Did I Get "Salesman'd" or Are These Decent Base Gear Picks?

[Gandalf-the-Diver]

I really didn't spend anything on the 1st round of gear.

I was in for around 10K Cdn, some new stuff, some used .... but then I purchased, everything, I would need, right from the get go. (I already new I would love scuba)

 

[rob.mwpropane]

I was lucky with fins ... my 1st good pr, I purchased in the 70s, while doing snorkling classes. Some Jet fins ... I hated them. Then I found a pr of, "new tech" Power Plana fins. Big clear ones with incredible thrust. This was in the early 80s. Fast forward to current times. When I walked into my LDS to sign up for scuba classes, the Hollis yellow tip F1 Bat fins caught my eye, instantly. Love these fins.

That's where I landed... Hollis F1's.