, the speed of open heads with the ease of closed heads, but I may have gotten that wrong :) .


    Thanks,
    Gabriel

  • Anyone tried the Omer Spider or the Salvimar HT Weld gloves and socks?

    Hi all,


    I am looking at buying either the Omer Spider or the Salvimar HT Weld gloves and socks. Has anyone tried either? I am looking at getting 3mm. I can't find any reviews on the Omer.


    I wonder about seamed vs non-seamed. I also wonder which is stretchier and which has the best protection/reinforcement (I know neither will be as strong as Amara or Kevlar) at the palms, fingers and soles.


    Looking forward to hearing from you,
    Gabriel

  • Gloves: Kevlar palm / Amara fingers vs Amara palm / Kevlar fingers?

    Quote from Dan

    I've never tried Kevlar gloves so I don't know if Kevlar offers any advantage. In my experience Amara over neoprene does the job for gloves up to 3mm. Beyond that I think more flexibility is required. Amara is pretty tough and will protect your hands and the neoprene. It will eventually deteriorate if you grab enough rocks etc. but up to that point works well. So I consider gloves to be the piece of gear that most often needs to be replaced. And I'm OK with that, gloves are not expensive, that's why I never seriously looked at other options like Kevlar.


    Dan, when are you going to get more of your Speardiver Ninja Amara Gloves in?


    Are they 100% neoprene with palm and fingers reinforced with Amara or are they just Amara palm and fingers and the rest in neoprene (the underlying question is will they keep me warm like 3mm neoprene gloves)?


    Thanks,
    Gabriel