The gear or the price someone pays for something does not make the diver, I think the ones with the basic stuff are the better divers, they are not concerned about what others think, at least this is what I see in some of the best divers I know.
I myself will take that chance and buy cheap, I have bought both, and I can also say that I have a wetsuit that cost half the price of another, I have, and I would not trade the cheap one for the more expensive one.
Aren't most regulators rebuildable, are the new gauges better quality over old gauges, do regulator hoses go bad, I think people spend money on the wrong item for the type of diving many times, but there are many out there that spend all this money on a full setup, and then for some reason don't use it and need to sell it all, others simply upgrade to something they like better, this does not mean what they are selling is junk.
One man's junk is another man's treasure.
I myself will take that chance and buy cheap, I have bought both, and I can also say that I have a wetsuit that cost half the price of another, I have, and I would not trade the cheap one for the more expensive one.
Aren't most regulators rebuildable, are the new gauges better quality over old gauges, do regulator hoses go bad, I think people spend money on the wrong item for the type of diving many times, but there are many out there that spend all this money on a full setup, and then for some reason don't use it and need to sell it all, others simply upgrade to something they like better, this does not mean what they are selling is junk.
One man's junk is another man's treasure.