All gear for the rec diver is created nearly equal. If you take care of your gear it should last many many years. Take the time to vist a wide variety of shops in your area before making any final choice. Be sure to visit shops that carry different brands of gear so you can compare look, feel and fit yourself.
There is such a wide variety of gear out there it will be tough for us to say "you should get gear X, it's the best". While we do know that you'll be diving in the keys in tropic shallow water we don't know what gear fits yout style of diving. Personal preference will drive what gear you end up with. What fits and is comfortable to one diver is different to another.
Like I said, almost all gear is created equal with some minor variances. The shallow warm diving you're doing won't require any top end gear. Once you narrow it down to some pieces of gear you like and want to decide between post them here and we can give you some honest opinions.
There are some really good dive magazines out there that have gear reviews in them. The March 2009 issue of Sport Diver has some great reviews of different ranges of gear. I have a copy and you can probably access it online.
Shop around, get the gear that is most comfortable to you!
To order back issues:
Ordering Back Issues of Sport Diver Magazine - Sportdiver.com
It is only $0.99 for the digital copy:
Single Issues | Zinio Digital Magazines and Books
There is such a wide variety of gear out there it will be tough for us to say "you should get gear X, it's the best". While we do know that you'll be diving in the keys in tropic shallow water we don't know what gear fits yout style of diving. Personal preference will drive what gear you end up with. What fits and is comfortable to one diver is different to another.
Like I said, almost all gear is created equal with some minor variances. The shallow warm diving you're doing won't require any top end gear. Once you narrow it down to some pieces of gear you like and want to decide between post them here and we can give you some honest opinions.
There are some really good dive magazines out there that have gear reviews in them. The March 2009 issue of Sport Diver has some great reviews of different ranges of gear. I have a copy and you can probably access it online.
Shop around, get the gear that is most comfortable to you!
To order back issues:
Ordering Back Issues of Sport Diver Magazine - Sportdiver.com
It is only $0.99 for the digital copy:
Single Issues | Zinio Digital Magazines and Books
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