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I have not needed any dive gear in quite some time. But I don't let something little like that stop me. Too often, the deal is just too good to pass up.
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The financial penalty is I have to buy two.So I'm wondering . . . for those of you out there who are lusting after some piece of dive gear you think would make life better, what's the financial penalty that's stopping you from getting what you think you really want?
I will confess it . . . I have a lot of dive gear. I have a fair amount of dive gear which replaced other dive gear I bought. I bought the original stuff because I thought I liked it, and I replaced it because I found something I thought I liked better.
Recently, I have run into two "I think I'll like it better" issues where I haven't been willing to pull the trigger on replacing what I have. With one of them, I WOULD do it if I could sell what I have now (which I haven't been able to). With the other, the incremental cost of upgrading, even after selling what I have, would be over $1000 -- and I just can't come up with a justification for why the new product is THAT much better than what I'm using.
So I'm wondering . . . for those of you out there who are lusting after some piece of dive gear you think would make life better, what's the financial penalty that's stopping you from getting what you think you really want?
My wife and I are in the process of upgrading our gear from jacket bcd to bpw and progressing towards more technical types of diving as we would like in the next three years do a few weeks of diving deeper wrecks and have the option to enter some of them. So we are going through something like what you mentioned. Its funny how we are trying to go more minimilistic but its not really "cheap", I have always found you get what you pay for and while I am frugal I am not afraid to spend a buck, but in this case I have to typically do it times two.
Biggest quandry has been to get a bpw and go doubles or singles, well after crunching the numbers we decided it was more inline with our immediate budget to go singles and can always dish out the money for a doubles wing, but still need better lights, more regs, more tanks, and so on and so on. Yeah, I feel ya.
My case . . .huge initial outlay monies for MX Rebreather Unit & UTD Training over a year and amortizing recouping the cost on a Bikini Atoll Trip 2014 on MX RB with a $$$ savings per dive (Helium will probably be $4.50/cf and O2 $1.75/cf, with average depths on the Bikini Wrecks @ 48m to 51m) --or just keep on going on my usual three to four exotic tech dive trips per year on Open Circuit.I will confess it . . . I have a lot of dive gear. I have a fair amount of dive gear which replaced other dive gear I bought. I bought the original stuff because I thought I liked it, and I replaced it because I found something I thought I liked better.
Recently, I have run into two "I think I'll like it better" issues where I haven't been willing to pull the trigger on replacing what I have. With one of them, I WOULD do it if I could sell what I have now (which I haven't been able to). With the other, the incremental cost of upgrading, even after selling what I have, would be over $1000 -- and I just can't come up with a justification for why the new product is THAT much better than what I'm using.
So I'm wondering . . . for those of you out there who are lusting after some piece of dive gear you think would make life better, what's the financial penalty that's stopping you from getting what you think you really want?
I will confess it . . . I have a lot of dive gear. I have a fair amount of dive gear which replaced other dive gear I bought. I bought the original stuff because I thought I liked it, and I replaced it because I found something I thought I liked better.
Recently, I have run into two "I think I'll like it better" issues where I haven't been willing to pull the trigger on replacing what I have. With one of them, I WOULD do it if I could sell what I have now (which I haven't been able to). With the other, the incremental cost of upgrading, even after selling what I have, would be over $1000 -- and I just can't come up with a justification for why the new product is THAT much better than what I'm using.
So I'm wondering . . . for those of you out there who are lusting after some piece of dive gear you think would make life better, what's the financial penalty that's stopping you from getting what you think you really want?
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The problem I have is defining stupidly expensive. If I were rational, that would apply to most of the
stuff I own . . .