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it all depends on what kind of gear you want, and how much you want to spend....
The best "dive shop" in your area is up in Greensboro, called NADCO. Their website sucks, but Dolphi and Randy are awesome.
Throw us a bone and tell us what gear you are looking at and why, and what your diving goals ultimately are, and we can help out a bit more. Many of us in your area have gear that we may be willing to sell for relatively low amounts of money. We are also in the area and dive regularly and can show you the gear we have settled on and why, which would help you make the decision process.
FWIW my "dive shops" are as follows. Though take this with a grain of salt because I don't buy much gear anymore, certainly not new
Deep Sea Supply directly for backplates and wings
Dive Right in Scuba for drysuits
Cave Adventurers for sidemount stuff and most things *used to use DRiS more, but go through CA mostly now because of proximity when in cave country.
Craigslist-tanks-don't buy new, biggest rip off in diving...
Forums/Northeast Scuba Supply-random stuff that I may or may not need at the time
The best "dive shop" in your area is up in Greensboro, called NADCO. Their website sucks, but Dolphi and Randy are awesome.
Throw us a bone and tell us what gear you are looking at and why, and what your diving goals ultimately are, and we can help out a bit more. Many of us in your area have gear that we may be willing to sell for relatively low amounts of money. We are also in the area and dive regularly and can show you the gear we have settled on and why, which would help you make the decision process.
FWIW my "dive shops" are as follows. Though take this with a grain of salt because I don't buy much gear anymore, certainly not new
Deep Sea Supply directly for backplates and wings
Dive Right in Scuba for drysuits
Cave Adventurers for sidemount stuff and most things *used to use DRiS more, but go through CA mostly now because of proximity when in cave country.
Craigslist-tanks-don't buy new, biggest rip off in diving...
Forums/Northeast Scuba Supply-random stuff that I may or may not need at the time