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- From: andy@hendrix.ece.uiuc.edu (Andy Bereson)
- Newsgroups: rec.scuba
- Subject: Info Req. New and Used Gear
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- Date: 23 Jan 93 23:05:04 GMT
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- I spend a huge amount of time on boats but am relatively new to scuba
- diving. I have recently gotten my PADI open water diver certificate and
- now have decided to invest in some gear.
-
- I have looked through teh archives and the FAQ but have not found any
- information or reviews of equipement that seemed particularly helpful.
-
- I wandered into the local dive shop where I was immediatly overwhelmed
- by a vast selection of gear of widely varying prices. What are the
- sorts of features that make one item worth more than another??? what are
- the standard sorts of names and items that are reliable and generally
- descent buys.
-
- I'm most concerned about the choice of BC and regulator as these are the
- most costly and most crucial items (I'm prbably not going to buy a tank
- at this time). I'm also a starving grad student, so price is an object.
- I don't have any idea how the prices of teh local store compare with
- others. I've heard the local store isn't bad, but I don't know what the
- items should cost.
-
- The local shop also has a few used items. The fellow I spoke with
- suggested that I might be interested in a particular used BC in the
- store. It is a Sherwood. The nearest thing I could make out to a model
- on it was the word "Freedom". It apeared to be in good shape. He said
- it had gone through only light use and was being sold by a grad student
- who needed teh money for school. What should I look for in used gear?
- What could go wrong with it that I should be concerned about? The
- asking price on the this used BC was about that of the cheapest new BC
- in the store (~$200.00). Is this a decent price for this equipement?
-
- The store also had an inexpensive used regulator for sale. I think it
- was a sherwood, but I've forgotten. Same questions about this as for
- teh BC.
-
- Any help would be appreciated!
-
-
-
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- Andy Bereson bereson@cs.uiuc.edu (217)244-3617
-
- "Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic
- but praiseworthy tendency to die before reproducing their kind" -Quine
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