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HAIGH QUARRY OPENING FOR THE 2012 SEASON IN jANUARY?
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
1/7/2012
No, the season at Haigh Quarry is not opening this weekend! It will open for the 2012 season on Saturday April 7th, but because of our unusually warm weather Tina has decided to give Midwest divers a chance to scratch th...

SCUBA DIVERS LEFT BEHIND IN FLORIDA
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
10/6/2011
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it was investigating RJ Diving Ventures of Miami Florida. The investigation was initiated because the dive operator left behind two tourists while they were scuba diving.   D...

10 WORST MISTAKES MADE BY RECREATIONAL DIVERS
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
9/30/2011
1.      Don’t make safety decisions based on financial considerations! Many fatalities and injuries occur because people want diving, dive training or dive travel to be cheap, easy and fast. Always use the proper equipme...

MSD FORUMS - GENERAL EQUIPMENT DISCUSSIONS
TOPIC: Promate diving gear
dvrdwn
Posted: 4/22/2010 4:14:11 PM

Joined on
11/19/2008

 Does anyone have any comment on Promate diving gear? I have heard really good things about this gear line from technical divers. Someone told me that Promate regulators are the same regulators as Diverite. Is that true ( so many other equipment lines are the same technology and manufacturing with just a different manufactures name put on it)?
blackbearnorth
Posted: 5/7/2010 11:31:25 PM

Joined on
5/7/2010

 I have been diving with a ProMate for the last 4 years and have used them for teaching.
They are reliable and durable.  They did supply other Dive suppliers with a few Private label versions of their
gear when they were first starting out and wanted to be a full line company.