Welcome to Fully Submerged, my name is Olivia! Over the last 8 years, I've developed my life and career around scuba diving as a PADI Staff Instructor, Dive Safety Officer, and Scuba Social Media Influencer. I make entertainment and education-based content to promote the dive industry in hopes that by exposing people to the wonders of the underwater world they'll be more inspired to protect it. There's so much to learn and discover. Come dive with me!
I'm a recently FFM certified scuba diver, and bought a secondhand Ocean Reef Predator FFM from a guy whom no longer felt like using it, so I gained experience FFM-diving from that, however I also recently got the rare opportunity to do a full scuba dive with an OTS Guardian which I very much enjoyed. here are some pros and cons diving with the OTS Guardian compared to my prior experience with the OR Predator; pros: - the face fit is a lot better, as well as evenly applied pressure making it less likely to cause jaw fatigue and comfortable to wear long term. - silicone skirt that has that qualitative rugged feeling to it. - oronasal mask makes a perfect closing seal around my narrow nose preventing CO2 leaks and my visor fogging cons: - water leaking into the OTS Guardian is harder to clear than an OR Predator - using the V-block seemed somewhat more difficult to clear my ears with but this could be lack of experience since OR uses plugs instead of the V-block
It's personal preference! I like watch style but I prefer that only when it's air integrated so I can have 1 less hose: Shearwater Teric or Garmin. Those are bougie options though. Otherwise I prefer a computer and pressure gauge combo like the Aqualung i550c
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You might get a couple breaths in the mask but then you'll be breathing C02 and pass out - what's good about the full face mask is that if you pass out you're less likely to aspirate water then with a reg which might pop out of your mouth
