Coldwater_Canuck
Contributor
I don't know about that, I mean I get what you're saying, but I do feel my money is wasted sometimes: in particular on the academic materials as you'll see above. I've also taken the Nitrox course and while it was "useful" in that I can now get Nitrox, this is something they could have tacked onto OW or something, not needed to be a $150 course (you could learn the material in about an hour, it's a tiny extension of the dive tables).Well, I may agree, if we take it for granted that divers are not coming out of BOW properly trained on the basics. As to people who spend the money defending the class, this is usually the way it is with classes, gear, whatever we spend our money on. It's hard to look back and admit we were not wise.
But I honestly felt like my night diving course was a huge confidence builder for me. Could I have done without it, sure, I'd probably have been okay. But I would have been much more anxious about it and probably more mistake prone. If you choose not to believe me, that's fine, but I certainly felt like I learned a lot and gained a lot of confidence, so a good course in my books.