Cost of gear summary

[rhwestfall]

I spend so much on diving every week, that I should have a separate budget for it. But I don't. I have to schedule deliveries when my wife is not home.

I just ship it to my office....

(with a diving family, everything here can be x3)

 

[stiebs]

When heading out on a dive, if your car cost more than the contents, you're doing it wrong.

 

[ZzzKing]

I went into the dive shop for a fill one time. I walked out with a trip for two to the Galapagos. Talk about impulse buys!

I have gear for myself (x2), wife, daughter and am gearing up for my son. I am afraid to tab it all up but the gear cost pales in comparison to the travel cost.

 

[Rocknrone]

Backpacking / camping gear $3000+

Rock climbing gear $5000+

Scuba gear..... I don't want to know.

I hope my wife doesn't read this

 

[Saniflush]

Fortunately at this point we have spent way more on travel for diving instead of dive equipment to the tune of about 2 to 1.

I think we are somewhere in the $8000 range on gear, although Mrs Flush keeps eyeballing my Shearwater and I just bought a harness.
Damn this is a glorious nasty cycle.

 

[Magnus Lundstedt]

Scubadiving is not the most expensive of my hobbies, but i am selling off other hobby equipment I don't use when i only want to dive

Kayaking, i have kayaks for about €8000, one paddle at €700, and i don't count what more.
Bicycles, different bikes for somewere between €5000 and €8000, not to mention repairs, upgrades, shoes and clothes, computers and other stuff.
Snowmobiles, 3 of them, don't want to know the fuel cost.
Diving, so far around €4000, and more in certification and travel, but that is shared with vacation. Plan to buy some more tanks, maybe a small double set, maybe another BP/W setup, a new drysuit, just bought a used Suunto D6i and will buy AI for it.

Scubadiving is not too expensive, or it don't need to be. ;-) but i need to sell one of my kayaks and maybe some bicycles.

 

[DiverDownD3]

Glad I'm not the only one that hides stuff from my wife. I've had multiple things shipped to my buddies house. She told me the other day she's not stupid she just doesn't ask anymore....lol

 

[USdiver1]

I am making a summary of what I spent in scuba gear

OMG, NOOOOOO!!!!!

There was a friend of mine, a collector of vintage scuba gear, who had amassed a sizable collection of rare and valuable equipment over the years. As all good collectors, he was slightly less than honest in describing the amount of money he had invested in his hobby, at least with his spouse. Last year, he had an accident and hit his head, went into a coma for about two months. When he finally awoke, his loving wife was at his side, and she told him that the past few months had been very difficult for her, with him in the hospital, and the bills piling up, she had been forced to sell some of his collection to make ends meet. "But don't worry, I was able to sell every piece at the price you told me you had paid for each", she told him. At which time he promptly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died.

Moral of this story is never declare what you have spent on your passion, especially if you fudge the numbers; and remember you can't spend too much on a given piece of equipment, you can only spent that amount too soon.

p.s. Did I mention I own 48 regulators?

 

[dmaziuk]

Forget the Eezycut trust me I have one. This one is so good I’m actually going to post a thread on it = Rooster Safety Knife - Knives & Multitools - Maintenance & Boat Care - Chandlery

Out of curiosity, do you get rust around the edge and the thread? I tried one of these: Z-Rex 4-in-1 Firefighter Multi-Tool | Leatherman and it gets brown stains on the screws after a week in salt water.

 

[rabe]

When heading out on a dive, if your car cost more than the contents, you're doing it wrong.

Amen.