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3mm/5mm Definition Wet Suit

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Happy Crisp Wednesday morning to you. There is definitely something in the air… technically it’s still summer, but I woke up and I’m pretty sure it smelled like fall. Heck, I think my horses think it is fall. They’re sure acting goofy. If you haven’t been around horses much, any kind of temperature change can get a reaction out of them.

We just got back from Mermet Springs. Were you able to attend this year? If not, you sure missed out on a lot of fun, a lot of shenanigans, and a lot of food, including but not limited to homemade ice cream and cake. More on that to come at a later time though.

But a great transition to today’s post would be that people actually showed up in today’s blog post to dive at Mermet Springs. Wait, what?

3mm and 5mm Definition Wet Suit

And just like that, she knocks it out of the park again. Haha. Oooh, baseball reference. Where are my baseball fans?

Anyway, moving on…

The main difference between the 3mm and the 5mm Definition wet suit is warmth. Otherwise, they are the exact suit, right? They are built with what SCUBAPRO refers to as a special Body Map System. Okay, what’s that? So glad you asked! Gives me something to talk about.

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Extreme Product Review – Heavy Duty 6.5 Mil Tall Dive Boot

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There is a real struggle when it comes to commas. WHAT? It must be the change of weather that brought this out in me. I mean, seriously, how often am I random? So, you remember in grade school learning or maybe not learning to put the comma in a list of things with the addition or subtraction of that comma being before AND. Example: shorts, swimsuit, dive boots, and computer versus shorts, swimsuit, dive boots and computer. That comma before and has a name, it is the Oxford Comma and there is a huge debate on how people feel about that poor comma. First world problems.

This is a SCUBA blog, not the grammar police blog oh Blogger Lady. Yes, I know, but you’re always supposed to learn at least one new thing a day and I’m trying to make sure to help you out in case you hadn’t learned anything yet today.

Plus the fact that comma’s make a difference. A conversation had at my house this morning:

  • Why did you take the pool noodles out?
    • That translates to why did you do that? — Not how I heard it.
  • Or Why, did you take the pool noodles out?
    • Translates to oh, you did that. Cool, basically. — How I heard it.

Okay, I’ll quit with the comma, by the way, I’m a huge fan of the Oxford Comma. I can explain my reasons if you want, but for now, I’ll leave you with my favorite dive boots, the Heavy Duty 6.5 mil Tall Dive Boots. I’m a huge fan of them too! Bam, she knocks it out of the park again and ties the two things together. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

Heavy Duty 6.5 mil Tall Dive Boots

I mentioned just above that these are my favorite dive boots. I’m now on my 3rd pair, and not because I keep wearing them out… Nope. I’ve given 2 pairs away while diving in Cozumel, but that’s another story for another day!

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Extreme Product Feature – Hooded Vests

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I had a holy cow moment the other day. Let’s recreate the picture…. As some of you may have heard at the August dive club meeting, I’m on a goal to make 300 dozen sugar cookies. If you didn’t know that, now you are privy to that information. In case anyone wonders, I am now 12 dozen into that 300 dozen. Anyway, back to the holy cow moment. I had someone order a dozen cookies for Labor Day weekend. She mentioned sending them with Dan and Grady this Thursday (as in tomorrow). I thought, dang, I hope they last until Labor Day. That was only because I didn’t realize that THIS WEEKEND is Labor Day weekend. WHAT?!?! Where did the summer go?

With all that being said, in a little over a week, some of us will be trekking across the great state of Missouri headed to Metropolis, Illinois, to go SCUBA diving at Mermet Springs. Seriously, a little over a week. How can this be? Again, I restate, where did Summer GO?

For those of you who have never dove at Mermet Springs, the water is a bit on the chilly side. If you have your dry suit certification and own or have access to a dry suit, you’re in luck. If not, you’ll want to add a few extra layers to keep warm. Options include a 5mil wet suit and today’s product feature…

A Hooded Vest

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Get the Look – Rachele Lord

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Happy Belated birthday to our Get the Look feature today, Rachele Lord. When was her birthday you ask? Well, it was Saturday. Do you see a pattern here? A lot of the months featured people have birthday’s that month, but not all… we have 3 January birthdays, 3 February birthdays, 2 May birthdays, and that may be all the duplicates. That’s all I can remember off the top of my head anyway… I used birthday month as a way to decide who to feature what month… and the people who didn’t get their birthday month… I used other methods to choose how they were placed. eenie meenie miinie moe… or something like that. So, without further ado, Rachele Lord explains to us about her dive gear. Take it away Rachele!

Rachele Lord

The Scuba Pro gear that I have is as follows:

Galileo Luna computer with wireless transmitter

MK 25 Evo/A700 with DIN setup

X-Tek BCD w/Air 2 and aluminum back plate

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Extreme Product Feature – SCUBAPRO G2

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Are you friends with Dan La Due on Facebook? Well, why not? Seriously… LOL. Poor Dan, he gets called out a lot on this blog. But Dan, it is because we love you. So why would I call him out today? Well, because, he called me out on Facebook the other day, along with a few other people on a post/picture.

He just so happened to be watching a Chinese film and saw this…

Look closely at that guy’s wrist… Galileo Sol or Luna? Isn’t that exactly what it looks like?!?! Who knew? For someone like me, this would be exceptionally handy when I want to talk to people under water. Haha. Anyway… let’s move on to today’s post… The….

SCUBAPRO G2

“The next generation Galileo has arrived. Introducing the G2.”

I’m sure you heard hype about this for months… and months… and months. Well, now it is here. Oh, wait… it has been here for a while huh? Well still, let me explain.

The claim, they have combined everything you currently love with everything you dreamed about… Um… can you use it as a walkie talkie? No? I guess maybe I’m asking too much. Haha. No, but seriously, this new dive computer is easy to use, reliable, and apparently even bulletproof. I don’t want to try that out though!

One of the biggest fears/concerns that was spoken when the first ones were bought here at our shop is ease of reading. I can tell you everyone who has one has said they are extremely easy to read, especially with the different color of screens. Personally, I don’t know yet, I own mine, but it’s still in the box. (We can’t agree at my house who gets it… Plus, I haven’t been diving since it came in… but I will soon!)

Easy to read:

  • This new dive computer is complete with color screens. The bright, colorful screen helps draw your attention to the information you “need to know.”
  • You can even customize to your own liking with four different color options.

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Extreme Product Feature – The Bella BC

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School days, school days, dear old golden rule days.
Reading and writing and arithmetic.
Taught to the the tune of a hickory stick.
You were my queen in calico.
I was your bashful barefoot beau.
And you wrote on my slate, I love you Joe.
When we were a couple of kids.

Oh. My. Goodness. I’m sorry. I guess I just had to put that out there since this seems to be the week when a lot of students are hitting the books again. Maybe quite literally if they are already frustrated. I don’t know.

How can we tie that in with a SCUBA blog? Oh you just wait. These students are getting their education while I’m here to educate you about dive equipment. Bam! I even surprise myself some days. Today’s SCUBA gear is……… wait for it… wait for it…

The Bella BC

This is an exclusive BC built just for women divers.

 

 

 

 

This particular BC is designed with women in mind. They built this BC so that women could have the ease and comfort of a BC that is specifically tailored for a comfortable fit. This is a front-adjustable BC that perfectly contours the woman’s figure. This BC features an exclusive SCUBAPRO wraparound bladder which helps to preserve that cradle-like shape even when fully inflated.

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Extreme Product Feature – Loose Fit Rash Guards, Short/Long Sleeve

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Let’s talk a minute about Loose Fit Rash guards… both long-sleeved and short. In May, when we were in Cozumel, Grady made a statement that still lingers in my mind… We are barbaric.

Barbaric is an adjective. It means you are savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal or it means you are primitive; unsophisticated.

Now, do you believe this to be true? Think about it… You’re diving, you pee in your wet suit for 2 reasons… 1 you really have to go and 2 for warmth (remember, there are those who pee in their wet suits and those who say they don’t, but they really do). You rinse out your gear, semi dry it out if possible, and the next day you pull it out, smell it and say, does this stink too bad to wear again? I’m sorry, I’m laughing as I type these words because I know how true they are.

I actually refused to put on a rash guard one day in Cozumel because it stunk sooooooooooo bad. I’m still laughing. So, Barbaric. Are we Barbaric? Well I don’t think we’re being savagely cruel or exceedingly brutal unless you count the stench that follows us around, because I even remember telling Mark to get away from me, he stunk. Don’t worry, he told me I didn’t smell much better and really I didn’t.

Or maybe we’re being the primitive side and the unsophisticated side… because we’re walking around in our own stench. Then there’s Kim who brought a small spray bottle of sink the stink and sprayed it on all of her gear every day. I even borrowed it a time or two because the stench was soooooooooo bad.

All of this to say, let’s talk about Loose Fit Rash Guards. How on earth will I ever tie all that in you ask? Sit, wait, read, and find out. I have your back on this one.

Loose Fit Rash Guards

Loose Fit Rash Guards, Black short sleeved and Blue long sleeved

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Extreme Product Feature – Definition Shorty Wet Suit

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The blogger had a birthday this week. I’m a year older. I woke up this morning to an ear ache, my eye hurts, and as I was walking out the door I cracked my knee on the door jam. My question is, is this what it is like to fall apart at 34 years old? Haha. There has to be some sort of explanation, right? I mean, seriously.

But here again, you didn’t come to this blog today to learn about my ailments. Oh no, you came to this blog today to learn about some SCUBA Product. Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe, Catch a Tiger by the Toe, if he hollers, make him pay, $50 every day, My mother said to pick the very best one and You…. Are…. It….

Definition Shorty Wet Suit

Men's and Women's SCUBAPRO Definition Shorty Wet Suit.

That is correct ladies and gentlemen, today we are going to discuss the Definition Shorty Wet Suit. First off, let’s discuss the make of this suit. It is built a lot like a regular wetsuit, except it is short sleeved and a lot like wearing shorts all in one. Does that make it like a romper? Just a thought. Anyway… This “Definition Shorty” is built with 2.5 mil neoprene material and is lined for that maximum warmth + flexibility + comfort you crave in a wet suit. The only difference, it is short.

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Get the Look – Nicole Willoughby

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Wow, it seems like it has been forever and a day since we’ve done a Get the Look post and yet it feels like we did last months just yesterday. Goodness how can time move so fast and yet feel like it’s sitting still. I guess that is the million dollar question and if I can answer that I’ll be rich? Here’s my answer… Time’s Fun when you’re having Flies. Haha… no that’s the Kermit the Frog version. How about Time flies when you’re having fun. Does that sound better?

“Kermit the Frog – Eats Flies, Married to a Pig, Hollywood Star. Live your Dreams!”

Okay, so we’ve probably spent enough time on Kermit the Frog, let’s move on. Today is the last Monday of the month. I’m still not sure how we got here so quickly, but it means that it is time for the Get the Look post. Today’s feature happens to be… well… um… Me. That’s right, I’m here to show you what the Blogger dives in and to prove that she practices what she preaches. Just follow along!

Get Nicole, the Blogger’s, Look

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Extreme Product Feature – SCUBAPRO Snorkels

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It’s HOT. I guess it is summer though, right? Have you ever heard that the corn needs to be Knee high by the 4th of July to be able to produce? Well I’m not sure about you but I’ve noticed a lot of the corn fields and they were knee high by like early to Mid June. I think corn gets planted earlier and earlier every year. But seeing as though yesterday was the 4th of July, that means that it should have been knee high… Now, you didn’t come here to hear the corn report though… Nope nope nope. Instead you came here to talk about our SCUBA gear. Today let’s talk about Snorkels.

SCBUAPRO Snorkels

SCUBAPRO Snorkels

Why do we have a snorkel? Well, we learn in Open-Water certification classes that snorkels are a piece of equipment to help conserve air. What is a snorkel? Well when you’re a little kid you learn that it is a piece of equipment that allows you to stick your head underwater and have this pipe like tube that sticks out above the water so you can breathe. The SCUBAPRO snorkel is much like those cheap snorkels we had as kids, with a little better design.

SCUBAPRO offers multiple different types of snorkels to find the perfect one for each diver. All of their snorkels are designed for ease and glide through the water with minimum resistance, because remember, they are there to help conserve air. You don’t want that extra drag, even from a snorkel, to hurt air consumption. All mouth pieces are designed of silicone to allow for correct bite for each diver as well. The idea is maximum comfort, efficiency, and no hindrance.

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