Question What to bring vs rent?
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Or don’t trust and bring your own stuff.
bryankwatts
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My wife and I don't trust maintenance on rental gear and so we always bring our own gear. In addition, it is gear that fits us well and is familiar to us. The only real downside for us is that we have a checked bag and sometimes have to pay a $30 checked bag fee each way.
About the same or better than the cost of renting.
My wife and I are friends with a couple who are experienced divers and have traveled all over (mostly, I believe, land-based resorts; liveaboards to a lesser extent), yet until recently they rented regs and BCs everywhere they went.
OMyMyOHellYes
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divingdayz
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I love traveling light, so unless I am going on a liveaboard I only bring my mask and my dive computer.
We often have guests coming to our dive shop that bring their own weights. I really can't figure out why. The airlines must love them and their excess costs.
We often have guests coming to our dive shop that bring their own weights. I really can't figure out why. The airlines must love them and their excess costs.
So for the ring “some” people, what gear do you dive with that can easily be substituted with unknown size or quality stuff?
OMyMyOHellYes
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