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Originally Posted by maviczap
Yes, although I bet you can get some stuff 2nd hand, like the air cylinders & harnesses
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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.