piikki
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I understand this thread is directly competing with two current threads about scuba purchases/gear most regretted/loved. I was reading them, and came to think about how many bad purchases I have avoided (IMO) almost directly because I started reading scubaboard about week before my check-outs. On the other hand, it has not been avoidance only, also some strong pushes towards looking into some options during this summer of shopping around for basic stuff. Maybe the effect cannot be accounted 100% to the board alone but so much so I could admit that the board was the first place where I started paying attention to something and/or what really helped me make my mind up.
Maybe this is not so interesting to people who owned most of their gear before scubaboard was born but here goes anyway: Which gear considerations, changes, and purchases of yours have been directly/strongly affected by reading this board? What have you gotten/avoided getting into because of comments, opinions, advice, ravings on this board? And hows it worked for you happy? Did you fall for something that wasnt you or are you generally greatful?
Was there perhaps something you kept reading about, wondered about but resisted and then noticed you should have listened to?
I think Ive gotten so many things to think about being totally new to this hobby that Ill need another post to consider my list .
Maybe this is not so interesting to people who owned most of their gear before scubaboard was born but here goes anyway: Which gear considerations, changes, and purchases of yours have been directly/strongly affected by reading this board? What have you gotten/avoided getting into because of comments, opinions, advice, ravings on this board? And hows it worked for you happy? Did you fall for something that wasnt you or are you generally greatful?
Was there perhaps something you kept reading about, wondered about but resisted and then noticed you should have listened to?
I think Ive gotten so many things to think about being totally new to this hobby that Ill need another post to consider my list .