TN Traveler
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To beanojones....how did I end up with Aeris while my LDS pushes Scubapro. Welllll....when I first got into diving, I could only buy what I could afford. The typical story of a newbie. If I was to buy Scubapro from the beginning, I wouldn't have been able to be diving with a drysuit and steel 130 doubles like I am now.
This theme continued through my classes as evidenced by my signature, I have certs from both NAUI and PADI. I started out in a NAUI shop, but I could take a few classes from a PADI shop and still have some money left over to buy a few more pieces of equipment, money I wouldn't have had if I'd taken the same but higher priced class through the NAUI shop.
But alas, the local PADI shop went under...leaving me having to go back to the NAUI shop. And along with this, I was bitten by the Tech bug after reading a few articles and seeing some awesome pictures in a few magazines. I didn't really consider tech diving when this whole diving thing started.
So that's where I am today....."what a long, strange trip it's been."
As a dive buddy of Super, I'm still trying to get him to try some warm water reef diving. I still think that once he sees the "pretty fish" and experiences warm water diving, I can turn him away from "The Dark Side"
I fully admit to having become a WWW - but still enjoy diving with Super in the quarry and keeping our skills sharp. His existing equipment is good, but I think he has received some very good advice for continuing into the world of Tech Diving - if he continues on his existing path. We both lost when the local dive shop we both used went out of business, but that is another story.
Good luck Super
Dive Safely