Naked diver 2
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The cheapest FFM I've seen is £550 UK. There must be something less than that around?
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Not really, for an actual full face mask, with a nose block, internal valves, and some vane to circulate the air to avoid fogging. The masks are typically quite complex (see exploded view).The cheapest FFM I've seen is £550 UK. There must be something less than that around?
I don't know what to tell you. Diving is seldom a cheap endeavor -- and the full-face masks that I frequently use for work, which allow for communication between divers, if need be, are quite complex (something on the order of twenty-seven components or more) -- not simply the addition of a second stage to a conventional mask . . .Strange it should cost more than a mask and a normal second stage. I'll try your cheapo version. Or maybe not. $150?!? Not paying that for just the mask.
Is he another ASD?This guy is an epic troll, don't take the bait.
Or do take the bait, it will most likely be hilarious this time as well.
Surely, you're joking.Not sure why they would require anything extra. Just adding some talking space between your mouth and the secondary.
I paid £15 for my mask and £20 for my 2nd stage. Add a little to make dollars, maybe $17 and $23.
When you say communication, can't you use hand signals? Learn American Sign Language if necessary!
Ebay. nice cheap stuff. Maybe you'd say it was unsafe, but I've been using it for two years.Surely, you're joking.
I have been diving in excess of four decades and have never seen those low-ball prices for new equipment of any sort. What brand of gear have you found, whether new or used? Something from the Uygher slave pits?
Diving in brackish water, where visibility is less than a meter or at night, frequently involved wired communications -- even to boats on occasion, when even the grandest rude gesture could never be seen -- much less the subtlety of ASL . . .
Oh do shut up. I dive on a budget. You don't have to be a rich snob to dive. I use cheap sshit, and it works.This guy is an epic troll, don't take the bait.
Or do take the bait, it will most likely be hilarious this time as well.