Dive computers; wasted money on a Suunto D9tx which is useless for technical diving (I was too inexperienced to know this when I bought it). Also bought an XDeep Black - useless computer, now no longer made because they were awful. Then bought a Shearwater Perdix; what an amazing computer; reliable, easy to use, loads of information -- now have three!
Decent torches. Wasted money on cheap far-eastern rubbish that broke/dissolved/never worked. Torches are expensive, but your dive and possibly life depends on them. The Ammonite torches may look like an adult plaything, but they're exceptionally reliable as backup torches.
The thing I really wished I got earlier was the rebreather!
Wife gave me a Blacktip DPV for Christmas which I'm massively looking forwards to playing with once I'm released from (covid) prison. Will be using this to hoon around wrecks so may finally get to see the bigger picture of what I'm diving on! Very excited and very fed up of these interminable lockdowns.
Decent torches. Wasted money on cheap far-eastern rubbish that broke/dissolved/never worked. Torches are expensive, but your dive and possibly life depends on them. The Ammonite torches may look like an adult plaything, but they're exceptionally reliable as backup torches.
The thing I really wished I got earlier was the rebreather!
Wife gave me a Blacktip DPV for Christmas which I'm massively looking forwards to playing with once I'm released from (covid) prison. Will be using this to hoon around wrecks so may finally get to see the bigger picture of what I'm diving on! Very excited and very fed up of these interminable lockdowns.