Luke99
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Hey There,
Been lurking a bunch, learning what I can. I'm a fairly new diver looking to take the plunge and buy a full setup rather then using different rental gear all the time, which is getting a bit annoying when it comes to by buoyancy/trim and gear familiarity growth. Wanted to get your thoughts of the planned setup below, I know of course some things will be personal preference.
I will primarily be diving in the great lakes region, so cold fresh water, but I do dive in the warmer Caribbean waters about once or twice a year as well. I have some plans to dive in places like Egypt/Indonesian as well in the future. After many more dives and time in my own gear setup I might also entertain going down the tec path. (current certs: AOW, Nitrox, Drysuit, Wreck and Deep. about 50 dives, half fresh cold water, half Caribbean warm water. 20 dives in the drysuit (rental, I got the rental for free))
Potential Setup:
Regulator: Atomic M1 (long hose config)
Octo: M1 Octo (on a necklace)
Likely will do air integration when I switch computers to a perdix (currently have a peregrine)
BP&W: Hollis ST System (With steel plate), likely will do the integrated weight pockets for simplicity as well, not a huge fan of weight belts but I'd be open to trying them more
Dry Suit: DUI Cortez (the FLX extreme seems like an overall better buy, but looking to keep the dry suit cost a bit lower then that). I have explorered a few others options like seaskin,bare and hollis but the DUI seems like a good balance of quality and affordability. Probably will do a dry glove system, but that might be a future purchase.
Already own mask and jet fins
Since I have been diving deep and cold quite a bit this summer in Tobermory Ontario, and likely will continue to do so, I'm also highly considering a slung 40 pony as well for redundancy incase of a failure at depth for piece of mind, but also because I potentially will need one for a deco bottle in the future anyway, so might as well get some practice in diving with an additional bottle). Before anyone comments about that not being needed if following a plan and proper buddy procedures , etc, i get that. For me it would be a conservative approach to mitigate risk, especially as I build experience and also to practice with a slung bottle.
You all are a wealth of information and experience so would love to hear your thoughts.
Been lurking a bunch, learning what I can. I'm a fairly new diver looking to take the plunge and buy a full setup rather then using different rental gear all the time, which is getting a bit annoying when it comes to by buoyancy/trim and gear familiarity growth. Wanted to get your thoughts of the planned setup below, I know of course some things will be personal preference.
I will primarily be diving in the great lakes region, so cold fresh water, but I do dive in the warmer Caribbean waters about once or twice a year as well. I have some plans to dive in places like Egypt/Indonesian as well in the future. After many more dives and time in my own gear setup I might also entertain going down the tec path. (current certs: AOW, Nitrox, Drysuit, Wreck and Deep. about 50 dives, half fresh cold water, half Caribbean warm water. 20 dives in the drysuit (rental, I got the rental for free))
Potential Setup:
Regulator: Atomic M1 (long hose config)
Octo: M1 Octo (on a necklace)
Likely will do air integration when I switch computers to a perdix (currently have a peregrine)
BP&W: Hollis ST System (With steel plate), likely will do the integrated weight pockets for simplicity as well, not a huge fan of weight belts but I'd be open to trying them more
Dry Suit: DUI Cortez (the FLX extreme seems like an overall better buy, but looking to keep the dry suit cost a bit lower then that). I have explorered a few others options like seaskin,bare and hollis but the DUI seems like a good balance of quality and affordability. Probably will do a dry glove system, but that might be a future purchase.
Already own mask and jet fins
Since I have been diving deep and cold quite a bit this summer in Tobermory Ontario, and likely will continue to do so, I'm also highly considering a slung 40 pony as well for redundancy incase of a failure at depth for piece of mind, but also because I potentially will need one for a deco bottle in the future anyway, so might as well get some practice in diving with an additional bottle). Before anyone comments about that not being needed if following a plan and proper buddy procedures , etc, i get that. For me it would be a conservative approach to mitigate risk, especially as I build experience and also to practice with a slung bottle.
You all are a wealth of information and experience so would love to hear your thoughts.