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What ? you mean Andy 2Ts wasn't born wearing his twinset...? ;)
Getting back to the thread, I think there's been a minor misunderstanding; it was me who mentioned that twins were what would probably be the general suggestion from others here in terms of growing into kit, rather than an actual recommendation to buy a twinset. Even though I wrote that post I wouldn't necesarilly claim that all of those features would be my personal recommendation to a newbie, in reality I'd recommend that they beg and borrow kit till they know for sure they're going to stick at it.
Having instructed with a Uni club for several years I've seen folk buy all new kit at the start and then simply lose interest leaving a grand's worth of kit cluttering up the dive store, very sad indeed...
I tend to agree with you that I wouldn't generally advise a newbie to get twinned up (you need things to look forward to) but thinking about it objectively, in my experience, many trainees in their early stages opt for a 15 litre when there's one available as they get upset about their comparitively high gas consumption, I know at least one lad with twin 7s and they don't seem any heavier than a single 15 so I don't think that'd be such a bad choice (assuming money wasn't a factor).
IMO, more important is the choice of BCD, I use a wing and many folks would also recommend one for a beginner (re futureproofing), but I don't think many folk would argue when I say that they are more problematic in terms of setting up, unlike a stab jacket.
When I were a lad I started diving with 8mm neoprene, club 200 bar 10 litre, old club Spiro, plastic BP & Buddy ABLJ , an pay t'mill owner fer permission t'come t'work ;)
Say, Andrew, assuming that RoHo doesn't sort you out with kit trials theirselves, depending on your size and location if you like we can met up at a suitable hole-in-the-ground for you to try some differnt kit before you splash your cash, for instance if you're under 5'8" with size 8 feet you can try my 8mm neoprene, I've got my old stab & single setup which my girlfriend uses so you can try that and you could try my wing for a second dive.
Anyway, let us know how you get on with your training
Chee-az
Steve
PS Tim, I haven't forgotten that I said you could try a spin with the twins too, but I still need to get the rig configured properly  |