Diver's Direct-Bad?

[El Torpedo]

Hello! I'm a repair/service tech at a dive-shop here at home. A gentleman came in & mentione that the products at Diver's Direct, anywhere from apparel to necessary equipment, are all factory-seconds. Is this true?

 

[DennisS]

My lobster snare, game bag and gloves all look first rate. Good prices. It's kind of hard to get a factory second tank.

 

[Kaiser]

I got one of the EVO Wetsuits from those folks. It's pretty good quality and they ship fast.

 

[Former FLL Now MSP Diver]

The items I've bought from them all look brand new. Actually their stores are pretty big and impressive - I doubt they could find that much factory secind dive equipment to sell.

Marc

 

[yknot]

Hello! I'm a repair/service tech at a dive-shop here at home. A gentleman came in & mentione that the products at Diver's Direct, anywhere from apparel to necessary equipment, are all factory-seconds. Is this true?

No. Divers Direct is a chain of retail scuba stores that also has a catalog/mail order presence. In fact, I was in their Key West store last year and by square footage it is the largest LDS I've ever personally seen.

 

[ZoCrowes255]

I am pretty sure they aren't second hand. To me they are like the Wal-Mart of diving.

 

[jonnythan]

I too have an EVO suit from them. I love it and service was great.

 

[diveh3]

I ordered a pst120 from them a few weeks ago (they were the only ones who had them in stock) and my local shop had to replace the valve during vip. It was covered under pst's warranty.
I found them pleasant to deal with.