My only advice is to get gear that will grow with you. BP/W, back inflate, jacket BCD, whatever, get something that you feel comfortable in and service is readily available. If your LDS has a demo unit of what you are thinking of buying, strap it on and go diving. No review or opinion is better for a buying decision than hands on experience.
When it comes to your regulator set up, make sure that you have AT LEAST 2 HP ports. That will give you expandability later of you choose to get a wireless transmitter and keep an analogue SPG.
There are too many great computers to give you a model that 10 people will agree with is best. However, 10 out of 10 will agree that whatever you get needs to be a Nitrox computer. Odds are that you will dive nitrox (PADI's most popular certification BTW) at some point, and you will need a Nitrox compatible computer.
Lastly, if you plan to move back to Puerto Rico (where I am from too) you may want to stick to the brands that are available in the long lived shops: Mares, Sherwood, Cressi and Scuba Pro that can be serviced locally. There are other great brands like Zeagle, Aqualung, Apex, Atomic ect.. but most of them will have to be sent off for service and you know how much longer things take down there.
Buena Suerte,
-Arturo
When it comes to your regulator set up, make sure that you have AT LEAST 2 HP ports. That will give you expandability later of you choose to get a wireless transmitter and keep an analogue SPG.
There are too many great computers to give you a model that 10 people will agree with is best. However, 10 out of 10 will agree that whatever you get needs to be a Nitrox computer. Odds are that you will dive nitrox (PADI's most popular certification BTW) at some point, and you will need a Nitrox compatible computer.
Lastly, if you plan to move back to Puerto Rico (where I am from too) you may want to stick to the brands that are available in the long lived shops: Mares, Sherwood, Cressi and Scuba Pro that can be serviced locally. There are other great brands like Zeagle, Aqualung, Apex, Atomic ect.. but most of them will have to be sent off for service and you know how much longer things take down there.
Buena Suerte,
-Arturo
Again Thank you all. As of right now I think I'll just buy a decent computer since here in Korea I won't be doing many dives. When I go home for vacation (Puerto Rico) I'll hopefully get a chance to try some stuff out and then decide what I want. I'll continue to do my research of different styles of equipment here on ScubaBoard and hopefully when I reach my still unknown destination after PR Ill know what I want. Thanks for the advice!