Mailing List Archive Mailing List Archive
>Your typical (statistically speaking) diver can't comprehend and/or >afford the "Doing it Right" rig, but might come out cheaper if they >don't chase after the "technical" TransPac, bondage wings, excess gear, >etc. Much like computers - I'd love to have a 200Mhz Pentium Pro with >128Mb RAM, 4Gb disk, 128kbps ISDN modem, 15" monitor, etc., but I just >can't afford it. I use what works for me, within my budget, with >adequate performance. But I'm mostly e-mail, so it works for me. If I >wanted high-res graphics to download pics from Lucy Ho's i might adjust >my configuration. But what I have now works, thank you very much. The >only difference being if my PC crashes, I won't die (another important >point). Excuse me. This is one that I *CAN* answer, lowly open-water single-tank diver that I am. Go down to your friendly neighborhood dive shop and price buoyancy compensators. You will find that decent BCs are around $500 and up. Trans Pac is $600-700, depending on options and where you buy it. Most recreational BCs won't mount double tanks at all, and even if they would, they do NOT have enough lift to be safe with doubles. Now price out an AUL backplate, single-strap harness, Seapro wings, and a Dive-Rite single tank mounting plate, and you are looking at $350, maybe a bit more if you have to pay shipping. That is NOT an estimate; that is what I personally spent last year on that specific rig. As a footnote, observe that I can pull the single plate and the rig immediately accepts doubles, and it has the lift to do it, right out of the box. I don't know about you, but I can find other things to do with the $150-$350 that I didn't spend on the fancy BC that doesn't work as well. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
Navigate by Author:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Subject Search Index]
[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]
[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]