Tech Diving

[Manny-R]

if you want to get gear that is use-able later on, look into a BP/w, DIN regs, and if you want to go the DIR way, long hose, bungied reg around the neck and so on. be prepared to spent TONS of cash... doubles will run you about a grand + regs (steel tanks 250-300 each, bands150-180, valve etc.. add to about a grand, and 2 regs will add to about 800-1000+)

and with 0-24 dives saying "i will take classes soon", well unless you're gonna log 100 dives "soon" i would suggest you wait till at least that.
i am planing on taking other classes... but i gave my self time (im OW, and want to do AOW next year... i log about 15 dives a month, and by next summer should be at a least 165-200 dives) thats 9-10 months from now.

[ianr33]

Originally Posted by Manny-R

and if you want to go the DIR way, long hose, bungied reg around the neck and so on. be prepared to spent TONS of cash...

Just to be picky: long hose and bungie is not exclusive to DIR, pretty much standard no matter what agency.Why? It just works.

I do agree about needing tons of cash!

[texdiveguy]

Originally Posted by ianr33

This is what I would suggest for gear purchases:

Get a BP and a wing made for single tanks.
Get good quality,DIN regs. (I use Apeks, ATX 50 and 40 seconds,DS4 first stage)
Get a 7 foot hose and bungee your backup around your neck
If you get a tank then get either an Al 80 (DIN) or a large steel tank .The Al tank will work later for a stage,the steel could be half of a pair of doubles.
Get Scubapro Jetfins with Springstraps.
Get a good quality backup light. Something like an LED Photon Torpedo should be bright enough for a primary in a lot of recreational diving.
Get a simple wrist mounted computer.Preferably with gauge mode (although you can always bend it on tech dives at which point it will automatically go into gauge mode !) Do not get an air integrated, hoseless,all singing all dancing computer.

The above gear will work fine for recreational diving and you can use all of it (except the single wing) for diving 300 foot deep caves in the future.

To get started in "tech" all you would need would be a doubles wing,a set of double tanks (maybe using one of your existing tanks) another first stage reg,and a bottom timer.

And deco training,and trimix,and cave and a scooter and a drysuit and............

And make sure you get everything in BLACK!

[ianr33]

Originally Posted by texdiveguy

And make sure you get everything in BLACK!

Yeah Yeah Yeah !

[Mtrewyn]

good help rest assured it is a long ways off, right now I'm just gathering info, I love to learn and you can't learn without asking questions

[texdiveguy]

Originally Posted by Mtrewyn

I love to learn and you can't learn without asking questions

Ditto!

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by Mtrewyn

good help rest assured it is a long ways off, right now I'm just gathering info, I love to learn and you can't learn without asking questions

No worries. Some good advice in this thread. Pretty much the only thing you can do right now is dive dive dive, and buy gear that will serve you well both now, while you are still starting out and learning, and later, when your technical classes will have specific gear requirements. That way you don't have to buy an entirely different set of gear when you get ready for the technical training.

Feel free to ask if you have any further specific questions.