I don't have a wife and I am free to buy very expensive !
How much have you spent on scuba gear?
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Hank49
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Man, you cold water divers really shell out for dry suits. One of them costs more than all the gear I use on one dive. I knew there was a reason I hate cold water.
Darnold9999
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Scuba gear - drysuit - wetsuits - two backplates - tanks, regs etc. ~ $4,500 all gets used and I don't do tech diving.
Photo gear ~ $5,000 +
Boat ~ $15,000 + + +
Doesn't mean you can't do it for less, but it can be a great way to purge yourself of any excess cash you have floating around.
Photo gear ~ $5,000 +
Boat ~ $15,000 + + +
Doesn't mean you can't do it for less, but it can be a great way to purge yourself of any excess cash you have floating around.
MichaelBaranows
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I spent $1500 last week on a video camera.
Ordered a set of twins, reg., and other stuff I am picking up tom. that I am figuring will be around $1500-2000. So I am figuring that I have spend over $3500 in a week. That doesn't even count the transpac and reg I got a few months ago, my first set of gear, speargun and dozen tanks I have. After reading this I think I need to start selling some stuff or dive more to lower the cost per dive.
Ordered a set of twins, reg., and other stuff I am picking up tom. that I am figuring will be around $1500-2000. So I am figuring that I have spend over $3500 in a week. That doesn't even count the transpac and reg I got a few months ago, my first set of gear, speargun and dozen tanks I have. After reading this I think I need to start selling some stuff or dive more to lower the cost per dive.
all4scuba05
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I made a deal with my wife. I signed her prenup and she bought all my gear. 
paradicio
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Just getting our initial kits together my wife and I spent $4,000 each. After that I stopped tracking how much this sport was sucking out of my bank account...
northen diver
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Yup ... but it's healthier than cocaine ... and legal ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Bob: Do you have any data to back up that claim?
xiSkiGuy
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I'm way over your numbers, even at wholesale pricing. And I don't have a wife to ***** about it!
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Meng,
My tech store owner asked me if I wanted to go down the road of CCR now, and I told him that I had no need for it, since I already owned everything in open circuit that I ever needed, to go way deeper than I ever needed to go.
I think the CCR route makes sense financially only if you get into it early on, before all the open circuit tech purchases, right after basic nitrox and before deco. Or else if you really have a need to dive to 500 fsw. Or for professional video filming. And none of those is me.
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