Suggestions for gear

[Newtoo]

I'm going for my open water Certification and am totally new to this. Once I'm certified I'll be diving at the Red Sea, but might not dive too often after that trip as I'm coming from Canada. Any suggestions & recommendations for equipment would be greatly appreciated.
I was wondering about used equipment and if it would be safe to buy that instead of new.

Newtoo

 

[SnorkelLA]

You suffer from a condition many very new divers get, called "Ineedgearitis". It would probably be the worst investment of your life to buy gear if you're only going to use it once, or once a year.


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[mala]

buy a mask.

rent the rest.

 

[DivemasterDennis]

My input on the question of new vs. used gear can be found in my blog post here on scuba board on Buying new or buying used. You may want to take a look.
DivemasterDennis

 

[Peter Guy]

While there just might not be all that much "local" diving to you in Edmonton, you have fabulous diving west of you (long day of driving) in Vancouver.

 

[Dive the World]

I'm going for my open water Certification and am totally new to this. Once I'm certified I'll be diving at the Red Sea, but might not dive too often after that trip as I'm coming from Canada. Any suggestions & recommendations for equipment would be greatly appreciated.
I was wondering about used equipment and if it would be safe to buy that instead of new.

Newtoo

First of all - if you are going to buy gear just for Egypt - then don't buy it. RENT IT.

Secondly - what do you mean you won't be diving just because you are in Canada. There is plenty of dive sites in Canada. Quite a few Canadian divers on this Board.

However - if you do dive in Canada you should buy gear related to diving there - dry suit - environment sealed regs etc etc.

My first dive kit was around $400 - I am proud of that - it was used and included everything including tanks. As long as it is serviced it is good enough.