Thankfully there is nothing I'll need from a dive shop for the next few years. They will have to survive without me!
I've spent the last month boxing up my dive gear and tools for the move to Lake City and I'm almost done 3 and a half tons later. Tonight I'll put the last 50L 300Bar O2 tank in it's made to measure wooden container. Then I still have to box up 4 AL80s, 3 AL40s, 4 3L 300Bar diluent and O2 tanks, 2 2L 200bar Argon Tanks with regs, 3 Stage Regs, an XCCR RB, the last 2 unboxed Drysuits, Weezle Extreme +, heating vest and whatever else is still lying around in my ManCave. Then I'll have to pack my trophies, pictures, painting, clothes, shoes, PCs and the rest of my odds and ends and arrange to get it all shipped in a container to Lake City Florida.
The only things I'll need in the next 5 years are a new gas contract, Masterline Booster, lots of rebuild kits for my MK17 and MK20 first stages, and 15 or so Apeks 2nd stage kits, which I'll all get mail order (with the exception of the gas contract). Everything else, I have spares for the spares.
Sure I'd like 2 of John Nellis's scooters, but I can continue to make due with my 3 LiFePO4 gavin scooters for a few more years.
I'm at the point that if a dive shop has it in stock, I either already have lots of them, or wouldn't want it in my house.
Michael