To go new or not......
#1
Posted 09 June 2005 - 08:34 PM
Thanks
Mark
I am not as good as I once was....but I am as good once as I ever was
Toby Keith
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#2
Posted 09 June 2005 - 08:47 PM
Doug
#3
Posted 09 June 2005 - 08:54 PM
#4
Posted 09 June 2005 - 09:22 PM
#5
Posted 09 June 2005 - 10:36 PM
I'd just get it serviced and get wet immediately!!!
#6
Posted 10 June 2005 - 05:53 AM
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#7
Posted 10 June 2005 - 07:01 AM
I have added new things but have replaced nothing yet.
I say if you like what you have get it checked and keep diving it. Then buy new things to add not replace.
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#8
Posted 10 June 2005 - 07:07 AM
Like the Energizer Bunny...
I'd Service the gear, start diving again and THEN figure out what you'd like to upgrade.
Then upgrade if you feel the need and keep the old, now serviced, gear as a back up... in case something needs fixing with the NEW gear..
As you go through the Diving career, you'll tend to go through 3 (doesn't include Tech) stages. You've competed stage 1 and now crossing over to stage 2.
Stages:
Stage 1 = new diver buys whatever the dive shop tells them to buy
Stage 2 = Intermediate diver starts buy everything, looks like a walking dive shop
Stage 3 = Old timer, starts dropping "Dive Shop" gear and takes only what they need. You'll see innovated solutions to making diving easier.
Then theres' Tech, but guessing it follows the same 3 stages... Dunno, not a Techie... yet anyway.. Those Megladones? (spelling) are looking good....
eh Ron??
#9
Posted 10 June 2005 - 07:09 AM
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#10
Posted 10 June 2005 - 07:13 AM
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#11
Posted 10 June 2005 - 08:28 AM
That depends on the climate that you dive in. The drysuit materials and insulation do improve pretty much every year. The ZIP seal system that DUI is using is only a couple of years old. Equally, drysuit insulation has gotten more effective even in the short time that I have been diving.
The newer, less stiff wetsuit materials are far easier to squeeze different body shapes into than older wetsuits that we have at the shop.
The other stuff, well I would agree with you if they were making the overbalanced, diaphragm regs that I prefer in the mid eighties. That Apex design has got to be one of the most popular currently on the market that I see for cold water diving where you want a good performing reg at depth with a lower risk of freeflow.
However, if you like what you bought initially, I see no reason to change. You may find yourself drawn to that tech stage and have all of this stuff from "stage two" sitting around that you never dive. Good dive gear will last you a long time if you are happy with it.
#12
Posted 10 June 2005 - 08:55 AM
I was thinking about regulators, BCs, fins, masks, etc. Dry suits never entered my mind.
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#13
Posted 10 June 2005 - 09:03 AM
Dennis
"Suppose you were an idiot ... And suppose you were a member of Congress ... But I repeat myself." --Mark Twain
#14
Posted 10 June 2005 - 09:07 AM
That's OK . There has to be someone here who thinks that it is normal to want to dive in forty degree water.Brian,
I was thinking about regulators, BCs, fins, masks, etc. Dry suits never entered my mind.
#15
Posted 10 June 2005 - 09:13 AM
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