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Originally Posted by lukemillar
Hi,
I was wondering if any of the .orgs scuba divers could help us out with the difference and quality between the different brands. I'm looking to buy some kit at the moment, yet don't want to buy something that isn't that great because of my lack of knowledge!
Brands i'm looking at are:
Scubapro
Mares
US Divers
Tusa
Aqualung
Any others?
I find that shops here tend to sell only one or two brands and so trying to get an objective view across the board is tough!
I'm after:
BCD
Reg + Occy
Thanks all!
Luke
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I have used Scubapro as the regs of choise for the dive centre that I used to own. Avoid aqualung like the plague. I myself use Poseidon 500 but they are a bit heavy but you can use them from both sides, so it does not matter on what side you carry your occy. I use a long hose on my main reg 210cm of it and hand that over to the buddy,but that is a matter of choice also. I don?t know where your diving will take youbut have you considered getting a wing and backplate instead of a BCD as thosethings will grow with your diving and I find them a lot more comfortable then a BCD, also the wing is modular and if something breaks, you can just change that part of it and don?t have to bin the whole thing. If on the other hand you just want to do the odd dip when on holls, anything goes, whatever you get, keep it clean and it will last a lot longer.
ATB
Michael