Hey all,
Stupid questions I'm sure but I need some help. Very recently certified so not a lot of experience with teh array of choices out there in equipment.
Live in a small town. Local lake, reservoir diving. We travel quite a bit to the Bahamas and Mexico so whatever we buy needs to be able to work there as well. My interest is to do quite a bit of wreck diving, in time. My son, junior diver wants to dive with me all the time. My wife likes to dive and really a warm water enthusiast. So much for the background!
We are wanting to buy 3 full packages. Already have masks, snorkels, and fins. now we want to buy BCD's, regulators, computers, etc. We have the dive shop that we were certified about 2 1/2 hours from us. Or we can go to a city about 4 hours the other direction that has some dive stores. Then, we have scuba.com, scubapro.com, etc. Do you recommend buying through the dive shop (which will be somewhat more money) or going through the scuba.com route (saving quite a bit of money)? I am thinking of service issues, etc. Plus, I don't want to upset the dive shop by buying elsewhere - they are a great group of people. If I buy from the scuba.com type of store, is the equipment universally servicable? Don't mind spending a little extra if that is the best way to go. Any recommendations?
Excited,
Jim
Stupid questions I'm sure but I need some help. Very recently certified so not a lot of experience with teh array of choices out there in equipment.
Live in a small town. Local lake, reservoir diving. We travel quite a bit to the Bahamas and Mexico so whatever we buy needs to be able to work there as well. My interest is to do quite a bit of wreck diving, in time. My son, junior diver wants to dive with me all the time. My wife likes to dive and really a warm water enthusiast. So much for the background!
We are wanting to buy 3 full packages. Already have masks, snorkels, and fins. now we want to buy BCD's, regulators, computers, etc. We have the dive shop that we were certified about 2 1/2 hours from us. Or we can go to a city about 4 hours the other direction that has some dive stores. Then, we have scuba.com, scubapro.com, etc. Do you recommend buying through the dive shop (which will be somewhat more money) or going through the scuba.com route (saving quite a bit of money)? I am thinking of service issues, etc. Plus, I don't want to upset the dive shop by buying elsewhere - they are a great group of people. If I buy from the scuba.com type of store, is the equipment universally servicable? Don't mind spending a little extra if that is the best way to go. Any recommendations?
Excited,
Jim
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