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From meltonart: ...am actually glad they pushed for me to get a set of gear at the onset of my diving.
I don’t have a problem with divers getting all their own gear, in fact stats show that divers who do dive more than those that don’t. The rub I have is telling new students that "the ONLY way to dive safely is to buy you own gear". Gear is a big part of safety, but so is training and experience, and its misleading to state/teach otherwise. Also, we were taught to intentionally miss size students who chose to rent gear instead of buy for pool sessions. When they complained that the gear didn’t fit right, we were told to tell them that they need to buy gear if they wanted it to fit right. I’m not exaggerating or embellishing on this, this is what the head guy at SSI taught us during our cross-over training!
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