I've spoken with a couple of people that seem to hate Cressi with a passion and trash everything except for their masks, so I'm wondering what you all think of Cressi, and especially in regards to parts and service..?
-Tim
Hey Tim,
I think the person preference of gear is a perenial religious argument. I'm currently going through an Oceanic phase at the moment. What i like the next guys hates...
But, just finished my PADI rescue course last week end and I do not know about the other PADI courseware, but the Rescue manual and corresponding DVD seemed like a Cressi advertising campaign.
All I can say is that if the guys that are marketing and instucting in the PADI courseware, and are supposedly PADI professionals (yeah I know .. they probably get the gear for nothing) wearing Cressi, surely it cannot be that bad.
As another example, I have been diving for the last 20 years with a Dacor Pacer reg. I was at my LDS the other week and it was in the hands of one of the instructors and the owner of the shop asked the Instructor why he had that peice of crap, not know it belonged to the customer. He was very red faced when I told him it was mine. Bottom line is the reg was a peice of crap compared to todays standards but it has been faithful to me for the past 20 years.
What i am getting at is that todays Cressi's are a world better than what some, or possibly many people are diving with. I have no idea what is better than another reg but if it works well, if it can be readily serviced and it fits in with your price range... bugger what all the critics I say.
I question whether most critics have real first hand experience with what they are bagging in the fist place anyway. As with any sport, there is always a wank factor that dictates that bigger or newer or more expensive is better....... hey.. not always the case!