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Sounds like the sort of thing that PADI shops do. Wendell Allyson wrote: > Most of the dive shops here in No. VA make you get a DRY SUIT CERTIFICATION > before they will rent or sell you a dry suit. We had a friend run into > this problem. > > Allyson > > -----Original Message----- > From: gott [mailto:wgrogan@dc*.ne*] > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:11 PM > To: g.wentland > Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: [Re: Re: [Dumb vs. Smart Re: Wet vs Dry in SoCal]] > > This is all true, but if you're working with a good shop, renting a dry suit > shouldn't be too expensive, often, not any more than a good wet suit. > Also, several shops I know of will do a 'rent to own' deal, this way you > rent > until you've paid for it. In the meantime, the store rents out your suit > when > you're not using it, making up for their losses in capitation. > Wendell > > "g.wentland" wrote: > > > Hi All: > > I have a little time so I thought that I would throw my 2 cents in. > > Having learned how to dive in the Great Lakes and having experienced ice > > diving in a wetsuit first hand, I can say that the drysuit is the way to > go. > > There are a couple problems associated with teaching brand new divers in a > > drysuit. > > 1. It increases the task loading on the student. New students have a > > hard time controlling buoyancy without magnifying the problem with a > > drysuit. The simpler you keep the training of brand new students the less > > likely an accident will occur. I have seen a few inexperienced drysuit > > divers go up a downline feet first. This is bad enough if you know how to > > dive, and it is not an uncommon problem for the inexperienced drysuit > diver. > > 2. Cost! For a brand new diver the cost of buying new equipment is > > considered pretty steep. The instructor is asked by a young man or woman > > with limited means, "How much will the equipment cost?", and they are told > > about $1200-$1500 to start, and they shudder. They scrimp and save and > > finally come up with the bucks to get started. If they were told that a > > drysuit is a requirement to dive in the Great Lakes and it costs an > > additional $1200 dollars it would slim down the ranks of northern divers > > considerably. > > When I started diving in Green Bay my instructor wore a drysuit, and I > > wore a wetsuit. I could not justify the expense of a drysuit until I > started > > doing some commercial diving which paid for it. I did a lot of diving in > the > > Great Lakes with a 7mm Farmer John. I was told that a drysuit would > provide > > more comfort, but I did not feel the need to buy one because I was not all > > that uncomfortable in my wetsuit. Yes, I got cold from time to time, but > all > > that meant was that it was time to come up. > > In my mind, unless you have more than a few bucks in the bank (and a > > very supportive spouse), diving in a wetsuit is a right of passage, and a > > drysuit is a luxury that one hopes to be able to get someday. > > Have a Great Day, > > bye, > > George > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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