What gear to buy first?

"Adam Helberg" <sendspamhere@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Jammer Six" <jammer@invalid.oz.net> wrote in message
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> > In article <9yZXb.5736$tL3.999@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.n et>, Adam
> > Helberg <sendspamhere@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > ? If you mean they are equally available, not where I am. Most dive
> > ? shops here in Orange County, CA do not stock plate/wing. Maybe they
> > ? can order them but new divers have no exposure to them. And generally
> > ? dive shops encourage students to buy gear they stock.
> >
> > They are equally available everywhere.
> >
> > And it's not what I meant.
> >
> > --
> > "I know we're going to die. There's three of us who are going to do
something
> > about it."
> > -Tom Burnett, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001
>
> Then you must have been everywhere on Earth to know that.

Nah. He just thinks that being told by somebody you don't know, is reason
enough to buy something without consideration of suitability or cost.
Anything else makes you what he calls a stroke. By his standard, he's the
only non stroke in this group.

Lee

So do business with the shop that does shop them.

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Chuck Tribolet
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Silicon Valley: STILL the best day job in the world.


"Adam Helberg" <sendspamhere@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:9yZXb.5736$tL3.999@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
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> "Jammer Six" <jammer@invalid.oz.net> wrote in message news:c0pm3r$c05$4@216.39.146.232...
> > In article <03GXb.4456$WW3.2614@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink. net>, Adam
> > Helberg <sendspamhere@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > ? For one thing plate/wings are not as readily available in scuba
> > ? shops. Also off the shelf, plate/wing is considerably more expensive
> > ? than regular BCs.
> >
> > There's an even easier answer.
> >
> > They are.
> >
> > --
> > "A bunch of us went down to Gettysburg.
> > Some of us didn't come back.
> > If you weren't there, you'll never understand." -Unknown Infantryman
>
> If you mean they are equally available, not where I am. Most dive shops here in Orange
> County, CA do not stock plate/wing. Maybe they can order them but new divers have no
> exposure to them. And generally dive shops encourage students to buy gear they stock.
>
> Adam
>
>

"Chuck Tribolet" <triblet@garlic.com> wrote in message
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> So do business with the shop that does shop them.
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> --
> Chuck Tribolet
> triblet@garlic.com
> http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/triblet

I was merely providing Charlie Hammond an explanation of why new students go with
traditional BC and not the plate/wing system, not justifying the jacket BC.

Adam

In article <vjhYb.7017$tL3.6394@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink. net>, Adam
Helberg <sendspamhere@yahoo.com> wrote:

€ I was merely providing Charlie Hammond an explanation of why new
€ students go with traditional BC and not the plate/wing system, not
€ justifying the jacket BC.

Only in stroke shops.

Which accounts for your "experience".

--
"We're going to rush the hijackers."
-Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001

The first thing to buy is a good buddy. There are slave markets around if
you know where to find them :)

rhys

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:14:28 -0800, "Chuck Tribolet" <triblet@garlic.com> wrote:

>Single tank back plate system ought to be around $500.
>Mmm, $486 at extreme-exposure.com.
>I've seen the top of the line ScubaPro stab jacket for about $850 at my


850 for stab jacket? What shop? What model?

>LDS. They carry back plates too, for a fair price.
>
>No, a backplate isn't a $250 bottom of the line BC, so don't expect to pay
>$250 for it.

If you're really set on get a BP+wing, check out
http://www.diveriteexpress.com/speci...harnwing.shtml

An AL BP+wing for about 330...Polished SS for about 80 more.

safe diving,

bullshark

The top of the line. Don't remember the model. I was quite surprised
at the price as the stab jackets are pretty simple contruction.

--
Chuck Tribolet
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Silicon Valley: STILL the best day job in the world.


"bullshark" <bullshark@scubadiving.com> wrote in message news:dov3305lien4tea9a8tm5i9f4838fvdlip@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:14:28 -0800, "Chuck Tribolet" <triblet@garlic.com> wrote:
>
> >Single tank back plate system ought to be around $500.
> >Mmm, $486 at extreme-exposure.com.
> >I've seen the top of the line ScubaPro stab jacket for about $850 at my
>
>
> 850 for stab jacket? What shop? What model?
>
> >LDS. They carry back plates too, for a fair price.
> >
> >No, a backplate isn't a $250 bottom of the line BC, so don't expect to pay
> >$250 for it.
>
> If you're really set on get a BP+wing, check out
> http://www.diveriteexpress.com/speci...harnwing.shtml
>
> An AL BP+wing for about 330...Polished SS for about 80 more.
>
> safe diving,
>
> bullshark