where is your equipment money going?

Where's most of your equipment money going?

  • Bouyancy Control (BC, BP/Wings)

    Votes: 6 8.7%
  • Gauges (Computers, Watches, SPGs)

    Votes: 10 14.5%
  • Exposure Control

    Votes: 12 17.4%
  • Lights

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Regulators

    Votes: 6 8.7%
  • Tanks

    Votes: 2 2.9%
  • Training

    Votes: 33 47.8%

  • Total voters
    69

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H2Andy

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i did some accounting over the last few years of my scuba spending,
and was somewhat surprised not so much at the amount, but where my
money has been going (not counting trips or airfills)

it came out that i've been spending 26.5% of my budget on instruction.
the next biggest item is exposure protection (17.5%)

here's the whole thing:

26.5%..........training
17.5%..........exposure protection
11.4%..........bp/wings
10.7%..........lights
9.2%............tanks
7.7%............regulators
7.2%............gauges, watches, computers
4.3%............fins
3.1%............accessories
2.4%.............reels
 
If training can be equipment, then trips (diving) should be also. That's where my scuba dollar goes.
 
Most of my money goes on boat fuel.
 
i figured "training" was "learning how to use your equipment safely" and thus
related =)

also... er.... i have no way to track how much i've spent on trips, gas fills,
boat fees, etc. etc... so... i simplified that one
 
In order of total money spent: new BC, sorta-new reg, new fins. Basically upgrading or replacing old crap.

Now that I finally have decent gear all around, this coming year I plan to make a decisive switch to blowing money on training--I'm gonna take my AOW course this summer, dog-blap it. Maybe even something else as well.

cheers

Billy S.
 
What about cameras, strobes, lens, mounts, etc., etc., etc.? I don't have much intention to replace my perfectly adequate diving kit.
 
... so I totaled up all I've spent in the last year. I think I'll take up crack instead - it'll be a lot cheaper! :crafty:
 
blueeyes_austin:
What about cameras, strobes, lens, mounts, etc., etc., etc.? I don't have much intention to replace my perfectly adequate diving kit.

girly photogarphy stuff doesn't count

(actually, it's not really diving equipment, since it doesn't help you actually
dive...it's more like an activity which you carry out while under water)

^
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|----------------- let the flames begin
 
Most of my money goes into being an instructor ... during the past six weeks I've paid $1,100 for the DAN IQC that allows me to teach O2, BLS, DEMP, and other DAN classes. The props for said classes run about $1,600. Then there's my NAUI insurance ... another $524. Course materials for a couple different NAUI specialty classes, another $100 or so.

Last year (2004) I spent about $16,000 on my scuba habit ... roughly a third of that was directly or indirectly related to my becoming a scuba instructor.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)
 

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