How much have you spent on training and dive equipment?

[Boarderguy]

The difference being that it can be done at your leisure and not on a time crunch. If I dive Saturday i may not go and get my tanks filled for a week or so. It is all based on when I have time to get there. I can also leave right from my house without having to make a trip to the lds the day of or evening before for a 24 hour rental. Convenience is the name of the game here.

 

[bakodiver391]

Maybe 50k, not including dive boat. But I've made hundreds of thousands with that gear diving professionally and commercial diving, so it's been a good investment, and a fun career.

 

[Gone for diving]

Convenience is the name of the game here.

You bet...

But it sure was even more convenient for me when I could pump my own air...
But I realize compressor for most people is not realistic

 

[rhwestfall]

1988 to present...

This is most of it.... well, sort of... (family of three...)

compressor isn't in view, another dozen tanks, wet suits, dry suit, lights, cameras, more regs, fins, okay, a bunch more...

Training: refer to my Bio....



Just doing my part to keep the dive industry going....

 

[broncobowsher]

$1, @Alaskan Scuba Dude, how about you?

I'm waiting to see his number. Since he also offers expert rebreather advise as well. Surely he has spent a lot of money.

Anyone else find it strange that he has not returned to this thread since he started it? (Sorry, I have to call the bot a "he" or else admin will pull my post for not being relevant to the thread)

 

[Gone for diving]

Since he also offers expert rebreather advise as well

For me that what gave "him" away.
Before that "he" was some one who's first language wasn't English...
I don't understand why scubaboard allows this.... are we sure this isn't scubaboard's help bot?

 

[buddhasummer]

More than my earlier life drug addiction that's for sure. An easy $30,000 at a guess, likely more, worth every penny though zero regrets, diving kinda saved me. Of course given current financial situation wish I'd stopped at first set of gear and never discovered SB.

 

[Doc Harry]

I wanted to get into cave diving and tech diving. But I live in the backwoods of Appalachia. I couldn't even get my cylinders filled within a 2 hour drive. Hardly the place for a tech diver. I either had to move to a more dive-friendly location, or turn my garage into a tech diving center.

I did the latter. I dove solo in deep, dark, cold Appalachian reservoirs, where the visibility was 6 inches to 2 feet, and I perfected my dive skills.

I set up a fill station in my garage, with continuous and pp blending. I inspected and maintained all of my own gear, regs, cylinders, valves, and the fill station.

Of course, I had to buy all that equipment and all the necessary tools. I had to attend all those classes that taught me how to use and maintain all that equipment, and how to run a fill station and mix deco gasses.

I'll let you guess how much all that cost me. Yes, I did complete full cave training. It was worth it all.

 

[BlueTrin]

Well if we are being serious ... 20k ok probably more. Alaskan Bot guy how much have you spent?

Is that without a CCR but with a DPV?

 

[Ulfhedinn]

Is that without a CCR but with a DPV?

Yep with a DPV.. but sadly no CCR.

It would probably double that number.