Could you make a video on how you get the Fundies tech rating? And what it brings if you get the rating. Keep up the good work!

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

Good comment! Thank you! That’s an excellent video!

@jacobadkins3799

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a good video! Going for fundies soon and would like to get the tec rating.

I have to say the curriculum sounds very appealing. Instead of doing your regular courses and a ton of specialties, a lot is already part of the base course. Definitely didn't expect to see Nitrox/Triox/Trimix in rec courses. The CMAS * I did was pretty thorough already (compared to PADI), but this is quite a bit more than that.

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is! I’m CMAS instructor as well and the quality is good here, too, but can’t be compared to the GUE classes honestly

You made me take the GUE fundamentals course, thanks buddy .

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! That’s good! How did you like it?

@alec8534

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoktorBEN It was the 6 worst dive I ever had but it fundamentally ( no pun intended ) changed me as a diver I now dive safer and longer and get compliments on how calm I am in the water and how good my trim is .

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly how it should be 🤣. Who was the instructor?

@alec8534

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoktorBEN Mikkel

Nach dem Sommer steige ich langsam im Schwetzingen ein. Schon jetzt entstehen riesige freude..... 🤣🤣👌👌

Great vid! I believe discover scuba is the only GUE class available to smokers :)

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

I reviewed the standards and you’re right…it does not require to be a nonsmoker

I had a great time on my padi 1&2 and nitrox in Asia. The nitrox course was the best. It gave me usable information on what and why i was breathing that mixture. But that was only basic. The technical things were the only things i was interested in during my padi courses. Filling bottles, nitrox blending, measuring the values on gasses. Maintenance Service on regulators and such. The more tech stuff i saw the more i went away from padi, and hanged out with tech divers. Although i didn't followed any tech courses. All the tech stuff was done by a no padi members. They paid the tech divers for that, It was there expertise. Those things they(PADI dive school) didn't wanted me to teach. The DM's had totally no knowledge about the technical stuff. This to me was very frustrating. The more i talked to old navy divers and modern tech divers the more i knew that those padi courses were a waste of money. I also had the feeling after those months of padi diving that many padi DM divers didn't understand me when i was trying to talk about technical stuff. I knew that i newer could talk to rec divers about technical things. They looked at me like i was not normal when i talked about sofnolime and breathing equipment. After that i newer talked to padi divers dm's instructors again. I knew that those UTD guys had way different view about diving. And that appealed to me. That was my area to go. Padi was only interessted in fast money and fast courses. And i had no pool sessions, no information about what to do when you have problems with difficulty equalizing ears when diving or ascending during safety stop and such. It all went so fast in a short time. After my Asia time i did some diving in cold 5 degree C green waters with a 7mm wetsuit. I visit my LDS shop and GUE just came along in my area. But i haven't did any GUE courses. I have asked a GUE cave instructor if he could teach me some basic Fundamental stuff without breaking the bank and paying a high GUE registration fee, but he wasn't interested. GUE was only big business for him. CAVE and 1k computers and stuff. I said that i didn't wanted the GUE cards or registration, just some basic lessons. All i wanted was to be a better safe rec diver with double's. After that i got the old memories and feelings from PADI back, and that it all was a money thing. I have respected his choice and did not followed the GUE Fundamental course. I also did not bought a drysuit nor any double's from his store and quit diving in EU. GUE Instructors must understand that not every rec diver has not the funds for 1k,2K courses and 5K- 15k equipment. It seems that the only way you can dive with clubs is by following exclusive courses. And only by the GUE philosophy, and that is everything by halcyon and first class equipment. In ASIA with the UTD guys, it was not a problem to learn something from them if you did not have a 5K equipment a big wallet. I just paid them for some dives and they teached me some useful stuff. That connection i felt was priceless. No need for a Shearwater Predator dive computer to learn some tech stuff. I miss that with GUE. It's all impersonal, and only business. I hope that GUE changes their philosophy and welcomes all divers without breaking their bank accounts. Sure things cost money and people's must be paid. But there is a line for many. I don't see GUE setting up affordable program for rec divers. Fundamentals course cost around 800 euro plus a 100 euro registration fee. That's not really the way to welcome rec divers. This also goes for ISE Inner Space Explorers. But that's just my experience. If you don't have a GUE or master card than you're not welcome to our club and cannot dive with us. Now during the Corona i see more LDS shops quitting. People stop diving and don't visit the physical stores. Only instructors are behind with hardly no students. Only the Tech instructors and a handful of rec divers i see diving. So from my perspective the cost are the biggest concern when it comes to getting the divers back. And that's something the GUE and ISE agency are not willing to admit or change.

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

My answer to this would be so long, I rather answer you in a new video! Please stand by, I’ll link it here in the comments!

Hi Ben there is one thing I would like your thoughts about. GUE is very strick when it comes with standard gasses for certain max depths. But for dives where we only do a few minutes swimming through an engine room or just some depth in open water at let's say 34 meters or so where the majority of the dive is in the 30 meter range, GUE requires me to use some helium mix. Which would make this dive pretty expensive and it would come with a mandatory deco obligation. Specially those dive with hardly any task load. Recreational divers been doing these dives on a daily base. I find this a bit overly conservative.

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

GUE‘s Standard is to use a helium mix. 34m on 32% might as well pose a risk in terms of oxygen toxicity. However, there’s no diving police that comes if you dive a few meters deeper with your mix 🤷🏼‍♂️

Is the Rec 3 similar to other agencies’ Technical Decompression? Or does GUE have a separate Tech Deco class? Isn’t it an overlap with Tec 1?

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

There’s partly an overlap with the T1. However, as I said in the video, the class is seen as a very advanced recreational class while T1 is an introductory technical class. Still, doing Rec3 helps when preparing for T1, because the skills like gas switch are exactly the same. I don’t know too what it compares it in other agencies. Think that depends on the agency. If you do Trimix and deco in that class, maybe it’s comparable.

There seems to be as many minimum age requirements as there are SCUBA certification agencies. How was GUE's minimum diving age determined as opposed to younger ages (i.e. 10)? Thanks for the insight!

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

Well…I don’t know how 14 years was set as the minimum age. But I can make a video about that 😃

@Biodoc100

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoktorBEN Awesome, thank you!

@DoktorBEN

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome