DPV Price vs performance

[MrChen]

Please show me all of the $500 blacktips. I will buy them all.

I hate to break it to you, but a BT tech with batts will still sell for $2k+

Last week, my buddy listed his for $1500 and it sold in a day.

 

[Whitrzac]

Last week, my buddy listed his for $1500 and it sold in a day.

Yep... If he would have listed it for more, it would have taken slightly longer than a day to sell...

 

[NothingClever]

As already mentioned, you should always plan for a scooter failure on a dive. Either have enough gas to swim out or include a tow scooter in your plans. While scooters/DPVs are not rocket science they have the ability to get people very far distances that one cannot normally swim and you can get yourself in real trouble as a result.

This bears bumping in the interest of sustaining awareness about DPV planning principles.

 

[pauldw]

I have a Blacktop from back when there weren't various models. Would I like an expensive DPV? Sure. I'd also like this regulator:
T25 Limited Edition Regulator | Atomic Aquatics
But the thing is, I don't need that regulator to have fun, and I don't need a Tourbillion of a DPV to have fun, and not being able to afford either, I'm happy where I am.