I was looking for some help buying equiptment

[cornfed]

Burner once bubbled...
Ok I think I understand now.
I need to buy everything seperately. It seems like it will end up being significantly more then just a standard back inflate BCD.
BP: ~100, wings: ~190, harness: ~30, mounting kit ~90
so it would be about 400 for everything I needed. (Prices are all from dive rite at leisure pro.)
This seems like it is a little bit more expensive then a back inflation BCD. I thought one of the advantags was that this kind of setup was generally cheaper, plus it also is a better overall setup.
Is there somewhere that will sell a package for cheaper?

Try Northeast Scuba Supply (http://www.northeastscubasupply.com/). They were running a deal for around $325 recently.

Drew

 

[cornfed]

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SeaJay
Thanks for the reply about the Viper. I have abandoned looking at that regulator, the ones that I was interested in were
ScubaPro MK2 Plus/R190 Regulator or Atomic Aquatics - Z1 Regulator
The other regulator I was considering in a package with a shop that isn't local but is still a real shop with full warantee is the genesis gs 2000 in the review that you posted that I had been looking at the genesis isn't a testers choice. I think the reason for that was that the other regulators had no weaknesses and they said that this model's weakness is a badly marked predive/dive switch. I don't see this as beinga problem do you see any problems.
Do all these regulators work with nitrox?

Take a look at the Apeks regs as well. They're a different design (diaphram instead of piston) then the ScubaPro. They are very good regs but for some reason don't get the coverage in magazines like Rodales that Scubapro and others seem to.

Drew

 

[SeaJay]

Apeks are excellent regs.

Scubapro also makes a couple of environmentally sealed diaphragm regs, called the MK16, the S550 (high performance primary) and R380 (low performance backup). Since I found it easier to get Scubapro regs serviced in my area than Apeks, I chose the MK16/S550/R380 over the Apeks regs.

I've heard great things about the Atomic that you mention... But the R190 and MK2 by Scubapro is, IMHO, a much older design. You might want to try those out before buying.

In fact, why not try everything out before buying? It seems like a good excuse to go diving, you know.

 

[scubadooba]

what about ebay?