I see posts all the time about new divers needing help to choose gear. When I was getting started, I loved to buy gear. In between big purchases (BCD, Regs, Tanks, etc) I would stop in and drool over the expensive stuff and usually would end up walking out of the shop with some minor piece of gear that I convinced myself I needed.
So, instead of telling new divers what to buy, I was hoping that some us could share what bits of gear you really kicked yourself for spending money on.
My top few mistakes include a gear keeper, an overkill dive knife, a computer that was the same as the Puck but cost about as much as a petrel, and an expensive noise maker/ shaker. IMO you should avoid purchasing these items.
Please let me know that I am not the only one to have been dipped in glue and rolled through a scuba shop by clever marketing ploys. What mistakes have you bought?
So, instead of telling new divers what to buy, I was hoping that some us could share what bits of gear you really kicked yourself for spending money on.
My top few mistakes include a gear keeper, an overkill dive knife, a computer that was the same as the Puck but cost about as much as a petrel, and an expensive noise maker/ shaker. IMO you should avoid purchasing these items.
Please let me know that I am not the only one to have been dipped in glue and rolled through a scuba shop by clever marketing ploys. What mistakes have you bought?