Scuba-Why All The Gear?

[ianr33]

I oftentimes think that Scuba requires too much gear.

If I could do this I would happily sell all of it !

YouTube - William Trubridge freedives THE ARCH at Blue Hole, Dahab

Just amazing.

 

[nereas]

Free-diving is certainly less gear intensive. Fins and a mask are about all that are required. A swimsuit and a snorkel are nice but not critical.

But the idea of scuba is more bottom time. And this is why there is more gear.

 

[Bob3]

Hmmm... you may want to consider going the "vintage scuba" route, essentially being a freediver with tank & reg added. Backpack / harness and/or suit optional.

 

[spectrum]

I think divers are often to stuck on their ability to stay down and eschew making an occasional skin-dive outing. It really is a liberating feeling to dive down to whatever your ability allows and to wander through the water column with minimal gear.

Even here n the north country (Maine) we have a period when we can get by in trunks or a shorty and just strap on a cylinder and go diving sans BC.

Pete

 

[Garrobo]

Yeah, right.

 

[fisherdvm]

A student in our CW class today said that he can't afford the $70 OW check out dives this weekend. I asked him why. He said he is a college student, and he is saving money for a top of the line regulator and a dive computer.

I am not sure why folks spend so much money on expensive equipments, and yet willing to put off completing his training. He's already bought a henderson hyperstretch and a new BC. Kind of putting the cart before the horse....

 

[1_T_Submariner]

So do you think the training to do something like that is like???

I think I'm too lazy. I'll just keep my gear.

 

[1_T_Submariner]

A student in our CW class today said that he can't afford the $70 OW check out dives this weekend. I asked him why. He said he is a college student, and he is saving money for a top of the line regulator and a dive computer.

I am not sure why folks spend so much money on expensive equipments, and yet willing to put off completing his training. He's already bought a henderson hyperstretch and a new BC. Kind of putting the cart before the horse....

LDS and/or instructor giving bad advice? Like not getting your driver license because you bought a Porsche.

Edit CW = Confined Water????

 

[Nemrod]

All you really need is a mask, fins, cotton web harness, tank and a regulator. Optional knife and spg. Everything else is extra. People tend to make things more complicated than they really are. Take NASA for instance, it takes them the gross national product of South America to operate, take Burt Rutan, he get's into space for less change than NASA spends on their Christmas party.

You don't need all that stuff, par it down, simplify, streamline. Simple, robust systems are more reliable than complex redundant approaches. N

 

[vicdiver656]

Unfortunately, not all of us have lungs the size of HP 130s...... Drat....