Hello everyone, newbie to diving and this forum here so I apologize in advance if I sound like a complete noob!
I am trying to purchase my first ever regulator after newly certified in Cozumel. I was initially trying to get the ScubaPro MK25 + S620Ti + R105 Octo, which comes to be around 1050 USD, but last night I saw the Aqua Lung Helix + Octo on sale for 299 USD. I live in Washington state so the sales tax is 10.25%, making them around 1150 USD and 330 USD respectively.
I am someone who somehow care deeply about price performance ratio thus making it hard for me to spring almost 4 times the price for something that I do not know is worth that much more.
For context, my girlfriend and I are most likely vacation divers only diving in warm-ish waters (Caribbean, Hawaii, South East Asia, etc), she's already decided on getting the MK25 + S620Ti due to ScubaPro's decades of great reputation, so not sure if getting the same regulator as her is an advantage in terms of future maintainability, etc. We plan to continue diving for the foreseeable future and hope the regulators we purchase will last a long time into our diving journey.
Please help me decide whether I should just bite the bullet on getting the more expensive set or am I not missing much with the Aqua Lung set while saving a health chunk of money
thanks in advance!
I am trying to purchase my first ever regulator after newly certified in Cozumel. I was initially trying to get the ScubaPro MK25 + S620Ti + R105 Octo, which comes to be around 1050 USD, but last night I saw the Aqua Lung Helix + Octo on sale for 299 USD. I live in Washington state so the sales tax is 10.25%, making them around 1150 USD and 330 USD respectively.
I am someone who somehow care deeply about price performance ratio thus making it hard for me to spring almost 4 times the price for something that I do not know is worth that much more.
For context, my girlfriend and I are most likely vacation divers only diving in warm-ish waters (Caribbean, Hawaii, South East Asia, etc), she's already decided on getting the MK25 + S620Ti due to ScubaPro's decades of great reputation, so not sure if getting the same regulator as her is an advantage in terms of future maintainability, etc. We plan to continue diving for the foreseeable future and hope the regulators we purchase will last a long time into our diving journey.
Please help me decide whether I should just bite the bullet on getting the more expensive set or am I not missing much with the Aqua Lung set while saving a health chunk of money
thanks in advance!
