What did you buy that you regret?

[Lukas]

Aqualung blades II. Bought them for 130$ CAD, took them on one dive, came home and bought a pair of jet fins on ebay for 60$ CAD. They go twice as fast

 

[Nemrod]

Aqua Lung Legend.

Too much plastic, too little metal, to finiky, not very durable, does not breath like I expected for that much money.

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[DennisS]

Dive Rite cannister light, old style. I was going to make a video light out of it, too big, too bulky. Anyone want to buy a large cannister light?

I like my cobra console, snorkel and aluminum tanks. One mans trash is another mans treasure. Ebay made a fortune with this philosophy.

 

[Carribeandiver]

gee, TS, your post sounds like something I wrote. I was advised NOT to buy equipment before I got certified and to try various configurations but NOooooo. I took the class/pool portion of my OW and rushed out to buy my gear. Like you I wanted streamlined so I bought the Air2 over the Octo and now regret it for the same reasons TS&M stated. Difficult to use and if the need arose, I would really regret having to breath on that thing while my buddy used my easy breathing reg.
I got lucky and got fins I like but bought a mask I quickly replaced. I have a Scuba Pro GlidePlus BC and I know it is good quality but wonder what a back inflated BC is like.
I bought a SmartCom computer and hate it. Sure, it provides all the info I need underwater but it is very user un-friendly when trying to run through the menu. And the alarms.....they are factory set so conservatively they are ridiculous. I kick twice and the breathing too hard lungs icon pops up. Seemingly the thing is always beeping for something or other. I have learned to ignore it but everyone I dive with is always looking around wondering what is that beeping and where is it coming from. Anyone diving with me more than once just has a laugh with me about it.
If I could do it over,,,,,,,

 

[RoyN]

Bought wetsuit that was size large, then had to get one that was medium, and finally small. Same thing for the BC which had an Oceanic ProbeLX from a large, then to a small, but decided wanted a knighthawk.

 

[redrover]

The things I lost.

 

[soonerwink]

I bought a purge mask and hated it. I took some advice from an old diver who said you had to have one of these. It hurt my nose when I equalized my ears. But I was able to sell it on ebay for what I paid for it.

 

[Scububbs]

I bought a used drysuit on eBay. It was a great deal until it arrived and I found the seller hadn't disclosed the fact that the suit was for a 7 foot tall diver. I was stuck, but relisted it on eBay with an honest description of the size and discovered there are actually quite a few 7 foot tall divers out there. The only real concern seemed to be what size boots had been sewn into the suit. Eventually I found a buyer who fit the suit and was happy with the purchase. I won't buy anything that needs to be fitted unless I can try it on first.

 

[shark.byte.usa]

SP Twin Jets - Replace with $20 Jets from eBay and sold Twins on eBay for what I paid for them.

Yoke regs - Wish I would have gone with the DIN and spent a few extra bucks and got the enviro sealed model, now I wouldn't be thinking of upgrading.

Console - didn't last long

Snorkel - Expensive dry snorkel sits decaying on the bottom of dive box.

Catalina C80 - Darn thing never gets filled to 3300, so I usually end up with 65-68cf instead of 77!

Retractible compass - Hate it, will go wrist mount

 

[SwimJim]

A wedding ring for my first wife.