Dacor RIG BCD
I bought one when it first came out, I was a Dacor dealer back then, and I don't think that I used it more than once or twice. If was a fiasco from the beginning.
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Dacor RIG BCD
My first set of fins, bought when I was a brand new diver, were Cressi Frogs. As I got more experienced, I decided that I needed newer, sexier fins worthy of my increased skill. I won't mention what I got because it will stir trouble, but as my skill grew even more, I became less enchanted with those new wonders. I went to the bottom of a storage closet and got out those Cressi Frogs again. Hmm. I found a whole lot to like in their simplicity that I had not liked when I did not know what I was doing. I don't have them any more, but I would not hesitate to take them diving today.
I bought my Santi suit online, unable to try anything on. When I tried the hood on, holy smokes was it painful! I felt it was shoving my jaw back into head. I never got into the water with it. I sent it back and asked them to send me something else, and they sent me another Santi hood. It was the same size, but the stitching showed that it was designed differently. This one was usable, but not great. It got better with time. I still have the Santi suit, but I use a Waterproof hood with it. That one is fine.
1. Anything Mares
2. Anything Cressi
3. Any wetsuit thicker than 2mm
4. Soft sole boots
5. Al Tanks
6. Gauge console or any gauge attached to a hose
7. Weightbelts
8. Spit
9. Clear skirt masks
10. Masks with side windows
11. Wetsuits with fabric ankle and wrist seals (instead of rubber)
12. Standard BC cam bands
13. All annoying people that like what I don't like in general
14. Flashing tank lights
15. Anything in pink
16. Any cheap imitation of something good.
17. Viking drysuit
Damn son, are you sure you like diving at all?
ALways remember, nothing is a total loss, it can always serve as a bad example.
I've tossed a few buddies, but never gear. If you don't like a piece of gear, you might not be using it right. Might. I see people cussing gear all the time that is not suitable for what they are trying to do. It's important to use the right tool for the job and that's up to the diver: not the gear. Sure, some items don't get as much use, but that's true of my tool box as well. I went for a long time avoiding full foot fins and a snorkel, but now I wear them just about every day now when I go to exercise in the springs. Big ass boots and stiff fins seem out of place without a tank on my back.
I ran a student machine and welding shop for the College of Architecture at the University of Florida. I would take great care to show them how to use a tool, be it a lathe, mill or band saw. I would watch them carefully for a few minutes to make sure they were safe and not damaging equipment. I would then leave them, sit at my desk taking care of various things and listen. I could hear the process and knew if they were doing it right just by the sound. I was known for a catch phrase I repeated often when things began to howl: "It's not the tool."I don't understand why you always blame the user not the equipment.
There's a big difference between something being unsafe and something being disliked by the user.I ran a student machine and welding shop for the College of Architecture at the University of Florida. I would take great care to show them how to use a tool, be it a lathe, mill or band saw. I would watch them carefully for a few minutes to make sure they were safe and not damaging equipment. I would then leave them, sit at my desk taking care of various things and listen. I could hear the process and knew if they were doing it right just by the sound. I was known for a catch phrase I repeated often when things began to howl: "It's not the tool."
Scuba, like using tools, is all about limits. It's not up to the tool to be used correctly, but the user. If you use equipment that doesn't fit, is ill serviced or not otherwise suitable for the job, you will fail. You can blame the equipment all you want, but they don't have a choice here. You have the choice.
People will tell me how horrible a BC is. Try diving without one. I have. I still often dive without a bladder on my harness. Does that make the bladder 'bad'? I don't rely on equipment to keep me safe: I rely on my skills. Some people hate split fins, yet I have hundreds of dives on them. You have to kick quicker to go faster, not harder. It's exactly the opposite for my cave fins. Each tool has a technique you need to master. If you don't learn it and use the tool correctly, you will fail. You call the tool garbage while I see your technique as lacking. I don't use split fins, because I would rather kick harder than faster especially with heavy gear or towing a distressed diver. It suits my massive thighs and calves. Calling the fins garbage is intellectually dishonest. They just don't work well for me.
It's not the tool. Even when you think it's the tool, it's still not the tool. It's not ever the tool. It's always the user.
My intent was to express a perspective different than most. Perhaps to help you pause and think. I get that people don't like taking responsibility for their decisions and/or actions. I'm different in that respect, I guess. I'm sorry if this offends you. That wasn't my intent, but it's still not the tool.