lobbolt
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I've decided to get a mares bcd and the proton ice reg, and probably a nemo computer. Since my instructor imports mares stuff here. What do you think?
I'm getting my gear in 2 days
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lobbolt:
My experience is that it's very important that you can have your gear serviced locally(especially under warranty) without having to send it overseas. I've had nothing but headaches from a couple of things that I brought with me from Canada when I moved to Europe.
My Sherwood regulator, for example, can only be maintained by one shop in the whole of Holland and they are, to put it mildly, incompetent and untrustworthy (not to mention slow). I recently heard that they stopped selling Sherwood gear too so my problems are only getting worse. :monkeydan
My Genesis computer is also something entirely new to Europeans and I've had trouble with it on a couple of occasions and needed to send it back to the shop in Canada where I bought it to have it serviced. The last time I did this the shop replaced the computer with a new one and customs tried taxing me for the "import" because the serial numbers didn't match up. My computer was stuck in limbo for something like 6 weeks while customs "evaluated" the paper-trail I sent them.....:angry2: It's acting up again but this time I'm just going to replace it. :jpshakehe
Just make sure you look into these kinds of things if you're importing gear from overseas. These kinds of problems are no fun at all.
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aquaoren
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Mares makes solid gear which is great for rec. diving.
Besides the fact that your instructor is importing the stuff so you'll have someone to service it, it's nice to know that Mares is one of the oldest and most popular companies around the world which makes servicing your gear when travelling fairly easy.
Be safe and have fun with your new gear.
Besides the fact that your instructor is importing the stuff so you'll have someone to service it, it's nice to know that Mares is one of the oldest and most popular companies around the world which makes servicing your gear when travelling fairly easy.
Be safe and have fun with your new gear.
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