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A genesis is what, $8-10k?... for non penetration OW dives I don't really see the need unless you have enough $ to not care.
I guess I should have specified shore diving here in the PNW. Tandem on a blacktip in heavy current is only slightly better than kicking.We only use ours in OW ocean dives, we’ve killed or had die multiple blacktips. You need the capacity of the bigger scooters for safely towing your buddy back.
I did a DPV class with a blacktip. The instructor had a Suex. Performance was night and day (suex winning). BUT the price difference is night and day as well. For me, for the dives I am doing now, the blacktip was the easy cost benefit winner. BUT in the future I can easily see myself doing the kinds of dives that the Genesis would be the easy cost benefit winner. Hopefully, by the time I get there, there will be something even better.Do you really see a big difference between a blacktip with 12mah batteries vs a genesis or a sea craft? Is those performance worth the price difference?
Do you really see a big difference between a blacktip with 12mah batteries vs a genesis or a sea craft? Is those performance worth the price difference?