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I buy almost everything online. Nearest dive shop is an hour drive away from me.
BCDs are slightly adjustable and should fit OK if you use the manufacturers size guidelines unless you have an unusual body shape.
Divers Supply and Divers Direct are running end of summer sales now. If you can wait for Black Friday, most online scuba dealers have big sales that day (or week)
Yea I’m looking at scuba set now on divers supply. Cressi START-ER. Pretty adorable looks good and I have watched and read tons of reviews. Seems to be a good set to get started with
BCD
Reg (both stages) and octo
First dive light
First set of fins
Dive knife
Dive boots
Mask (first and second)
Suunto Zoop/SPG/Compass console
Dive bag
Whistle (I think I got it at the store)
Retractable lanyards
Online purchases:
Second set of fins
Second and third dive lights
Nautilus lifeline
Mirror
DSMB (two) and spool
Marker light
Shearwater Perdix AI (and transmitter)
GoPro and 360 camera
I know I'm forgetting some things here, but I'm pretty touchy feely about fit. The eBay purchase of the Force Fins was a bit of a one off. That's because I wouldn't be able to get them at a LDS and I really didn't want to spend full price. The LDS that sold me the dive knife and BCD gave me a great rate that I couldn't have beat online (I checked after the purchase). If it's not a "fit" type thing, then I'm buying it online or as an impulse purchase.
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