UFOrb
Contributor
I first bought my own mask after having issues with rental masks during our 2nd dive trip when we did our AOW.
It took a while to buy anything else because I didn't wanna carry a lot of gear on holiday, esp as we have young kids.
It's not until I met someone in Thailand with all his own gear, who became my buddy for that trip (wife taking care of kids), that I started looking into it more. I was impressed with his Hollis LTS.
I don't like jacket style BCDs anyway so decided on a back inflate SP Litehawk. I also bought a computer.
I then before the following trip I bought regs after diving with rental regs that seemed like they hadn't been serviced properly. At least I know I take care of my regs.
The rest of the gear (fins, dsmb etc) just followed on. I've got everything I need and more now!
It is a lot of stuff to take on a family holiday but so worth it.
It took a while to buy anything else because I didn't wanna carry a lot of gear on holiday, esp as we have young kids.
It's not until I met someone in Thailand with all his own gear, who became my buddy for that trip (wife taking care of kids), that I started looking into it more. I was impressed with his Hollis LTS.
I don't like jacket style BCDs anyway so decided on a back inflate SP Litehawk. I also bought a computer.
I then before the following trip I bought regs after diving with rental regs that seemed like they hadn't been serviced properly. At least I know I take care of my regs.
The rest of the gear (fins, dsmb etc) just followed on. I've got everything I need and more now!
It is a lot of stuff to take on a family holiday but so worth it.