How is this gear compositions?

[Ghaash]

Greetings everyone.
I join this website just now and ofc I have a question about this equipments.
- Aqualung Legend Lx Supreme
- Aqualung Dimension (Without i3)
- Beuchat Powerjet Open
- Suunto D4i

I will go to Koh Tao this summer for DiveMaster internship program. And I need regs, bcd and new fins and ofc dive computer. I planned this set. What are you thinking about? Is this good for up to instructor or I must change anything?

By the way do you know about Koh Tao and diving schools anything? Any advice?

Thank you all...

 

[DevonDiver]

Enough for a lifetime? It depends what diving you intend to do in your lifetime.

The kit listed is decent generic recreational diving gear - it won't prohibit anything you'd do as a recreational diver, divemaster or instructor.

Aqualung kit, especially regulators, has a fairly extensive service/support network. That's important for a dive pro.

The fins are... well, just fins. Nothing special in terms of power or maneuverability, but nothing negative either (not gimmicky like splits and other silly designs).

A watch-sized computer is beneficial for the working dive pro... worn always and never forgotten. As you gain experience, you'll find the RGBM algorithm limiting your personal diving; but when escorting customer divers (most of whom will probably have Suunto computers also), you'll see that it's conservatism will keep you well insulated from DCS.

There's a thriving technical diving scene on Koh Tao... and it attracts many Divemasters on the island. If you felt any likelihood to get into technical diving, then I'd suggest a very different kit configuration: BP&W BCD, an Apeks DST or DS4 regulator, a Shearwater computer and modern-material paddle-type fins like the Apeks RS4, XDeep or Deep6 Eddy. (and yes, you can do your DM and IDC using this kit....). This kit would save you considerable $$$ if upgrading to a tech rig later... and will also allow you to gain familiarity with using a demi-'hogarthian' configuration from an early stage in your diving development.

It's been 10 years since I worked on Tao, so things have probably moved on a lot...so I won't make any recommendations on schools. My general advice is to find a school that is smaller and more intimate... where you're sincerely part of the team... rather than just another of the DM candidates milling around. Master Divers and Seashell Divers are good starting points. Avoid the big, cheap, "sausage factory" schools like the plague...

For IDC... I have a high opinion of CD Matt Bolton at Crystal Dive.... also CD Camille Lemmens, although he's not permanently on Koh Tao.

 

[tbone1004]

basically what @DevonDiver said. I wouldn't personally buy any of it, but if you're going to teach out of a dive shop you don't often have much say in what you're told to dive in. It will be perfectly fine for recreational instructions, but there is nothing really special about it and not something that will "scale up" to any sort of technical diving if that interests you

 

[DevonDiver]

if you're going to teach out of a dive shop you don't often have much say in what you're told to dive in.

That's quite an American model. There's no rules like that in Koh Tao.

However, Divemasters and instructors in Koh Tao can often supplement their salary with commission deals at local dive retailers. In that sense, it's easier to sell the kit you wear. Check out Dive Supply website and see what they sell...

 

[Ghaash]

Thanks for the answers.
Ofc "lifetime" is a joke

So there is any dive supply who include recretional and technical?

 

[tbone1004]

Thanks for the answers.
Ofc "lifetime" is a joke

So there is any dive supply who include recretional and technical?

lifetime doesn't have to be a joke. I have several regulators from the 60's and 70's that I still use regularly and with very quick adjustments can be used for singles, doubles, sidemount, or stage bottles. My parents Rocket fins from the early 80's are still going quite strong and I have friends with Jet Fins from earlier than that.
BC's will eventually wear out due to the soft parts deteriorating over time and abuse, but no reason they can't last 10+ years.

@DevonDiver is going to be more well versed in which shops will cater to technical more than recreational in that area