ElectricZombie
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I'll let people borrow stuff...mostly to try out so they can decide what to buy.
Do you ever lend your gear?
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leadweight
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I lend gear to 20-something year old college students, but only if I am paying their tuition bills.
metaldector
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Sure, I loan the simple stuff. Sunday last, one guy had his pony bottle in for hydro and it wasn't back in time for the dive. He needed 4 lbs. of weight to compensate. Another guy was diving for the first time in 5 months, and his regulator free flowed bleeding the tank to 800 lbs., so I loaned him a full tank (he paid me for the refill) and was able to complete the dive. Another guy dropped a glove somewhere, and someone came up with another. As for regs, wet suits, nah, I won't lend. But mask, fins, weights, tanks, treat them right and I'll share.:mean:
jray
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I will only loan mask, norkel, fins. The other stuff is too risky in my opinion. I cannot affort the liability if something goes wrong. A friend just asked to borrow my regulator and BC but I had to say no.
Boogie711
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And when I say I trust them, I mean it. If they wanted my stuff, I'd lend it to them. No problems.
As for acquaintances... more of a grey area. Simple stuff, sure. My computer? No way.
I've found the key is to get as much stuff customized as possible so that you can't lend it out.
My prescription mask is a good example.
As for acquaintances... more of a grey area. Simple stuff, sure. My computer? No way.
I've found the key is to get as much stuff customized as possible so that you can't lend it out.
My prescription mask is a good example.
SueMermaid
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Sure, I'd lend my gear to someone I trust.
But not my wetsuit.
And my reg has a Seacure mouthpiece, so nobody'd want it anyway.
But not my wetsuit.
And my reg has a Seacure mouthpiece, so nobody'd want it anyway.
Krisscuba
Contributor
Letting someone use a piece of gear under your direct supervision, i.e. neading a mask is ok. By the way OK comes from an old war term, when the men returned to their bunker, if all returned it was reported 0 (zero) K (killed)
I have learned more then once not to lend gear.
I have a lot of gear as I was an instructor until this year, I did not renew.
While living in Hawaii in the mid 80's I have three tails
I lent a Nokomis II to a friend, he droped it, dammaged the lens and did not even offer to have it repaired.
I lent a reg to someone. On my next dive I put my head into a hole, pulled it out and sucked water. I started to ascend. I had the mouth piece in my mouth. the second stage was not attached to it. The tie wrap that held the mouth piece to the second stage bothered my friend, so he cut it off. When I pulled my head out of the hole, the hose caught on something and pulled the second stage out of the mouth piece.
I was diving with some friends. I often brought tanks for them as they had none. Of course they never even offered to pay for the air fill they used. On one dive the burst disc went on one I was lending someone. Costing the air fill in it. $12 for the burst disk and another air fill. Again no monies were offered. The next time we went diving they wanted to know why I did not bring tanks for them?
I have learned more then once not to lend gear.
I have a lot of gear as I was an instructor until this year, I did not renew.
While living in Hawaii in the mid 80's I have three tails
I lent a Nokomis II to a friend, he droped it, dammaged the lens and did not even offer to have it repaired.
I lent a reg to someone. On my next dive I put my head into a hole, pulled it out and sucked water. I started to ascend. I had the mouth piece in my mouth. the second stage was not attached to it. The tie wrap that held the mouth piece to the second stage bothered my friend, so he cut it off. When I pulled my head out of the hole, the hose caught on something and pulled the second stage out of the mouth piece.
I was diving with some friends. I often brought tanks for them as they had none. Of course they never even offered to pay for the air fill they used. On one dive the burst disc went on one I was lending someone. Costing the air fill in it. $12 for the burst disk and another air fill. Again no monies were offered. The next time we went diving they wanted to know why I did not bring tanks for them?
SueMermaid
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Kris, I don't think you have a problem lending your gear, I think you have a problem with your friends! :wacko:
I would lend all except the regulator. And I would explain to them that to take care of it, if not, make sure they understand the liability of the costs. If the person is someone who knows what is the difference between a Scubapro Jetfins vs a USD Compro, I would lend them all my gear. I have some friends that who does not matter what equipment they use as long as it can be used.
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