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| Originally Posted by gunner hello all,
i am new to this forum and diving. we (mrs gunner and myself) enrolled on the padi course but, due to work and holidays, cant do it until early september.
currently our thinking is that we wont be doing alot of diving in the uk due to the cold waters (a bit woossy i know!) but we are already looking at what equipment we should buy.
so advice please on what gear we will need and what order to buy it in as we cant afford to buy the lot in one go!
would you advise buying second hand gear? should we wait until we have done the course?
all advice would be very welcome
thanks |
I would suggest waiting until you've done the OW course before you spend too much. You might want to buy your own mask and fins I guess - but even for this you might be as well to wait and see what you think of the stuff the school lends you.
Don't rush in and buy everything in one go - you'll almost certainly want to change something if you do.
Do consider UK diving - it's not that cold (in the summer) - and with the right kit you can dive all year round (which makes the equipment cost per dive seem a bit more reasonable.)
Oh - and welcome to YD - you may find you spend a lot of time on here
