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SUPERSTARDJ01
05-09-11, 08:23 AM
Hi all,
I qualify as an open water diver in October and was wondering if anyone else on here is as well, and would maybe like a buddy? http://www.mcnninjas.co.uk/forum/Smileys/mcnninjas_classic/ROTFLMAO.gif
timwilky
05-09-11, 08:41 AM
My nephew is an "Advanced diver" and rescue diver whatever that is. I know it means he knocks on my door with big crustaceans for the pot. yum yum, enjoy the foraging.
maviczap
05-09-11, 08:43 AM
Keith_D does a bit I think
Theboatman is also qualified in all sorts of diving stuff, trimix and advanced open water diving.
*knows nothing about diving* :P
yorkie_chris
05-09-11, 09:16 AM
I will have my PADI open water as of Saturday hopefully. Although how that relates to qualified and/or competent I'm not convinced :smt082
rictus01
05-09-11, 09:22 AM
mixed gases, surface demand, re-breather certified as well as Padi dive master, so yeah done a bit.
Cheers Mark.
I started my BSAC many many many years ago. My Dad was a Class1 instrutor. I could never get used to being able to breathe underwater so gave up.
diamond
05-09-11, 11:36 AM
I'm a PADI open water diver, infact only just come back from Gozo where there is some great diving. Dived an awesome wreck of a german patrol boat whilst i was away.
SUPERSTARDJ01
05-09-11, 01:19 PM
So anyone up for a UK dive later on the year?
rictus01
05-09-11, 01:27 PM
fraid not in my case, apart from the knee thing; I mainly done wreak and cave diving around these shores that ment dry suit stuff, heavy old kit to lug about, all a bit energetic and demanding, bit to old for that kind of thing now.
Cheers Mark.
SUPERSTARDJ01
05-09-11, 01:50 PM
I would love to wreck/cave dive but will probably need a dry suit at some point.
yorkie_chris
05-09-11, 02:08 PM
I'd be up for it, I'm looking for someone local who doesn't mind getting cold and bored doing some skills/navigation etc in some reservoir or something reasonably locally to get me some practice in before I go for any further badge collecting. Preferably without paying £10+ to get into various quarries!
There are some good used deals on drysuits, <£100, then worst case if you need zip and all seals then about £150 to get it fixed or about £75 for zip, tenner for seals if you can have a go yourself.
You got rest of kit?
rictus01
05-09-11, 02:59 PM
I'm not sure if it's changed, but the standard open water PADI certification didn't include drysuit diving, as this requires additional training and was a separate course, it could all be combined now, but knowing PADI and their fondness for making money out of you I think probably not.
You and YC should speak to the boatman, he runs plenty dive trips and he'd prob be able to help kit you both out with dry suits etc.
link to his website: http://www.fynepioneer.co.uk/ forgot this one: http://www.hydrapro.co.uk/
rictus01
05-09-11, 03:04 PM
Oh and Chris, whilst I applaud you frugalness, Diving isn't one of those activities you want to "have a go yourself" with kit wise, even dry suits are live saving kit both thermally as well as buoyancy wise, you mess around with that kind of thing at your own (and maybe buddies) peril.
Cheers Mark.
SUPERSTARDJ01
05-09-11, 03:10 PM
I'd be up for it, I'm looking for someone local who doesn't mind getting cold and bored doing some skills/navigation etc in some reservoir or something reasonably locally to get me some practice in before I go for any further badge collecting. Preferably without paying £10+ to get into various quarries!
There are some good used deals on drysuits, <£100, then worst case if you need zip and all seals then about £150 to get it fixed or about £75 for zip, tenner for seals if you can have a go yourself.
You got rest of kit?
At the mo i'm just obtaining kit and do plan to do drysuit and deep water qualifications before this time next year, I have a mask and snorkle, fins getting a secondhand semi dry for now, dive computer Suunto Vyper for crimbo, and possibly a BCD dont think i'll bother with a tank.
I maybe in Leeds later this year if you fancy a dive at the blue lagoon in Ponte.
yorkie_chris
05-09-11, 05:32 PM
Yeah sounds good, I'll have a spare 9l 207bar once I get the new 12l tested.
I did first bit of OW at Blue Lagoon on Saturday, the name is a rather ironic one :-P
I'm not sure if it's changed, but the standard open water PADI certification didn't include drysuit diving, as this requires additional training and was a separate course, it could all be combined now, but knowing PADI and their fondness for making money out of you I think probably not.
We're being taught drysuit use on the open water bit, they've kindly offered to "stamp the card" for a bargain £85. The drysuit speciality isn't included as part of OW, though we are actually doing it in it. TBH it seems to be throwing good money after bad paying a ticket for the privilege of renting kit!
Oh and Chris, whilst I applaud you frugalness, Diving isn't one of those activities you want to "have a go yourself" with kit wise, even dry suits are live saving kit both thermally as well as buoyancy wise, you mess around with that kind of thing at your own (and maybe buddies) peril.
Cheers Mark.
I can see your point though I disagree, lots of people would change a seal or what have you mid-trip themselves. Would you fly home from Egypt etc. to have your friendly local dive shop mend a sundry item for you?
I'd rather learn how to do these things myself and have a mate who's been doing this stuff for years check the job over afterwards. Same with the bikes, I'd rather know myself than blindly trust "the main dealer" to do it right when my life depends on it. Saving a few quid is a completely secondary objective.
metalmonkey
05-09-11, 05:55 PM
I'm an advanced diver, thought I haven't dived for a long time. It will be dam cold in October I would have thought, the average water temperature is down due to the poor summer.
:smt006 Advanced and PADI enriched air diver. I got mine over in Sharm many years ago, sadly haven“t been able to use it much.
Although I am guessing a trip over here isn“t in your plans, and UK water is far too cold for my liking!!!
rictus01
05-09-11, 07:11 PM
I can see your point though I disagree, lots of people would change a seal or what have you mid-trip themselves. Would you fly home from Egypt etc. to have your friendly local dive shop mend a sundry item for you?
I'd rather learn how to do these things myself and have a mate who's been doing this stuff for years check the job over afterwards. Same with the bikes, I'd rather know myself than blindly trust "the main dealer" to do it right when my life depends on it. Saving a few quid is a completely secondary objective.
If that's what you had originally said, then I would have disagreed, but seen your point, you didn't though.
but in answer to first question at your level yes I probably would have taken it to a dive shop where I was, obviously made sure they were certified and got them to do it, but then I suppose it much depends on what sort of diving you're doing, you can always just straighten your knees....;)
Cheers Mark.
Bluefish
05-09-11, 07:39 PM
:smt006 Advanced and PADI enriched air diver. I got mine over in Sharm many years ago, sadly haven“t been able to use it much.
Although I am guessing a trip over here isn“t in your plans, and UK water is far too cold for my liking!!!
Same as me, sold my kit apart from my regs, i think, too cold and crap viz over here :(
theboatman
05-09-11, 07:46 PM
Ello,
Quite appropriate, but I am just back from a long weekend taking divers out... Not sure if people are interested, but I could organise a weekend with some diving up in Loch Fyne, I could organise try dives for those that want to try and they take some of you out on the boat to do some great diving, I've been talking to YC about this anyway. Those that don't dive/want to can go and play on the bikes round Glencoe (just up the road) or rest and be thankful... I'm a BSAC and IANTD instructor, so if any of you need/want advice, either drop me a PM or give me a ring and I will see what I can do to help.
AndyBrad
05-09-11, 08:23 PM
qualified but never use it.
YC try the halifax dive club, wednesday nights about 8pm at halifax pool. Somone there will be glad to get you wet!
yorkie_chris
09-09-11, 11:50 AM
No chance of getting out in the sea this weekend but will hopefully get the last 2 qualifying dives done next weekend :D
Then just how to figure out how to get 2 kit bags and a 12l 232bar air cylinder to attach to the back of the XJ :smt077
keith_d
09-09-11, 01:08 PM
No chance of getting out in the sea this weekend but will hopefully get the last 2 qualifying dives done next weekend :D
Then just how to figure out how to get 2 kit bags and a 12l 232bar air cylinder to attach to the back of the XJ :smt077
Now you know why I drive a Mondeo Estate. Room for three divers and their kit.
Keith.
blue curvy jester
09-09-11, 02:30 PM
aye qualified
but bugger diving in this country far too cold ( even though the reefs in west wales are supposed to be barrier reef rivals)
yorkie_chris
23-09-11, 02:01 PM
No chance of getting out in the sea this weekend but will hopefully get the last 2 qualifying dives done next weekend :D
Orrr not.
Blown out again.
Got kit except for BCD and one of those pesky stamps on the cylinder, still looking on ebay :-P
Currently reading "Shadow Divers" by Rober Kurson, bloody excellent! (Love you Maria!!)
BernardBikerchick
23-09-11, 03:04 PM
i would love to do tat !!! keith d does suba diving though !
Macpauley
23-09-11, 03:11 PM
BSAC Advanced Diver & PADI Dive Master, but it's been a while since I got wet.
Dived California, Egypt, British Columbia, Med, Caribbean & a lot around UK in my time.
My dads a OWI & DO for the local club and keeps trying to get me back to Stoney........
yorkie_chris
23-09-11, 04:24 PM
I'll be there on 8th/9th October doing my advanced OW.
Macpauley
23-09-11, 06:41 PM
Chilly! Good luck though!
I practically grew up in stoney cove, gildenburg, and Fort Bovisand.......
-Ralph-
23-09-11, 06:42 PM
Just a guess, but a new member just signed up....
http://forums.sv650.org/member.php?u=16245
Tim in Belgium
23-09-11, 07:38 PM
I'm a warm weather diver only, advanced + nitrox, plus I've done some deep diving with multiple decompression stops, spare cylinders dangling from buoys etc!! Perhaps a little silly but I was young and immature.
Never done anything cold water. One day I fancy it, but too much to do, too little time!!
yorkie_chris
06-10-11, 11:02 PM
Need more luggage rack space.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/73/dscf9672c.jpg
It looks like the bike has had a scuba lesson too ;)
AndyBrad
07-10-11, 06:19 AM
Holy crap man I hope your not intending to ride it with that tank on there!!!!!!!!
missyburd
07-10-11, 08:02 AM
Holy crap man I hope your not intending to ride it with that tank on there!!!!!!!!
It's empty....but still, rather him than me!
yorkie_chris
07-10-11, 09:24 AM
Holy crap man I hope your not intending to ride it with that tank on there!!!!!!!!
Why the f*** else would I put it there? :smt082
I did it, I've done it before, I'm still alive. Must be perfectly safe. We used to have bikes with tins of gas on the back of them all the time... just that was a bit of a different gas and a sight more dangerous than air!
AndyBrad
07-10-11, 10:01 AM
thing is if its got air in and you drop the bike your going to kill the small kid at the side of the road/in the car next to ya!
irresponcible imo :( sort it out chap, hire it or use a car.
Qualified as PADI Rescue Diver over in Austrailia back in 1989-1990, but since I had my pneumothorax and developed Asthma I'm not allowwed to dive anymore :0( last time I dived was off the Coast of Brac, Croatia in 2003 when I went over there to help close down the Adventitious training centre and get rid of the 8 ISO containers.
The best place I dived was of the coast of Belize... :0)
Good times.
rictus01
07-10-11, 03:46 PM
The best place I dived was of the coast of Belize... :0)
Good times.
Placencia for the whale sharks and the blue hole at lighthouse were awesome experiences; shark ray alley is something else as well as it's only in 3m depth.
Cheers Mark.
yorkie_chris
07-10-11, 04:21 PM
thing is if its got air in and you drop the bike your going to kill the small kid at the side of the road/in the car next to ya!
irresponcible imo :( sort it out chap, hire it or use a car.
Given the choice I'd rather stick it all in a nice van that I could kip in the back of too, but the £2000 insurance quotes write that idea off. C***s!
The dip tubes on those valves mean it won't take off like a rocket, especially not held down with 2 or more ratchet straps. And I'd be more worried about the 160kg of hot metal and petrol...
Tim in Belgium
07-10-11, 08:33 PM
Riding a bike with 160 kg of hot petrol! :shock: very irresponsible!!
Red Herring
08-10-11, 08:42 AM
Holy crap man I hope your not intending to ride it with that tank on there!!!!!!!!
He could always try and wear it....along with the rest of his gear. Not sure about the abrasion qualities but he shouldn't slide to far in a rubber wetsuit....:D
yorkie_chris
08-10-11, 05:46 PM
Tell you what I think you could be onto something there, plug in the drysuit inflator too and push it in case of a crash.... instant pneumatic shock absorbing too. Might roll a fair distance though...
theboatman
08-10-11, 05:51 PM
Tell you what I think you could be onto something there, plug in the drysuit inflator too and push it in case of a crash.... instant pneumatic shock absorbing too. Might roll a fair distance though...
Not going to work, it would not keep your arms in, 10/10 for trying tho, just using the BCD might work :D
yorkie_chris
12-06-12, 12:03 PM
So how is everyone else who popped in here getting on with their diving?
Wish I'd started years ago...
Going to the Clyde to look at some rusty scrap in August, and hopefully get a cheeky one in at the end of this month, but am poor so will be pikeying it up in the back of the van if I go for that...
And I've started leaving a full cylinder on the back of the bike all the time, find everyone gives you loads of room filtering :-P
yorkie_chris
12-06-12, 12:15 PM
...could organise a weekend with some diving up in Loch Fyne, I could organise try dives for those that want to try and they take some of you out on the boat to do some great diving...
Anyone interested?
I think this could be a good laugh.
SUPERSTARDJ01
12-06-12, 01:20 PM
Sounds interesting but due to a holiday booked in August this would have to wait till next year, went to Stoney Cove Sunday just gone, had a great time 1st dive viz was crap maybe 3-4 feet and ended after 12mins as my buddy had issues, next dive lasted 22mins and much clearer deepest we went though was 7.1m.
tactcom7
12-06-12, 01:40 PM
Always fancied learning, done the odd dive on holiday etc. The missus is up for learning as well. Where's this blue lagoon in ponte of which you speak? or is that slang for the lake in ponte park ;)
yorkie_chris
12-06-12, 02:06 PM
It's a muddy puddle. If you want a quarry go to capers instead, IMO.
Would recommend a trip to loch fyne, I am sure boatman would be able to sort kit lending and a shallow and scenic dive which will be a hell of a lot more enjoyable.
SUPERSTARDJ01
12-06-12, 02:09 PM
The blue lagoon was lovely and clear when I went.
yorkie_chris
12-06-12, 02:17 PM
I was there in winter, maybe rain and wind had stirred it up.
tactcom7
12-06-12, 02:42 PM
Ah rait, there's loads of quarries round our end, wouldnt fancy diving in any of em mind, too many birnt out cars etc.
The few times i have done it i always end up wih a very dry mouth, is that down to mixture or is it common?
SUPERSTARDJ01
12-06-12, 02:50 PM
Ah rait, there's loads of quarries round our end, wouldnt fancy diving in any of em mind, too many birnt out cars etc.
The few times i have done it i always end up wih a very dry mouth, is that down to mixture or is it common?
This is due to the dry air put in the cylinder to stop it from rusting inside, I always suck like I'm sucking on a straw when my mouth is dry, this way I suck in the moisture left on my reg.
yorkie_chris
12-06-12, 03:23 PM
Yeah it's common to get cotton mouth. I remember it being vividly unpleasant the first dive I did (on holiday) but not too much of a problem since.
You can always take reg out and have a bit of a swill round... probably not a good idea in quarries near ponte though :-P
robh539
12-06-12, 03:31 PM
I never really noticed or bothered by dry mouth, but the snorkel when learning wasnt pleasant. Not keen on the taste of rubber from it.
Advanced Open water diver.
But I've not dived for quite some years now :(
lukemillar
13-06-12, 11:55 PM
Haven't posted for a while, but saw this thread.
I dive fair regularly (except now, because it's winter in NZ!). Am finally going to crack and buy a dry suit as right now the water is about 8 degrees which kills me! Also do a lot of hunting/gathering here in NZ - fresh scallops and crayfish which is awesome and a completely different kind of diving.
Have master scuba diver cert + EAN
yorkie_chris
14-06-12, 07:41 AM
nom :)
Is it as bad as Scotland in February?
yorkie_chris
07-08-12, 09:17 AM
Clyde trip this weekend :)
BigBaddad
07-08-12, 05:57 PM
Did my padi open water back in the mid 90's. Only use it on holidays.
yorkie_chris
18-09-12, 08:42 PM
Just back from a trip to Loch Sunart.
4 or so days pikeying it up in the back of the van. 7 dives including some relatively deep ones and a decent meal of scallops to boot :)
Need a fresh logbook :)
Tim in Belgium
18-09-12, 09:31 PM
Just started spearfishing.
Getting better at holding my breath. Not had much success so far. Not really scuba diving this. The North Sea seems a fun place to learn!
I have been spearfishing for 2 years now, let me know if anyone is up for a trip... Just wear 5-7mm suits and your should be alright even though we are getting closer to winther.
Tim in Belgium
22-09-12, 05:50 PM
Just ordered some books on how to hold my breath better!
yorkie_chris
22-09-12, 05:52 PM
http://www.nigelhewitt.co.uk/stuff/2004-01-10/index.html
Bluefish
22-09-12, 08:40 PM
Very interesting chris. We are hopefully going back to sharm next year for a spot of warm water diving :D
yorkie_chris
25-09-12, 02:17 PM
Very interesting chris. We are hopefully going back to sharm next year for a spot of warm water diving :D
Excellent :)
I keep looking at warm water diving but it's a dear do, could do 50 dives over here all in for the price of a trip. Chuuk lagoon is definitely on the list within hopefully not too many years, as is the great lakes... this pic is of a ship sunk in 1899 would you believe! The low oxygen content of the water has meant it's very preserved:
http://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/images/typo001.jpg
yorkie_chris
25-09-12, 03:35 PM
That one's about 50m I think
SUPERSTARDJ01
25-09-12, 03:39 PM
Just got back from Florida and did some warm water diving, so much better than cold water but TBH I enjoy both, got a tourch and some other bits for my collection, we should meet up for an inland UK dive.
Tim in Belgium
17-11-12, 09:21 AM
Going spearfishing off Redcar scars this lunch time. Freediving though. Hoping to bag a fish or two. Fingers crossed for the vis.
yorkie_chris
17-11-12, 10:25 AM
Just got back from Florida and did some warm water diving, so much better than cold water but TBH I enjoy both, got a tourch and some other bits for my collection, we should meet up for an inland UK dive.
pft
Dotty on 16th december is a possibility, that's proper cold though. Probably 5 deg or so. I quite fancy hodge close at some point too.
I've got a new torch on't way my mate is just making me the bits for it on his reet fancy CNC.
http://imageshack.us/a/img543/3751/torchscrngrab2.jpg
that's the head of it, it's an umbilical one, should get a strong 6 hours with the best part of 1000 lumens.
http://imageshack.us/a/img9/6853/imag0189a.jpg
This is part of the kit to lug around... not much and it will fit on a bike but whenever I take the van it seems to end up full. Like with kayaks, and SVs, and 20 cylinders, and hundreds of liters of fuel...
Got lucky with kit, £80 for an otter ultimate drysuit, £300 for some twin 12s :)
Of course we are all proper classy on dive trips... here is Si and his crew for the last trip in their luxury accomodation tucking into their fine continental breakfast...
http://imageshack.us/a/img10/9060/imag0194gm.jpg
yorkie_chris
18-11-12, 07:45 PM
Can ya tell what it is yet
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7006/scrns225.jpg
keith_d
19-11-12, 11:52 AM
It looks like a rebreather handset, with a couple of holes on the right hand end for switches.
What sort of connection are you going to use between the handsets and the electronics? A straight cable, or are you going to sheath it in something?
yorkie_chris
19-11-12, 05:59 PM
2 holes in right side for cables one from sensors other one out to HUD... just use normal multicore cable but with some Agro glands that are the dogs bollox. Hole on other end just a plug for charging and calibrating.
yorkie_chris
12-01-13, 10:18 AM
Fer fooooks sake Mr Draeger.... This is a fine germanic lesson in how to engineer something to be as bloody overcomplicated as possible.
I was tempted to add a 1l o2 bottle to this and some cells in the head of the scrubber as a (very) poor mans CCR but sod that. Taking it to bits to clean the counterlungs out just took me nearly 30 minutes. Yeugh.
http://imageshack.us/a/img338/8158/imag0352pc.jpg
On the other hand the DSV and hoses will work a treat on something else that's on the way...
Bluefish
12-01-13, 01:55 PM
Will be off to Cornwall the Lizard, for holls this summer and they have a dive coy on site, so would be rude not to have a few dives, will have to hire the kit though sold all mine, well most of it, come to think of it I'm sure I still have a bcd, a set of regs and some weights.
yorkie_chris
11-07-13, 02:32 PM
Off up to Kinlochbervie, Lochinver and Handa for 6 days on Tuesday :mrgreen:
TheRuffellator
12-07-13, 04:56 PM
Did my open water diver as soon as I was old enough to, absolutely love it! :D I'd be up or a trip somewhere if people are going :)
yorkie_chris
13-07-13, 10:44 PM
:)
Have to sort a trip for the org divers some time.
Take the bikes up as well. Nice 50m shore dive at loch inver followed by a couple of laps of the kinlochleven loop... muahaha!
Chris199
15-07-13, 07:20 PM
seen the word diving and became instantly interested haha, im recently qualified from the fort William underwater centre for commercial diving and living up here in Shetland working as a commercial diver, so have allot of qualifications and a few hundred dives under my belt now. really want to go diving in Scapa Flow Orkney and would like to get a few people who are interested and get together and do it :)
yorkie_chris
25-08-13, 09:40 AM
The lochinver trip we did the other month was brilliant, cracking do. Back in the garage again still making bits and bobs of kit :)
Diving withdrawal symptoms :(
Going to bump a really old thread but my wife and I are looking to getting into diving. Any tips?
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Teejayexc
03-02-15, 10:40 PM
Must resist, must resist......
theboatman
03-02-15, 10:54 PM
Going to bump a really old thread but my wife and I are looking to getting into diving. Any tips?
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Where are you based? Have you dived before? I teach in Scotland and Northern England and also run a charter boat on the west coast of Scotland.
I am in Ipswich. I did an open water dive in Turkey and have done a pool trial dive.
Littlepeahead
04-02-15, 07:45 AM
CMSD2 (Chris) is diving near Phuket this week, (I'm flying out to meet him tomorrow, 2 weeks biking, woohoo!) And he did his PADI or whatever it's called last summer in the UK. I'll ask him to PM you the place and costs, which was Surrey area I believe. May take a couple of weeks though as we're heading to the North and the WiFi on the Burmese border is patchy.
SUPERSTARDJ01
04-02-15, 08:51 AM
Pick a good school
keith_d
04-02-15, 09:15 AM
Pick a good school
Of course you only recognise a good school when you've been diving for a while.
Here's my 2d worth.
1) Start off by doing a PADI Open Water qualification somewhere warm with plenty of interesting fish. Then spend a few days going diving and see how you get on.
After 20 or 30 dives a lot of the basic stuff starts to become routine and you can concentrate on skills like buoyancy.
2) When you get back think about whether you want to take up UK diving. Diving in the UK is harder work than diving in the tropics because the water is colder and you need more insulation. But there are some great dives around our coasts.
If that appeals start looking at your local dive clubs to find one that goes diving regularly and drinks plenty of beer. The beer is essential because UK dives are sometimes cancelled due to sea conditions and you need something to do while the rain is lashing against the windows.
On the plus side, once you're used to diving in the UK tropical diving is an absolute doddle.
Just my thoughts,
Keith.
We were thinking the same about UK diving. If we learn here then anywhere else would be straightforward! Going to chat with Diveline on Friday/Saturday and see what they can offer. Also going to the London International Dive show at the Excel. This ties in with the Triathlon Show, London Cycle Show as well and the MCN bike show.
maviczap
04-02-15, 08:49 PM
We were thinking the same about UK diving. If we learn here then anywhere else would be straightforward! Going to chat with Diveline on Friday/Saturday and see what they can offer. Also going to the London International Dive show at the Excel. This ties in with the Triathlon Show, London Cycle Show as well and the MCN bike show.
Diveline are very good, they charge the air bottle we use at work for our BA equipment.
If you ask politely, they might give you a free trial dive in their pool. Its great fun & warm.
My sister did her PADI course somewhere near Peterborough, but she's been diving all over the world, usual places.
Popped in and spoke with David at Diveline. We have taken the first step and picked up the training packs. Will do the theory first while we put some money aside.
maviczap
06-02-15, 05:12 PM
Cool, I'd love to do it, but I have too many expensive hobbies already.
It's not too bad for the training, I think its the kit that will cost!
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maviczap
06-02-15, 07:43 PM
Yes, although I bet you can get some stuff 2nd hand, like the air cylinders & harnesses
keith_d
07-02-15, 07:19 AM
Yes, although I bet you can get some stuff 2nd hand, like the air cylinders & harnesses
Here's what I bought new and what second-hand.
New:
Computer (these days I'd get a secondhand vyper)
Regulators
Mask
Drysuit
Secondhand:
Wetsuit
Backplate & wing (similar to BCD)
Weight harness
Fins
Weights
Torch
I bought a lot of my secondhand kit from club members. The club also had a reasonable amount of equipment that the trainees could use on club dives which helped to spread the cost a bit when I started out.
I used club cylinders for a long while, then bought a couple of new ones in a sale because secondhand ones almost all needed testing which worked out almost the same as new ones.
Keith.
From speaking to the chap at Diveline, there are just some things that are not worth skimping on, as you have said in your new only section. Looking at the prices in their shop, mask and fins aren't too badly priced. Going to looks at LIDS next week and try on some masks and stuff. Would you recommend normal or split fins?
Must resist, must resist......
You know you want to!
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