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Scuba Forum / General / February 2004Newb questions
I'm taking a class at UNC right now (scuba, obviously) - a gift from my wife. Anywho, I'm really into it, and I really want to get my own gear (regulator, tank, bcv). Would you all recommend getting gear online or should it only be bought in a reputable shop? This stuff seems real important so I wouldn't want to trust my life to the cheapest thing I can find. Thanks for any advice! >I'm taking a class at UNC right now (scuba, obviously) - a gift from my >wife. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >want to trust my life to the cheapest thing I can find. >Thanks for any advice! If you have access, there is a thread (still kind of short) in rec.scuba.equipment called Online Purchases. There are several good replies that go into warranty issues and the like. You may find it easier to join an existing thread than start an identical one when many of the posters there are also posters here. I hope that helps. kb9wfk > I'm taking a class at UNC right now (scuba, obviously) - a gift from my > wife. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > want to trust my life to the cheapest thing I can find. > Thanks for any advice! Why not wait a while, try out different equipment, get yourself educated, then start acquiring gear once you have some dives logged. Next, get your wife certified. > I'm taking a class at UNC right now (scuba, obviously) - a gift from my > wife. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > want to trust my life to the cheapest thing I can find. > Thanks for any advice! Put yer wallet back in yer pocket! Do NOT buy gear from any source until you have been diving for a while. Borrow gear. Rent gear. Get a better understanding of the differences in gear and what they mean to the type of diving that you will be doing. For example: yer in NC? If you'll be traveling to dive, you do not want to own a tank. If you'll be diving the NC wrecks you'll want doubles and stages and a lot more training and experience before you can use them. I promise you, you buy tanks now and you'll only discover what the term "rapid depreciation" means when you want to sell them to buy the tanks you really need. The way to tell that yer ready to buy gear is that you don't have to ask the questions you did. I try and give my LDS the business but I have order items online, such as Fins, Mask, Flashlights etc.. But for a BC's it is important that you try on the item before you buy it for proper fit. Before you invest in a whole lot of money in gear make sure you are going to stick with the sport. I seen too many people that bought entire rigs and to find that diving wasn't for them. Although Recreational Scuba can be a safe sport, divers have died, and that turns off many people. Also you need to know what type of diving will be for you. Some people hate cold water diving, and will only dive in warm water, and if that is the case for you then why buy a 7mm Full wetsuit? Tom > > I'm taking a class at UNC right now (scuba, obviously) - a gift from my > > wife. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > The way to tell that yer ready to buy gear is that you don't have to ask > the questions you did. > I try and give my LDS the business but I have order items online, such as > Fins, Mask, Flashlights etc.. I strongly suggest against buying a mask on line. It, more than any other piece of diving equipment, needs to be tried on before it's purchased. > I strongly suggest against buying a mask on line. It, more than any other > piece of diving equipment, needs to be tried on before it's purchased. Unless you have a thick mustache... Then the mask is going to leak no matter what mask you buy (short of a full face one or going the Mk5 route) and you might as well get used to it... Having a purge valve in the nose pocket and periodically exhaling through your nose might help though... <grin> "mike gray, CID" <mikegrayCID@worldnut.nut> wrote > Put yer wallet back in yer pocket! > Do NOT buy gear from any source until you have been diving for a while. > Borrow gear. Rent gear. Or just pick it out of the thrift store's dumpster. Mike and me get all our best gear there. Either that or from a moldy corrugated cardboard box in the storage shed out back of the dive shop. Not kidding. Doc. Robert "Doc" Adelman, C.I.D. wrote: > "mike gray, CID" <mikegrayCID@worldnut.nut> wrote > Put yer wallet back in > yer pocket! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Doc. Actually, I get mine at garage sales and modify it. Doc gets his at surplus stores and modifies it. "abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :Anywho, I'm really into it, and I really want to get my own gear (regulator, :tank, bcv). Would you all recommend getting gear online or should it only :be bought in a reputable shop? This stuff seems real important so I wouldn't :want to trust my life to the cheapest thing I can find. :Thanks for any advice! It is important that the BC fit properly. How are you going to know what size fits if you buy online? Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ > "abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard > resulting in: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > It is important that the BC fit properly. How are you going to know > what size fits if you buy online? Buy a plate and wing. They fit everybody. Lee top posting to save time: Thanks for all the information. I already have fins, snorkel, mask, booties. Maybe I'll just get my own BC and rent the rest until I have a lot more experience. Thanks so much! It'd be a disaster to get carried away! > > "abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard > > resulting in: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Lee WAIT Whoa on the BC. That is a major item. many choices, not all of them good ones. > top posting to save time: > Thanks for all the information. I already have fins, snorkel, mask, booties. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > Lee "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :Buy a plate and wing. They fit everybody. So Shaquille Oneal and Danny Devito can wear the same plate and wing? Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ > "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> pounded away at his keyboard > resulting in: > :Buy a plate and wing. They fit everybody. > > So Shaquille Oneal and Danny Devito can wear the same plate and wing? I don't even know what a "plate and wing" is, unless he means a plate of chicken wings? "abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :I don't even know what a "plate and wing" is, unless he means a plate of :chicken wings? It's a back inflate bc, with a hunk of metal on the back instead of a soft back or a hard plastic back. But it's not a bc because then it wouldn't be DIR. Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ > It's a back inflate bc, with a hunk of metal on the back instead of a > soft back or a hard plastic back. But it's not a bc because then it > wouldn't be DIR. It is a BC or a BCD, whether the DIR crowd like it or not. Lee > "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> pounded away at his keyboard > resulting in: >> Buy a plate and wing. They fit everybody. > > So Shaquille Oneal and Danny Devito can wear the same plate and wing? That is correct. > "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> pounded away at his keyboard > resulting in: > :Buy a plate and wing. They fit everybody. > > So Shaquille Oneal and Danny Devito can wear the same plate and wing? They share the cover of the '04 Halcyon catalog. Their new logo is "One brand fits all. Others will be sued." ESG "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message news:fjZUb.13573 > > It is important that the BC fit properly. How are you going to know > > what size fits if you buy online? > > Buy a plate and wing. They fit everybody. Heh - I am glad you said it so I didn't have to! (-: Kimber  SignatureFreedom lies in being bold. --Robert Frost |
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