I’d love to see an #askmark video on foot care for divers, especially for a 4-5 dives per day liveaboard. I know some peeps dive full-foot fins for this reason but that can’t be the only tip. Even dive guides and instructors struggle with foot care.
mandatory decobeer, period, on a serious note, you don't wanna use regular alcohol or isopropil alcohol for your ear beer, you wanna use alcohol with boric acid, regular rubing alcohol will dehydrate your ears more than necessary and that's harmful for you eardrum, it needs to be elastic, if it's dried up it aint, and for the vinegar, i use rice vinegar, not salad dressing vinegar, it's milder, not as agressive.
I used to have ear issues. Now I use Pro ear before every dive and I was my ear with fresh water after every dive before drying. Just came back from 21dives Liveaboard and had zero issue with my ears
One thing I would add is hair care, especially for those of us with long hair. Before my dives, I wet my hair with clean, fresh water and then apply reef safe conditioner and I don’t rinse it out. Because hair is porous, this prevents damage from the saltwater.
Had a great experience using "Surf Ears" ear plugs - they prevent water from entering your ear and help you equalize easier. Did 13 dives with them and could not be happier.
Yeahh great video!!! 😁😁 Thank you very much for picking up this topic and all the helpful tips and explanations in this video, as always very nice!! 🥳🙏 Thanks 🤙
You can also make a more ear-friendly version of ear beer from alcohol and glycerin, what's essentially the swimmers ear drops. The stuff is 5% glycerine and 95% alcohol but I've had success with a higher glycerin ratio and it isn't as harsh on your ears as ear beer.
In the colder months I take a 2 litre bottle of warm tap water to pour over myself when I get my wetsuit off. I store it in an insulated lunch bag so it stays warm
Question: What is your opinion on using a pro air / pro ear (I have heard them called both) diving mask? It's the diving mask that has the cuffs that go over your ears and is connected to the face mask with a small air tube. So the air pressure in your mask is the same air pressure in the ear cuffs. The mask is supposed to, if not completely keep the water away from your ears, at least greatly reduce the water and water pressure, helping to protect your ears......have you heard good things, or bad things about using them?
It shouldn't reduce pressure. The air in your mask must be close to the water pressure, or it'd get painful. But keeping the water away from your ear drums may help some people who suffer from infections, clearing issues or vertigo due to cold water. I've heard positive things about them, though I've never used them. One downside is that if you ever need to switch to another mask under water or on the boat it may be discomforting.
Everyone on my (well the dive school) boat has deco symptoms when they get back. We have an excellent medicine for that deco cookies and deco tea or water. This is mandatory to take or your own stuff. Disclaimer: this is a running gag on the boat until proven otherwise or someone shouts no play it's all fun and game. NOBODY has actual deco sickness.
I don’t think I need all these things done besides ear drops. This might be pretty good prevention of infections. Didn’t know about that. I’m not gonna say anything about drinking water and applying spf because it’s basics😊
As always, good info. As a fellow wooly-faced diver, do you use anything on your moustache to prevent water seepage? I have tried a few different products, but have found that none of them work any better... or worse... than au natural.
i would also like to know this, on my latest dive even though beard and mow and been trimmed to a reasonably manageable level my mask was letting water in through the nose especially because it was a shore dive and only about 3-4m deep. after the dive my nose was leaking water for about half an hour as it must have gotten up into my sinus’s
I shave the top few millimeters of my moustache (a thin strip under my nose). Doesn't look too weird and works well enough. But if I forget I can immediately tell the difference. The shape of the mask itself also matters. You may have to dive half a dozen before you find something nice.
#askmark My VX1 UV keeps fogging up, I'm not sure if the lighter technique is the right way for the coating? I tried Toothpaste but it didn't make a big difference.
I wouldn't use fire, you don't know how it might affect the treatment. Apeks made this video on how to prep a UV VX1 Mask: ruclips.net/video/q3ftfhsKqcA/видео.html
In the colder months I take a 2 litre bottle of warm tap water to pour over myself when I get my wetsuit off. I store it in an insulated lunch bag so it stays warm
Drink some electrolytes, especially when diving in hot climates. You'll sweat a lot, no matter if drysuit or wetsuit.
I’d love to see an #askmark video on foot care for divers, especially for a 4-5 dives per day liveaboard. I know some peeps dive full-foot fins for this reason but that can’t be the only tip.
Even dive guides and instructors struggle with foot care.
I wear neoprene socks in my dive boots, otherwise I get chafing in some spots like the Achilles.
mandatory decobeer, period, on a serious note, you don't wanna use regular alcohol or isopropil alcohol for your ear beer, you wanna use alcohol with boric acid, regular rubing alcohol will dehydrate your ears more than necessary and that's harmful for you eardrum, it needs to be elastic, if it's dried up it aint, and for the vinegar, i use rice vinegar, not salad dressing vinegar, it's milder, not as agressive.
I used to have ear issues. Now I use Pro ear before every dive and I was my ear with fresh water after every dive before drying. Just came back from 21dives Liveaboard and had zero issue with my ears
One thing I would add is hair care, especially for those of us with long hair. Before my dives, I wet my hair with clean, fresh water and then apply reef safe conditioner and I don’t rinse it out. Because hair is porous, this prevents damage from the saltwater.
Had a great experience using "Surf Ears" ear plugs - they prevent water from entering your ear and help you equalize easier. Did 13 dives with them and could not be happier.
Yeahh great video!!! 😁😁 Thank you very much for picking up this topic and all the helpful tips and explanations in this video, as always very nice!! 🥳🙏 Thanks 🤙
You can also make a more ear-friendly version of ear beer from alcohol and glycerin, what's essentially the swimmers ear drops. The stuff is 5% glycerine and 95% alcohol but I've had success with a higher glycerin ratio and it isn't as harsh on your ears as ear beer.
In the colder months I take a 2 litre bottle of warm tap water to pour over myself when I get my wetsuit off. I store it in an insulated lunch bag so it stays warm
Question:
What is your opinion on using a pro air / pro ear (I have heard them called both) diving mask? It's the diving mask that has the cuffs that go over your ears and is connected to the face mask with a small air tube. So the air pressure in your mask is the same air pressure in the ear cuffs. The mask is supposed to, if not completely keep the water away from your ears, at least greatly reduce the water and water pressure, helping to protect your ears......have you heard good things, or bad things about using them?
What if it fails. That’s the reason why
@@MrKlyde44 So what if it fails? No big deal imho. You simply rinse your ears well after that dive.
It shouldn't reduce pressure. The air in your mask must be close to the water pressure, or it'd get painful. But keeping the water away from your ear drums may help some people who suffer from infections, clearing issues or vertigo due to cold water. I've heard positive things about them, though I've never used them. One downside is that if you ever need to switch to another mask under water or on the boat it may be discomforting.
Glad you said Carbs and protein. Eating a ton is my go to 😁
Great info
Everyone on my (well the dive school) boat has deco symptoms when they get back. We have an excellent medicine for that deco cookies and deco tea or water. This is mandatory to take or your own stuff.
Disclaimer: this is a running gag on the boat until proven otherwise or someone shouts no play it's all fun and game. NOBODY has actual deco sickness.
I don’t think I need all these things done besides ear drops. This might be pretty good prevention of infections. Didn’t know about that. I’m not gonna say anything about drinking water and applying spf because it’s basics😊
As always, good info. As a fellow wooly-faced diver, do you use anything on your moustache to prevent water seepage? I have tried a few different products, but have found that none of them work any better... or worse... than au natural.
i would also like to know this, on my latest dive even though beard and mow and been trimmed to a reasonably manageable level my mask was letting water in through the nose especially because it was a shore dive and only about 3-4m deep. after the dive my nose was leaking water for about half an hour as it must have gotten up into my sinus’s
I shave the top few millimeters of my moustache (a thin strip under my nose). Doesn't look too weird and works well enough. But if I forget I can immediately tell the difference. The shape of the mask itself also matters. You may have to dive half a dozen before you find something nice.
Didn't know about the ears dryer, very nice thanks
#askmark My VX1 UV keeps fogging up, I'm not sure if the lighter technique is the right way for the coating? I tried Toothpaste but it didn't make a big difference.
I wouldn't use fire, you don't know how it might affect the treatment.
Apeks made this video on how to prep a UV VX1 Mask:
ruclips.net/video/q3ftfhsKqcA/видео.html
@@ScubaDiverMagazine Ohh great thanks I missed that one!
Thank you
What im taking away from this is my post dive shower, beer and chocolate is a bad thing...nuts
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 u must be shocked :D
@@agostonnagy4690 horrified mate haha
I am trying to remember what my Instructor said to use for Ear Drops. Vinegar and Rubbing Alcohol.
In the colder months I take a 2 litre bottle of warm tap water to pour over myself when I get my wetsuit off. I store it in an insulated lunch bag so it stays warm