First post from an excited new member!

[ScubaCarlJ]

Greetings,

Happy to be part of this community to learn as part of my journey into the world of SCUBA!!!

Love the absolute tranquility of being underwater and the silencing of the world. Quite the meditation experience for me.

Own all of my own Greenprene and a Garmin Descent Mk3i.

Have been renting during training and fun dives working up the courage to get my own gear.

My dream gear:

Scuba pro hydros with an Air2 and decent 1st and 2nd stage. Or an Atomic BC1 (or 2).
Wireless transmitter for my watch.

Figure this way, it’s only two hoses to my gear, low pressure to the BCD and my regulator.

Thanks for listening.

 

[happy-diver]

I feel your excitement, fantastic it's contageous, so start collecting used gear and you will have it in no time
I am wondering are you famous or a celebrity as I've noticed 541 hits on your greeting post with no replies

Must be someone more famous elsewhere on the site

 

[gamon]

I feel your excitement, fantastic it's contageous, so start collecting used gear and you will have it in no time
I am wondering are you famous or a celebrity as I've noticed 541 hits on your greeting post with no replies

Must be someone more famous elsewhere on the site

Why would members be less inclined to reply to a celebrity? How would anyone here know if a celebrity was hiding behind an anonymous user ID?

646 now.

 

[Still Kicking]

....so start collecting used gear....

There are great deals to be had with used gear but new divers who start collecting used gear typically end up with a pile of obsolete/unserviceable/unreliable gear that it is worth 10 percent (or less) than they paid for it. Seen it many times, unfortunately.

It's almost impossible to know what you are looking at as a new diver. Unless you can get solid advice from someone who really knows what's what, I would recommend buying new gear with a warranty to start.