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Anyway, it got me thinking, what is your favorite piece of dive gear that is no longer produced and why?
Before I used a dry suit and before I lost a considerable amount of weight, I wished that my old Venture wing would keep me a little higher out of the water during heavy seas with my larger single tanks. A few times I have been in 6-8ft swells and the 30 pound wing was barely keeping my head above the water line. Sufficient, yes. Ideal, no. Eventually I lost weight and added a dry suit, problem solved.Dive Rite Venture Wing, the old 30lb style. Why they made is a 40 is beyond me.
Anyway, it got me thinking, what is your favorite piece of dive gear that is no longer produced and why?
Almost everyone is posting items still being made.![]()
Almost everyone is posting items still being made.![]()