My scuba bucks go to two dive shops. One is 90 miles away that I trust for repairs and maintenance items since they carry the brand of reg & BC I use. The other is 3 miles away that I go to for accessories, exposure suits, snorkel gear etc. I don’t own a tank so no refills from them. Besides, except for a few checkout dives decades ago, all of my dive destinations have been out of the country.
I will visit both from time to time just to browse the shiny new scuba stuff and I trust both for honest recommendations and other scuba related advice. I prefer to look, hold & try on most everything I buy (scuba and non-scuba). However, any major purchase will have to wait until congress gives me my bailout or at least a scuba rebate...a scubate?
And besides, I’m comfortable with my current setup. Getting additional certs does not appeal to me.
To date, I have arranged all of my own dive trips. The local shop offers limited group travel to destinations that do not interest me. The other goes to more interesting places and I usually consider going through them but, so far I have not joined in the fun times with them.
I will visit both from time to time just to browse the shiny new scuba stuff and I trust both for honest recommendations and other scuba related advice. I prefer to look, hold & try on most everything I buy (scuba and non-scuba). However, any major purchase will have to wait until congress gives me my bailout or at least a scuba rebate...a scubate?
And besides, I’m comfortable with my current setup. Getting additional certs does not appeal to me.
To date, I have arranged all of my own dive trips. The local shop offers limited group travel to destinations that do not interest me. The other goes to more interesting places and I usually consider going through them but, so far I have not joined in the fun times with them.