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Otter Skin Mk II Dry suit- Black
Agir backplate on one piece harness
Dive Rite Recwing
Twin 12 ECS cylinders with Halcyon valves and manifold
2 Scubapro Mk17 1st's
2 R395 2nd's (primary on 210cm hose)
Scubapro Frameless mask
Mares quattros
Vyper 2
Bowstone weight harness
Halcyon Proteus 3 HID umbilical
Cressi Matrix mask (spare)
Uwatec compass
Halcyon pathfinder reel
Defender spool
Waterproof gloves
0'three hood
Scuba-Doh!
02-10-07, 00:28
Off to a flying start!
You'll notice the lack of a drysuit and computer! Still to find those..
There is a computer somewhere on the road down the west coast of Loch Fyne. Came flying off the car roof :rolleyes:
I can recommend the Apeks Quantum (http://apeks.co.uk/products/product_cats_results.asp?Product=Quantum%20Compute r&Category=Computers). Allows up to two gas switches and you'll get one for under £200 brand new. You can change the battery yourself as well. Apeks customer service is 2nd to none also.
I heard Go-Dive (http://godive.net/gdcompu.htm) where selling them for £160 :cool: But it's a phone for price deal.
Incedentally if you scroll down the page and look closely at the Nitek Duo (£375) you may notice a few similarities. It's the same fecking watch rebranded :eek:
I can recommend the Apeks Quantum (http://apeks.co.uk/products/product_cats_results.asp?Product=Quantum%20Compute r&Category=Computers). Allows up to two gas switches and you'll get one for under £200 brand new. You can change the battery yourself as well. Apeks customer service is 2nd to none also.
I heard Go-Dive (http://godive.net/gdcompu.htm) where selling them for £160 :cool: But it's a phone for price deal.
Incedentally if you scroll down the page and look closely at the Nitek Duo (£375) you may notice a few similarities. It's the same fecking watch rebranded :eek:
Bugger about the lost computer! :rolleyes: I saw the Apeks one and thought it looked pretty good value, I'm watching one on ebay at the moment. Thanks for the tip, I might just follow that up! :D
With regards to drysuits, have you (or anyone else for that matter) heard of a company called BARE, they seem quite big in the states. Any good?
I think Bare suits are reasonable, but no personal experience!
Airmonster
03-10-07, 07:49
With regards to drysuits, have you (or anyone else for that matter) heard of a company called BARE, they seem quite big in the states. Any good?
I have a BARE hood (no comments please!) 5mm with a smoothskin seal round the face and a zip up the back, the hood NOT me, Works very well. I like the zip at the back as it makes putting it on and particularly taking it off very easy, I no longer feel as if I'm trying to pull my head off :eek:
Good bit of kit!
/Colin. :D
Gonk45 just bought a bare drysuit,i had a look at it on sunday and it looks top quality.I'm sure he'll tell you about it when he reads this :D ,i read in a dive magazine that bare are part of suunto.
Gonk45 just bought a bare drysuit,i had a look at it on sunday and it looks top quality.I'm sure he'll tell you about it when he reads this :D ,i read in a dive magazine that bare are part of suunto.
Ah, right, Suunto! Should be pretty good then... you'd think. Although making a dive computer and a drysuit are fairly different activities I'm sure. I'll wait to hear what Gonk45 says too. I have a friend that lives in the states who would be willing to mail one to me as a "gift" to avoid import duties (naughty, naughty)... might be able to pick one up quite cheap. I know that warranty might be an issue, but hey. And I think I can get one of their of the peg sizes that will fit, that's proving to be a bit of an issue with most brands. I'm pretty tall, but not massively fat (just a bit squishy round the edges! ;) ). Can't really afford the price of a MTM suit just now, and would like something that's half decent so that I don't have to buy again in a few years time.
I have a BARE hood (no comments please!) 5mm with a smoothskin seal round the face and a zip up the back, the hood NOT me, Works very well. I like the zip at the back as it makes putting it on and particularly taking it off very easy, I no longer feel as if I'm trying to pull my head off :eek:
Good bit of kit!
/Colin. :D
Good to know, cheers Colin. :)
Hi went for a dive with loudy331 ,he thought the suit was top quality and I thought it was perfect ! top quality Kit:D
Hi went for a dive with loudy331 ,he thought the suit was top quality and I thought it was perfect ! top quality Kit:D
shhhh!!! 3 months of training and still doing snorkel training :p,open water diving with a padi diver is sacrilidge :eek:
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did you wear your snorkel????
I can now add a Suunto Vyper 2 and a an Otter Skin suit to my box.... I'm skint! Anybody spare some cash? :D
New Bowstone shot weightbelt. Edited my list.
New Bowstone shot weightbelt. Edited my list.
That the one i recommended ;) glad to see you got rid of that Northern Diver nonsense, bloody liability :D
That the one i recommended ;) glad to see you got rid of that Northern Diver nonsense, bloody liability :D
Yep, definately much better. It's a lot more comfortable too! Cheers for the tip! I was out at Finnart today and did a couple of dives in the new suit, all good! And was warm between dives. ;) :D
Aquatron took the ND cam buckle back and took all the others of the shelves by the way. Fair play....
Hmm, I've been buying lots of shiny things! :rolleyes::D Updated my list.