Help me out here while you're all on the bandwagon.
My wife and I are going to be gearing up in the next few monts. Our LDS is mainly Sherwood and suggested the Blizzard, from what I read the Maximus is the same with a few more bells and whisltles that I like the sound of.
The odds of test diving the Blizzard, Maximus and higher end Apex units are probably slim since most of the rental gear I've seen is blore along the lines of the Sherwood Brute. Keep in mind I'm in Maine and the dive community is not as big or wealthy as in some other parts. The LDS is 2 minutes down the road from my home and it's the only one in our coastal county!
So for recreational diving how significant is this breathing ease? I see us doing a lot of shallow shore dives 20-40"? We are going to go for AOW deep for occasional boat dives here and I hope winter trips to warmer waters. We are planning to dive year round or at least nearly so locally and I at least want to take a stab at ice diving.
Are we splitting hairs in this range or are we talking about very deep / extended techical dives when this becomes significant?
Thanks for any perspective, this forum is awesome.
Pete
My wife and I are going to be gearing up in the next few monts. Our LDS is mainly Sherwood and suggested the Blizzard, from what I read the Maximus is the same with a few more bells and whisltles that I like the sound of.
The odds of test diving the Blizzard, Maximus and higher end Apex units are probably slim since most of the rental gear I've seen is blore along the lines of the Sherwood Brute. Keep in mind I'm in Maine and the dive community is not as big or wealthy as in some other parts. The LDS is 2 minutes down the road from my home and it's the only one in our coastal county!
So for recreational diving how significant is this breathing ease? I see us doing a lot of shallow shore dives 20-40"? We are going to go for AOW deep for occasional boat dives here and I hope winter trips to warmer waters. We are planning to dive year round or at least nearly so locally and I at least want to take a stab at ice diving.
Are we splitting hairs in this range or are we talking about very deep / extended techical dives when this becomes significant?
Thanks for any perspective, this forum is awesome.
Pete