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I much prefer the pelican or any other wheeled case, but the mesh backpack works well when I am on a boat that has really small storage areas for each diver and the pelican won't even fit under the bench. If a boat is REALLY small, I can setup my gear and just stow the backpack wherever.Mo2vation once bubbled...
I never got the attraction of the whole mesh backpack thing.
My OW LDS hawked a StahlSack mesh backpack on me (like 99% of all Padi OW students I meet)...and I said, duh, OK.
After my first dive, I put it on eBay. I mean, c'mon...why would I put something wet and dripping into a mesh backpack?
I don't get it. Aside from the fact it's likely very profitable (which is a fine enough reason to foist it on students) I just don't get it.
Enlighten me.
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