CAPTAIN SINBAD
Contributor
Hello -
This winter I made a vow to myself. It was in my new years resolution that I will buy a drysuit this season NO MATTER WHAT! Now that the summer is here I am debating if I should skip the drysuit purchase and just spend that money diving North Carolina and Florida which do not require a drysuit. Being in Washington DC area, the only place for which I would need a drysuit is Great Lakes.
Part of me says ... all divers in the world have limited budget! The ones that enjoy diving the most are frequent divers not the "gear collectors." The ones who dive the most in whatever gear they have are better off. Those who save money to buy gear end up diving less in the long run.
Other part of me says ... a new world of diving will open to me if I buy a drysuit. Places that I have never thought of as "dive destinations" like Canada and Maine etc will start existing on my dive map.
Then the first part of me comes back and says ...Yes but this drysuit will leave you with less money to dive the dives you do every year. It will hang in your closet most of the time and those new dive destinations will remain on the map alone.
The second part of me comes back and says ... you learnt to dive because you wanted to go somewhere new. The same instinct is forcing you to buy a drysuit. You may not dive as much but it was never about quantity but quality.
The first part returns and says ... you need 10 dives to even work a drysuit. You would have to spend a lot of time doing learning dives before you are ready to enjoy those dive destinations.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Which voice in my head do I listen to and why?
Thanks so much -
This winter I made a vow to myself. It was in my new years resolution that I will buy a drysuit this season NO MATTER WHAT! Now that the summer is here I am debating if I should skip the drysuit purchase and just spend that money diving North Carolina and Florida which do not require a drysuit. Being in Washington DC area, the only place for which I would need a drysuit is Great Lakes.
Part of me says ... all divers in the world have limited budget! The ones that enjoy diving the most are frequent divers not the "gear collectors." The ones who dive the most in whatever gear they have are better off. Those who save money to buy gear end up diving less in the long run.
Other part of me says ... a new world of diving will open to me if I buy a drysuit. Places that I have never thought of as "dive destinations" like Canada and Maine etc will start existing on my dive map.
Then the first part of me comes back and says ...Yes but this drysuit will leave you with less money to dive the dives you do every year. It will hang in your closet most of the time and those new dive destinations will remain on the map alone.
The second part of me comes back and says ... you learnt to dive because you wanted to go somewhere new. The same instinct is forcing you to buy a drysuit. You may not dive as much but it was never about quantity but quality.
The first part returns and says ... you need 10 dives to even work a drysuit. You would have to spend a lot of time doing learning dives before you are ready to enjoy those dive destinations.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Which voice in my head do I listen to and why?
Thanks so much -