Texas Dive Show worth going to?

[GaryBDavis]

The Texas Dive Show will be in Las Colinas (Irving) later on this month (Feb 25/26). I was thinking about stopping by.

I've heard that there are a lot of destination/resort places, but are there any equipment vendors there and can you buy gear there? I mainly want to go to see cool gear and perhaps add an item or two to my dive bag.

 

[texdiveguy]

Gary, this might help some to answer your question: Texas Dive Show Now in Dallas

 

[GaryBDavis]

Yeah, I read through the web site and the list of exhibitors, but I'm still not sure what kind of a show it really is.

 

[Trout]

The show held in Frisco did not have a lot of cool gear and stuff.

 

[parrotheaddiver]

I went a few years back when it was in Houston....I thought it was an ok show....mostly travel destinations but still enough gear to make it interesting....they had a few things for sale but no big gear.....and that was through a couple of local (Houston) dive shops....I did get Stan Waterman to autograph his book Sea Salt and purchased his dvd Blue Water White death.....probably would not travel to Hou/Dallas to go to it again

 

[saltydawgtexan]

If you happen to live in Dallas, then go. If you are going to have to make a long drive (like myself) then I'd say forget it. Why you would move a Texas dive show further away from the coast and many of the major dive lakes, I have no idea. I have not been since Houston and have no plans to. Seaspace was much better, before it became the Texas Dive Show.

 

[TwoBitTxn]

See cool gear from mfr's, yes. Buy cool gear from mfr's, no.

 

[Hawkeye Mark]

Seaspace did not become the Texas Dive Show. Seaspace quit holding the show and then turned its scholarship fund over to Texas A+M Galveston. Texas Dive Show has a different owner. Seaspace is being dissolved.