Maintaining your scuba equipment is like...

[Dack]

Bring out yer opinions! No right answer. Maintaining your scuba equipment is like...

- Maintaining an airplane. When something goes wrong at altitude, it goes wrong in a BIG way. Precision and perfection matters no matter how far you fly. Service your Piper Cub as if you're a member of the Blue Angels.

- Maintaining a car. It's OK if it's banged up and looks like crap if you're only going around the block, but if you're entering a Formula 1 race you have to bring it to a different level.

- Maintaining a bicycle. Pull it out each spring and lube it, then do nothing more but add a little air when the tires run low. It usually just works, and if it doesn't you just leg it.


Three different philosophies. Yours?

- Dack

 

[DennisS]

Daily-like a bicycle, give it a look over, rinse and add air
Yearly-Like a plane, have a good tech give it an annual

 

[rameus]

for fun the car-method might be enough but if you're thinking about using it regularly and maybe use it for a living you'd better treat it like a bicycle daily and like an airplane every 2-3 months.

Thomas

 

[Randy43068]

is like...

Wiping my a$$ when hemorrhoids are acting up. I'd rather just dive.

 

[EastTNDiver]

is like...

Wiping my a$$ when hemorrhoids are acting up. I'd rather just dive.

You owe me a keyboard.

 

[TMHeimer]

Is like...mowing that huge lawn. Except the lawn stops growing in winter.

 

[dbulmer]

is like...

Wiping my a$$ when hemorrhoids are acting up. I'd rather just dive.

UK keyboards cost more

 

[freewillie]

Taking the wife on a date. Have to do periodically, but if done properly payback is huge!

 

[Saudi-Diver]

Scuba Equipment is like airplanes, the stuff that comes from Europe is quirky/ over engineered. While American kit is built to do the job and intuitive to use. Think Boeing and Airbus.
I like Poseidon Regs as long as I have access to my tools to fettle them. If I was going to a remote location where I wanted my kit to work without a little fine tuning I would take my Scuba pro Mk25s or Mk2 reg set up.

 

[ScubaNinja]

Maintaining your scuba equipment is like...

... going to the dentist!! If you were a good girl, brushed your teeth and flossed, you get out with a quick cleaning and some nasty sugar-free candy. But if you haven't brushed your teeth since the last time you were in... well, root-canals are expensive too.