Man, I look at the gear I've gone through . . . Mask after mask, looking for "the" mask, the one that won't ever leak a drop, and has bifocals to boot. (Just bought iteration 968, I think.) Fins . . . I have a collection, starting with the splits which I should never have bought, and currently focused on the Dive Rite EXPs, about which I haven't found anything to dislike yet. I'm on my third dry suit, and my second brand of hood, and about my sixth kind of rock boot (don't like any of them very much). Third brand of reg, and I think I may be done there. Second kind of canister light. I can't remember how many backup lights. We've gone through six brands of SMB, but I'm done with that one -- it's Halcyon from now on. I'm on my third undergarment, and lusting for a fouth.
There's a lot of dive gear out there, and I think very little of it is perfect. As I said on a thread about dry suits, you keep working your way through the possibilities until you find something whose virtues you value and whose drawbacks you can live with. And different people will prioritize different things, which is why I always try to say WHY I like the things I do, and also what I don't like about them.
There's a lot of dive gear out there, and I think very little of it is perfect. As I said on a thread about dry suits, you keep working your way through the possibilities until you find something whose virtues you value and whose drawbacks you can live with. And different people will prioritize different things, which is why I always try to say WHY I like the things I do, and also what I don't like about them.
