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MrManta - 3/27/2016 9:40 PM
Hi my name is Terry,

Looks like you have more gear than you need..hahah Where do you dive? I live aboard my 46 foot Trimaran in the Sea of Cortez. My gear is simple (Navy diver trained) keep it simple stupid is what they taught us, so when the time comes, and it will, you have far less to think about.

For winter diving down here water in the high 60’s in just use a 7 mil. I also have a legend, No BCD ( I found them dangerous) so I just use a back pack. Fins are frog foot XSXcuba, great when you run into a couple knots of current. Summer just a shorty, and down here at 200 it is 82 degrees, so we are spoiled. With a single steel 95 and my back pack, I am perfectly neutral from say 200 up to 20 feet, then I stand on my head like the aluminum 80 divers do...hehe

I have some friends that come down to the boat for some diving and they drive a steel 120, but what a load to pull out of the water, not to mention a BCD with integral weights...yikes, a ton !

Been diving over 50 years so I keep my gear simple. Sometimes I see these guys diving with everything they could buy and they wonder why they go through air........yikes talk about drag...no thanks !

Hope you get more replies, it helps to see what other divers use...also makes for better choices.

Happy diving, Terry