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Its more like $35 off $300 or more. See http://www.gue.com/membership/levels.shtml --- Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*> wrote: > Jim, I'm not going to tell you what gear to buy, > others will do a > better job. I do have some advice though: > > 1) Don't buy anything until you're sure it's the > right thing. Most > likely you will end up wanting to configure in full > DIR fashion, and > even small, seemingly insignificant details will > come back to haunt > you later. I wasted a lot of money on stuff I don't > use anymore. > You're doing the right thing by asking first. > > 2) Join GUE. If you blow enough money at Extreme > Exposure, which you > will, membership is free. Check the GUE web page > for details, I > think that it costs $100 to join and you get $100 > off any purchase of > $300 or more. Once you join, you can subscribe to > Quest and look at > the quest archives, an invaluable resource. > > 3) I would get really comfortable diving doubles > before going for a > certification. You don't want to deal with > unfamiliar gear when > you're learning stuff. > > 4) Don't be put off if you get flamed. If the info > is good, no > matter the style of delivery. > > Cheers. > Jim Split wrote: > ~ > >Hi all, > > I've just joined the list. I'm an experienced > recreational > >diver (10 years, 150+ dives; some lake michigan > cold water wrecks, > >but mostly carribean diving) , moving into tech > diving. My goal is > >to dive more cold water, and deeper wrecks (diving > to 200 feet but > >no penetration). I'm certified IANTD and ANDI > nitrox, have dry suit > >training but limited dry suit experience. I want > to move to > >decompression and extended range certifications and > to start diving > >with doubles. Before I jump into buying a > backplate, tanks, > >manifold and SPG's I would appreciate any advice > members of this > >list could give me on equipment recommendations. > I've scanned the > >older postings and see a bias for DIR, and halcyon. > My first > >equipment purchases will be a manifold, SPG.s, and > a backplate (I'm > >6'3", 240#). Please send advice to the list or off > list to > ><mailto:Jsplit@ma*.co*>Jsplit@mail.com. Thanks in > advance. > > -- > Paul B. > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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