Yep, that’s more or less the way I was planning on buying things. I’m out of college and working, but not making oodles of cash. Wetsuit makes the most sense to buy in person. And I need to finish my open water diver course before I can buy life support equipment, (at least that’s what my instructor said).
I’ve got fins, mask, snorkel and weight belt already.
In short I’d be looking to get my own BC, Regulator, Octo, and instruments. Probably a dive computer as well. I think that’s everything =)
I’ll talk to the dive shop in the city and see what they service, this is a few months off for me, but I just want to start shopping around and getting a feel for the prices.