#4002
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From Aikidiver: Having your own gear preferences while you’re sport diving on you own are fine, but when you’re teaching a class, you wear the LDS dive uniform. It reinforces the concept of ’value’ with the students. They see you wearing the same gear they just spent a lot of money on, so they feel their money was well spent.
When referring to personal preferences I was speaking of within a particular shop brand line. The only time I dive my personal kit is when I am diving not as a representative of the shop. That being said as I am sure you would agree there are vast differences between a starter BC and a top of the brand BC. My understanding has always been (and is strongly encouraged if not quietly demanded of by my shop) is to wear the top of the line - including the newest and the best that the shop has to offer in order to make the student want to work to move up. So, I am afraid I see it the other way around as to the value. I think it would be an easier sales model to have them see what I am wearing and want to emulate that as opposed to requiring them do so - after all in my shop the very rare bird is the one who comes in to take the class and is willing and able to drop that kind of money on a maybe.
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