Haven't a clue about diving, so for the uninitiated are those mouth pieces?
She's caked how expensive they are? How much does a complete scuba outfit cost?
Bye they way, is that a Mitel handset?!
Yep, the regulator (IE mouth piece, what you breathe through) and the stage (the heavy looking lump of metal at the end of the pipe) is what connects to the tank.
Errr a complete scuba outfit can be as little or as expensive as you want it to be. Like I bought my Drysuit second hand for £200 (it was practically brand new) and from new it would have been £2000...
I've spent a fair whack, but I'm addicted!
In total I've spent:
Regs - £480
BCD - £190
Wetsuit - £220
Drysuit - £200 (second hand)
Boots - £30 (second hand)
Fins - £25 (they were second hand)
Mask - £60
Undersuit for drysuit - £300 (thats en route to me)
Dry glove kit - £90
2 x Tanks - £240
Dive Computer - £200
God knows how much else in courses and various other bits, my torches cost me £150 for example but can go into the thousands.
To put it in perspective I know someone who has spanked nearly 20 grand A YEAR for about 3-4 years now on upgrading equipment, trips, etc etc.
It's an expensive hobby but a lot of the items you generally buy 'once' and you rarely need to replace it and it gives you unbelievable levels of satisfaction and joy.
Out of interest Phate, where do you dive?
Any puddle I can get into?
- There are lots of places in the UK. I've so far only done the Farne Islands and a couple of lakes in the UK but aiming to cross more off the list next year. I'm very limited for time at the moment. But I've booked trips for Iceland and Egypt next year, also Ireland (my sister lives there) and I'm also looking at Malta.
Nice choice, can't go wrong with apeks. All my regs are apeks and have suffered years of abuse without missing a beat!
Indeed, I've got some ATX40's which were my first reg and for my recreational stuff, the XTX's are for Sidemount
