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list your favorite dive gear from regs to fins. I wanna hear everyone
diver69420 - 4/25/2014 5:41 PM
Category: Equipment
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I use an aqua legend a mares hybrid bcd. Cressi fins and liquid skin mask. Now everyone chim and let us know what your using. This can help aid someone on making the right purchase. And what not to purchase.
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RAWalker - 4/25/2014 10:04 PM
Oceanic Delta 4 Reg w/ Aquatec Integrated Octo and Oceanic VT3 wireless Air Integrated computer.
OMS Backplates (1 SS & 1 AL) w/ Deluxe comfort harness. Oxycheq 30 lbs wing. Atomic Smoke on the water fins.
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Greg - 4/25/2014 10:44 PM
I love my Tusa, single lense, large mask. I don’t care for my Sheerwood Maximus with swivel that is intended to be used with the hose under my right arm. If I got different hoses, it would be great.
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Greg - 4/25/2014 10:45 PM
Aeris Atmos AI with quick disconnect and compass is a great dive computer setup.
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DiveBuddyChgo - 4/26/2014 5:11 AM
I dive with a wing, ss 6lb. backplate, steel LP 2400 psi 85 tank. air integrated hose less wrist computer, full foot fins, diaphragm 1st stage, flow threw piston 2nd stage. Integrated octo,inflater. myfllex hoses. Weight belt with pouches and hard weights.
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diver69420 - 4/26/2014 7:34 AM
Love it yall excellent equipment. I could just live in a dive shop. I love my aqua lung legend great performance. Haven’t had any free flow problems. Fingers crossed. I hear a lot of good things about atomic. Never had the pleasure of using atomic any info?
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diver69420 - 4/26/2014 7:39 AM
tried to do some looking into RAwalkers reg. And man that’s nice
environmentally sealed and all. Ahead of its time. And I find weight belts so uncomfortable. Integrated weights just make me feel so less bulky. But my friend swears by his weight belt. Thank you all for the info hope to see more.
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btw2459 - 4/26/2014 7:44 AM
Aqualung Titan LX Supreme, Mares fins and BCD, Bare and Pinnicle wetsuits ..........
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DiveBuddyChgo - 4/26/2014 8:30 AM
I have no need to wear any lead with a steel backplate/steel tank. Integrated weights on a BC is bulky, not streamlined and adds drag threw the water. Comfortable for me is being very streamlined and slipping threw the water like a dart. Hope this helps.
Having a LP 2400psi OMS 85 steel tank is the same size of an AL80. You can get a better fill with the LP steel since it doesn’t heat up as much. I fill my LP tanks anyways to 3200psi and that gives me 105cu/ft of gas. Not being charged as a HP fill. In only 30 air fills I just re coop’d the extra cost of the LP steel tank. Steel tank will also last longer and have a better used re sale value.
FYI. All diaphragm 1st stages are environmentally sealed.
Hope this helps. Mike
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diver69420 - 4/26/2014 9:13 AM
Man thanks DiveBuddyChgo I just Lear alot. See I knew nothing of tanks and I’m just screen shot what u said and I’m gonna show my local dive shop to do that for me. A lot of it I don’t understand but they will know what to do. Anyone going diving April 30th through may 7th
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diver69420 - 4/26/2014 9:14 AM
Man thanks DiveBuddyChgo I just Learned alot. See I knew nothing of tanks and I just screen shot what u said and I’m gonna show my local dive shop to do that for me. A lot of it I don’t understand but they will know what to do. Anyone going diving April 30th through may 7th.
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tardmaster - 4/26/2014 10:25 AM
I love my mares quatro fins. i replaced the strap with springs straps. A must in my opinion. Big tusa single lens mask. Not in love with my reg or my bcd, but I HIGHLY recommend a "Seacure" custom mouthpiece on whatever reg you choose. Love my mares icon hd wrist computer. Love my henderson hyperstretch wetsuit.
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dalehall - 4/30/2014 6:39 AM
My three "must haves" in my rig are my Dive Rite Transplate with ss backplate, my Dive Rite low volume mask and my OMS Slipstream fins. Anything else in my setup can be changed out without noticing it too much.
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Hnebdgr - 5/06/2014 10:30 AM
Aqua Lung Legend for my reg, I love it. Lotus i3 BC still learning it. Cobalt dive computer is great. Atomic Aquatics split fins and I just changed out the straps with spring straps. I highly recommend spring straps.
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Dutch - 5/12/2014 2:17 PM
Santi dry suit, Scubapro Jetfins, Scubapro Mk25/Pilot (yep, you read that right), Stab jacket. I am not sure what all this fuss is about extreme streamlining. I am not swimming so fast for there to be that big of a difference...
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John_giu - 5/27/2014 1:15 PM
Everything Mares. You get a good bang for your buck and it looks cool when your St .