Suggestions for Diver Tool Kit?

[Fin Finder]

Price of a water-resistant box...
$65.

Complete set of scuba tools and spares...
$137.

Buddies who pack an entire hardware store for every dive trip...
Priceless.

 

[Bob DBF]

Abandon the adjustable wrenches and multi-tools - these things are the spawn of the devil useful for rounding nuts or scratching chrome.

Although I agree with the rest of your post, I find that a quality adjustable wrench and/or multi-tool used properly is acceptable. I rarely use them in my home shop, but I have been known to use them effectively on the road. It also depends on one's talent as a mechanic, some folks have been known to do irreparable damage with proper tools.


With three divers traveling togather, a spare reg set might be a thought over the longer run.



Bob

 

[gbf]

I can break an anvil with a rubber mallet.

adjustable wrenches are a perfectly acceptable emergency tool. But if I'm building a kit for me then ain't none in there.

And a spare reg set always goes with me. Easiest thing is to swap and go.

 

[MichaelMc]

In terms of hoses, this adaptor turns a spare LP hose into a spare inflator hose.
DGX Adapter: Turns LP Reg Hose into BC Inflator Hose

Spare webbing. I realized this was missing from my kit after pantomiming how to slice me out of my rig with a ceramic cutter and cutting some bungee as it it wasn't there. (spare bungee I had, but not spare webbing)

+1 on spare reg set, I loaned the second stage to a buddy.

 

[Barnaby'sDad]

I got the below kit from Amazon. It has decent reviews and contains the basics. I keep this in a tool bag with defog solution, extra fin strap, multi-tool, extra o-rings, lighter, tech diving bungee cord, etc.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RS3Q0U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I’ll upgrade at some point, but for a basic/start kit, it’s not bad.

 

[Couv]

First let me say, thank you for doing this for your husband.

I'm going to suggest a couple of books before tools:
SCUBA REGULATOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SCUBA REGULATOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR by Vance Harlow
and REGULATOR SAVVY Regulator Savvy Book

Then let him pick out the tools himself.