dwiest12
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I have finished up my first year diving and I absolutely love it. No, really, I love it. It has become a passion of mine but the truth is it can be very expensive for your average Joe, like me. I have been out of the Army and I have a borderline full time job and I go to school full time (thank you G.I. Bill), have two kids and I live in Germany because that is where my wife is from( euro, ouch, still get paid in dollars).
So, scuba is not for the elite only, but can still be hard to accomplish for everyone, if you want to own you own gear. My question, for those who do not make a ton of money, is how do you accomplish feeding the beast that is scuba diving?
Here is what I have done.. I was given my certification for my birthday including fins, boots and a mask. Then I bought a oceanic setup for less than $300 (Christmas, jacket regs and a computer). Just before Christmas I realized scuba was what I want to do, for fun and eventually business. At that point I began saving all of my change. Both Euro and American went into a change jar. Every now and then the jar was raided by my daughter or my wife but never depleted. Once a year had passed, since my certification I decided to count the change I had saved. I was very surprised at the out come. I ended up being able to purchase a nitek q, d3 (cw) zenith regs , a hog single tank 32lbs wing Bp/h,and a used set of d1 and classic regs and a used, but fitted to me, dry suit (diving in Germany is cold).
I emptied out my change jar and will start saving for another year of diving and upgrades. Anyone out there have any other methods of funding methods for diving?
* fund, not find. Autocorrect
So, scuba is not for the elite only, but can still be hard to accomplish for everyone, if you want to own you own gear. My question, for those who do not make a ton of money, is how do you accomplish feeding the beast that is scuba diving?
Here is what I have done.. I was given my certification for my birthday including fins, boots and a mask. Then I bought a oceanic setup for less than $300 (Christmas, jacket regs and a computer). Just before Christmas I realized scuba was what I want to do, for fun and eventually business. At that point I began saving all of my change. Both Euro and American went into a change jar. Every now and then the jar was raided by my daughter or my wife but never depleted. Once a year had passed, since my certification I decided to count the change I had saved. I was very surprised at the out come. I ended up being able to purchase a nitek q, d3 (cw) zenith regs , a hog single tank 32lbs wing Bp/h,and a used set of d1 and classic regs and a used, but fitted to me, dry suit (diving in Germany is cold).
I emptied out my change jar and will start saving for another year of diving and upgrades. Anyone out there have any other methods of funding methods for diving?
* fund, not find. Autocorrect