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Love my F2s, way better than my previous longer and more costly fins. And they fit in a standard suitcase, so easy to pack and fly with. But after several years of use, one of my fins came off and was lost. Bought a new pair, but I wanted to see the proper placement of the fin strap and found this video. It showed me that I had the strap too low on my foot. Thanks for the video!

Good stuff man

EXCELLENT instruction!!! I am a new diver and had my first experience with poor assembly of my SMB. As soon as I took my giant stride into the water the spool came unraveled and went reeling to the ocean floor, but not without starting to drift underneath the boat in a moderate current. I attempted a rapid descent to gather the mess up....a huge learning experience. Having the spool properly secured became my number one fixation. THANK YOU for clearly explaining this process.

Awesome video! Learning sidemount with my own rig this time. This was a great video and explanation. Thanks for a good lesson 🤙🏼

Thank you.

That's really informative. Thank you! 😊

A fellow white fins and colored gloves enjoyer! 😊

Im trying to find a secure way to store my reel and dsmb already set up but im having a hard time around "accidental unclip proof scenario" myself. You mentioned at 3:46 the simple clipping will unclip, and then proceed to show my preferred way by looping it out one of the holes. Then you showed storing it Preassembled and then at 6:05 you clip it the same way as the problem clipping earlier!? You went back to the original problem were it will unclip itself. Because of course this will move around, in my drysuitpocket, pulling in and out etc. Is there any way that is just as secure as stored separate when pre assembled?

The thumb part of a bolt snap should always be facing your body. I get that it gets difficult on the shoulder, but its a snag hazard. You get used to it. Also, the waist bolt snap should be routed through the crotch strap. The bolt snap should end up hidden by the crotch strap.

A good rule of thumb is to have about 1.5x as much line as the depth you're deploying from. Keep in mind that that 30m spool that you bought is only a 15-20m spool after you've cut off enough line to clear the holes. In addition to the preparations shown here, you can use a small piece of heat-shrink tubing for the end of the leader to make it easier to pass the line through the holes in the spool. Keep the double-ended bolt snap with you when you deploy the dSMB. You can use it to wind the line back onto the spool, and clip it off at your stop so you don't risk dropping the spool. If you do drop the spool, you can use the double-ended bolt snap to retrieve it. Clip the double-ended bolt snap to the line, hold the line loosely in your hand below the bolt snap, and then drop the bolt snap. The spool will come back up while the bolt snap sinks. You can then wind the line back on, and eventually the bolt snap will be back in your hand again as well. This time, do clip it off so you won't have to do that again.

Many thanks for both of you🎉.. ❤.

Already the non-black drygloves is a lecture in communication by itself.

this is awful. After you place the line, wrap TWICE, then start deploying. Also, always carry the double-ender with you; never leave it at the first tie off.

I love my F2 fins! I travel to dive in the Florida Keys and there are pretty strong currents on deeper dives from time to time. These are light, easy to pack, and provide great power with energy efficiency, even in strong currents

I am seriously looking at Hollis cause KISS was involved in development and want to dive side-mount but ultimately dive CCR

Nice vid dude. My SM instructor mentioned the hundreds of ways people can do things…I wasn’t taught the bolt snap to k valve, nor the hip bungee bolt snap….gonna add those to my arsenal on my OG katana

That’s very the very clear and informative vid! Just followed and looking forward to future content!

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Great video, just set a side mount rig up using it and seemed pretty good on first use👍

Love this video. Would love to see a Porteau Cove one!

Awesome Video

Hi dose it have fresh water/salt mode on it.

Great🤟

Is there a next part in this series?

Thanks for the great info 👌🏼

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Great video

Wow- This video is super smart. Thank you for the above water and below water demo. A lot of great experience, effort, editing and thought in your technique. Just 10 dives in so as a noobie I learned so much, potentially life saving. Really surprised I'm the first comment!

Nice video thanks for sharing! I curious to learn are there reels that work on the same principle as the tech for ski cards with a retractable line? So I am not getting tangled in the line.

The more times I watch this video the more its starting to make sense, this is an excellent video

Great explanation I am taking my sidemount course soon

Just got my Katanna 2 off layaway

Just scored a pair for free :) i can’t wait to try them.

Good vídeo my friend, congratulations

Thanks 👍

I have had two, each lasting about 500 dives. I haven't had much experience with other suits but that is because I have been very satisfied with their performance. The seam tape coming off is the only downside but doesn't seem to effect the suit's performance. I am about to buy another wetsuit as my current reactive is literally disintegrating from UV exposure. The price tag is a big hurdle to overcome.

Great explanation

Interesting they ditched the whole "No Stitch Technology" with this update. I wonder if they had problems with the outer seam sealant flaking off like the Elasteks do.

I did my IDC with you folks in 1999 and when you found out I was from Michigan, thought I was crazy for not going to Florida. I really enjoyed my month in BC.

Todd Howard?!

I've just got my first side mount wing and went for the Stealth Tec 2.0 over the Apeks WSXs. I agree about the slightly odd rubber D-rings. But I was told by XDeep that the little triangular fittings are actually to secure the 'wings' of the BC, so on each side you use a small single-ender on a short bungee from the loop at the point of the wing and hook it direct to that steel fitting. It's an alternative to the traditional way of having the bungee go all the way across your front and through the crotch strap loop. It de-clutters your front a bit and you just leave it clipped so there's one less thing to secure when you put it on.

Nice clear video. Do you have suggestions on setting up regulator & cylinder for single tank Sidemount?

Whats the purple crotch bungee at 9:15 for? Also any reason for not just running your wing bungee's through the crotch strap? Also why are the drop D-Rings so high? Are you not using them, they look almost useless? I saw later in your video's you have the lower tank strap about mid-way on the tank, if you lower the waist strap you can lower those bands and help with floating tails some. Most folks I know run the waist strap around their hips and not the waist. Agreed on the soft D-Rings, tossed those as soon as I saw them on my Tec. Thanks for the video, I like your idea for carrying fins.

I ordered I am looking forward to the first dive in the new reactive :)

Nice! The best! 😃👏👏👏👏

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Thank you! I’ve been diving a year and it’s been as long since I’ve sent up someone else’s smb. Decided I needed to get my own as I venture out into more saltwater dives. I got my dsmb in the mail and was like ooook… now what! Thanks you I’ve set my kit up exactly how you set yours up. Thank you.

Nice video. Thanks for sharing

Thank you sharing info Sir......