Understanding my dive gear

[arj]

I just bought my first set of dive gear. I have beening renting for the last 10 yrs/100 dives.

I was hoping to do an PADI Equipment Specialist course just to get to know my gear better - I don't want to service it or anything like that, but would like to be able to do minor repairs in case something goes wrong and I'm on a boat where no-one knows my gear. No LDS offers this course.

Does anyone know if this course is any good and why is no-one running it. Maybe I should just buy a book? Whaddayh you think?

Thanks.

 

[Turtleguy9]

Aloha ARJ
I like teaching the course. But students for that class can be far between, as the student needs to have a desire to understand the way the gear functions. Most divers just seem to be interested in just diving, and then having someone else maintain their gear. You could indeed buy the book, and perhaps look for a independent instructor in your area.
Turtleguy

 

[Don Burke]

I just bought my first set of dive gear. I have beening renting for the last 10 yrs/100 dives.

I was hoping to do an PADI Equipment Specialist course just to get to know my gear better - I don't want to service it or anything like that, but would like to be able to do minor repairs in case something goes wrong and I'm on a boat where no-one knows my gear. No LDS offers this course.

Does anyone know if this course is any good and why is no-one running it. Maybe I should just buy a book? Whaddayh you think?

Thanks.

I took the course and peppered the instructor with questions the whole time. Since it was one-on-one, the course was as good as I wanted to make it.

Maybe I spoiled it for everyone.

Since you are unable to find an instructor and the course does not provide any certification, reading the book and asking questions here would seem to be your best option.

 

[JDostal]

I'm lucky - my LDS runs the course once a year, and does a REALLY good job. We take apart regs, tank valves, bcd's - all the cool stuff And once you've taken it, he lets you audit the class for free whenever you want after that.

As scary as it is, the Rescue Diver course from Padi actually has a lot of good info in it on common equipment problems, and some good explanations and diagrams on how a reg works. It's not as good as the equipment repair class, but it still gives you a little info.