lbussell
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I'd say buy it. That way you'll end up diving more often to justify the expense!
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The 'ew, yuck!' factor in using a rental reg is all the argument I need to buy my own regs!
I'd say buy it. That way you'll end up diving more often to justify the expense!
lol this! I have never and (hopefully) will never rent a reg. Let's just call it a general disgust of other humans
, I'll just use my jacket BC here at the local quarries.
You do realise, that when you are away on a trip, all the regs get washed in the same water - albeit most ops use some anti bacterial agent. Never the less...
Fair point. My bp&w are due to arrive via UPS today and I am very excited to put it all together. I have not dived a bp&w before but I just figured I wouldn't need my low profile travel rig for the local quarries. However, I may just fall completely in love with my bp&w and use it everywhere.At your level (no disrespect intended) why would you swap between a Jacket and a wing on different dives? Their characteristics are very different. If you move to a wing, dive the wing always. The exception to that is if you become an instructor and need to have a similar rig to students, or if you want something to dive in a pool with.
It can happen to anyone. 3 weeks ago I did a shore dive with someone who had their hog first stage fail catastrophically. It had been serviced just prior (by a dealer, not an end user) to the dive due to concerns about the first stage.I hate to be negative about shops who rent gear, but I have a strong bias against renting regs. The only two in-water reg failures I have seen in person were with rental gear.
Now if you have a trusted shop or maybe a pool to check it out in advance, that might be ok.
I might also want to know the IP has been checked recently.
I would ... add another vote for either a Scubapro MK2/R190 or a Titan. Those are the simplest regs that are also bulletproof, tried and trued.