#51834
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Greg - 3/18/2014 11:31 AM
From oceanfloor: I had a shop tell me that for my first class, I would have to buy the mask, fins, snorkel, and dive tool (knife). And in Texas, some dive shops force you to buy boots and strap fins, when most of the year the water is warm enough to wear full-foot fins.
No gear should be required before learning to scuba dive. If a dive shop forces you to buy gear, they are definitely one of the "churn and burn" dive shops. As a new diver, you don’t know enough to make an educated decision on gear. Usually the dive shop pressures you into buying something that you end up regretting later. However, if the dive shop rents you the gear while you learn to dive, and educates you about the different types of gear throughout the course, and offers reasonable prices, then you’re likely to buy from them when you’re ready.
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