Hey James. Thanks for the shout-out. Great video as usual. I'm sure my first gear was mask snorkel and fins. I recall my first computer was an Aladdin Pro. I think I've still got one somewhere.

@DiversReady

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother! Keep on rockin'!

@odeltarkhan3033

3 жыл бұрын

Aladin pro uvatec was the best in old times I had a dozen of them for rental in my diving center

@julianweiland3313

Жыл бұрын

Just got my certificate and the first equipment I got was the 30 years old Aladdin from my dad 😂

@AlexanderHiebert-on9ud

8 ай бұрын

Ya, my first gear is a full snorkeling set from walmart

lol... im a skydiver , and laughed when you said do you want the cheapest parachute .... my first one was pretty cheap ...lol....

@Bolie420

3 жыл бұрын

I thought of corona virus when he talked about masks that thousands of people wear

@Calvin_ISKCON

3 жыл бұрын

Bolie Olie HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA I laughed so hard at this😂😂😂

@filistraight

3 жыл бұрын

That’s ironically amazing lol

@everyvotecounts8344

2 жыл бұрын

This is scuba diving what are you talking about

@jackgrant4795

2 жыл бұрын

My first was a T-10......... I promise it was cheaper than your first...lol

Thanks for the tips! I'm a brand new diver (just certified yesterday).

@DiversReady

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on getting certified! That is awesome! Where did you do your course? We have a lot more content coming for new divers! Thanks for watching!

@doubleu1017

4 жыл бұрын

@@DiversReady I did mine in High Point, North Carolina. Im ready to head down to the clear blue waters of Turks and Caicos next month instead of the murk waters at the quarry here.

@itsuxs2beu

4 жыл бұрын

@@doubleu1017 just starting my jump into the diving world. funny to see someone from High Point on my like third video. Lived back by the Palladium for 3 years. Hope you are doing good 8 months later!

@unrealstudios9987

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so close to being a diver

@doubleu1017

3 жыл бұрын

@@unrealstudios9987 Definitely do it if you can! Learning this skill has been one of the best investments in myself. Ive been itching to go diving again - COVID messed up some dive trips for me.

I don't have a lot of my own gear yet, but buying my own gear I do have and learning to use it dramatically increased my dive enjoyment. 😊 Not only is it physically more comfortable, but knowing my own gear just made me a more confident diver. 1: Mask, boots, fins, snorkle (I got boots because small fins were too small and medium fins were too big so my medium fins with my boots were absolutely perfect!) 2: bcd (once you go intigrated weights you cant go back to weight belts) 3. Dive Computer All my dives (I'm still a newbie, I have about 70 dives), are in the Caribbean and I never wear a wetsuit anymore. Usually bathing suit, 3/4 rash guard shirt and maybe gym leggings or rash guard pants or board shorts. 😊 P.s. Love your channel! I sadly haven't been diving since 2020 and your channel is making me realize I miss it!

@christopher399

7 ай бұрын

It's also safer! I know my equipment will work, as I get it serviced regularly, and use it multiple times every week. As for your second point, about integrated weights... I started with integrated weights, and then moved on to weight belts. I wanted to start diving with a wing and backplate, as well as getting into more technical diving.

I wanted to say thank you for your time and energy that you put into posting these videos. They are so informative and entertaining to watch. Also short enough to hold my attention 😀. I have recently become an open water diver since February and am immediately hooked. I’m learning so much from watching your videos and others like them. I love the straight talk spoken from your experiences and passion for diving. I look forward to Mouth Piece Mondays and all the other various videos that you share with us. I hope to some day run into you on a dive in Florida or anywhere in the world for that matter, keep up the great work James👌.

You hooked me at “what do the buttons do?” And I subscribed at 7:47 😂

James…thank you for this video, thanks to it my life was changed. I’m now certifies and having a lot of fun diving here in FL. Please don’t stop putting up amazing videos you are appreciated!

I bought the comfort gear. Mask, Fins with snorkel, plus the SMB. The shop required them. They didn’t force you to buy them from the shop. They hoped that you would. The most important thing was the fit and comfort to make diving fun.

Great list! I’m a retired instructor myself. During my active teaching days, the first piece of gear I recommended new divers buy was a wetsuit. Comfort leads to a good dive.

@goofyfoot2001

Жыл бұрын

I don't even dive and I can make these recommendation too. here they are in no particular order. Get 1. good mask 2. good tanks. 3. Good snorkel 4. good wet suit 5. good fins. follow me for more great recommendations.

Just got certified a week ago and ready to start really learning and honing my underwater skills. Our instructor at Blue Meridian in Owensboro, KY had us purchase mask, snorkel, fins and boots as beginner gear. We used company rented BCD, tanks, reg and wetsuit. Thanks for this list. What you said makes a lot of sense! Happy diving

@nwwantiti.

Жыл бұрын

I recommend Pennyroyal dive center in Hopkinsville KY. I’m from indiana so there is 0 water sources around me. It is great for beginners and experienced divers. It’s a huge rock quarry so it is beautiful. To put it in perspective, i’m 13 and i just got my certification. great place, highly recommended

Thank you James! This is a very high-quality video it is helping my girlfriend and myself become more knowledgeable, for we are buying our scuba gear this week or next wee!!!

Awesome channel.. my gears in order or purchase are 1) Mask - because the rental fleet never fit me 2) Snorkel - not necessary for diving, but i do a fair bit of snorkeling, more than diving 3) Rash guard & dive pants - easy to get into, yes i know what divers to in the rental wetsuits.. hahaha 4) Dive computer - i want to know my depth and NDL 5) DSMB - got this purely after watching this channel, make sense... why would i want to get run over by a boat or lost at sea

@melouverse1049

3 жыл бұрын

Thankyouuu for sharing I'll use this for my project!!

You are my first scuba instructor that I genuinely think is awesome ❤️😂 You’re funny 😁

Thanks for the wetsuit shout out! Been looking for a cut appropriate for rugby player size me.

I recently got into diving and love it! I didn’t think I would be able to dive because I am a bigger guy but my friends got me to the right ppl and the right place. I play rugby and coach a south Florida high school! Definitely have another subscriber here. Thank you for the video.

As a Captain in the Florida Keys-I wanted to offer more on my boat, hence my interest in Diving. Have not completed the course yet, yet I found your inspiring video so you will help me keep on course! Thank you!

Hi James I totally agree with you! All your videos are awesome, especially those for newly certified divers. I’d like to add 1 comment, I almost quit diving about dive 50. I had some poor advice and bought several wrong masks (spent entire dives clearing my mask not diving), rental fins were always either too big or too small (that hole chafed in your toe is no fun in current), wet suits never ever fit right, I always had a death bite on my old spaghetti mouth piece and stiff hose! Stop renting the 2nd you can afford your own gear!!!! Keep up the great work!

Hello, thank you for the information! I just got certified as OW and the first piece of gear that I bought was Solo Mask by Scubrapro. So far I love it. Currently waiting for my Nova fins to arrive..next one on the list- computer

James, I am preparing to take my OW course in 2021 and am looking at starting with my own equipment. I have been watching your videos and decided to start back at the beginning to get advice. I have a preliminary quote on basic equipment that I am making payments on over time before my course. I am one of those "remain teachable" people that enjoys learning and challenging myself in new ways. Thanks for your content, I look forward to the notifications of new content. Keep it coming, I'm learning a lot.

Thanks James! Really enjoyed your video. Getting my open water PADI cert this weekend and starting to look into gear and am trying to narrow down what I need/want to get and what's most important to invest in first. I have already bought mask, fins, booties and snorkel, so now I'm gonna go around some local dive shops today in Guam and buy at least a DSMB, and look at Regs, computers and wet suits/shorties. Thanks again! Will check out your other videos.

Just got certified for open water, and found your video. Well done! Very informative.

Great to rewatch this again now that I’ve decided to get back into diving after 31 years. My first gear I bought in 1986 was a Dacor Pacer XL regulator, 2nd stage and October with gauge package. Very rugged and always worked. I eventually had all Dacor diving gear and it works.

@tchrishoward

Жыл бұрын

I still use my Dacor mask fins and snorkel I bought in 1997. Both of my masks are Dacor. Love them. My old Dacor BCD and octopus are on an obsolete tank sitting in front of my desk at work.

First piece after required kit from school (mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit) was a BCD. Second was a Peregrine dive computer, third was an Edge-Gear HOG Zenith D3 regulator which I love even after trying out a friend’s Aqualung Leg3nd.

Great channel. You gained my subscription on the strength of the dive computer at the office gag. Dry serious topics don't have to be delivered in a dry serious way, so well done. I'll keep watching and hopefully, learning.

Love the channel and your videos. Love to see the smb on the list. I dove for an embarrassingly long amount of time before anyone clued me into carrying one of these. Just my opinion but I would definitely throw in an honorable mention of picking up the BC early if you are either very large or small. I am a big heavy guy who dives with a very small female buddy and finding a comfortable BC at either end of that spectrum can be terrible when renting gear.

Great video! My first pieces of equipment were mask & boots/fins. Followed by your recommendations (but not exactly in the same order, DSMB was purchased later).

Thanks for this! Great advice!!!!

Great content, just subscribed! Thank you and keep up the great stuff

Thank you for this video. Recently been certified, have just bought a watch and regs brand new and a second hand mask to tide me over until I save up for a good one as my budget wouldn’t quite stretch to brand new everything but not a bad decision going off your video 🙂👍🏻 subscribed to the channel, keep it up!

Hey James - great video, and some great advice for new divers! The rolled up sleeves are a great touch and scream "I'm here for business!"

@DiversReady

4 жыл бұрын

You know it, brother! Hope you're well!

Thanks James! My first purchase was a mask and wetsuit. Your information in this video makes a lot of sense and will be what I follow👍

Hey James! Recently came across your channel as my hubby and I get ready for a week-long dive trip in Cozumel. As one who needs glasses to see/read any distance farther than arms-length, my first piece of equipment was prescription lens mask for diving. I tried diving with contacts once and that was a fiasco! My hubby and I made a few fun purchases for Christmas last year in anticipation of our next dives and also got ourselves some decent dive computers. I thank you for all the great tips you share and we have subscribed to your channel. Fantastic!

This video was awesome, thank you for the info

Love your channel- tons of fantastic info. First gear was 1. Mask - the rental mask I used in training leaked like a sieve. 2. Fins - rental fins gave me terrible blisters and put a damper on future dives. 3. Snorkel- learned in advance training dives that most people don’t use them

Thanks so much Sir... Its very informative James

Really enjoyed this video. My first purchase was mask, snorkel, fin set to get through class. Still building my personal kit.

Just now getting into Scuba Diving, my wife and I and your information about the first five you should buy you are right on the money we thank you we thank you we thank you you did an excellent job and you have directed us on with the purchase first once again thank you from StocktonCalifornia 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾Thank you James

My wife and I are new to diving an found your channel through Facebook. After taking our first discovery dive, our first purchases were Cressi focus masks as the lens cans be changed. (We both wear glasses). Along with fins cause the rentals were uncomfortable and wetsuits!!! Especially after hearing about everyone peeing in them! 🤣 Thanks for the great videos for a newb!

My first piece of gear I bought was a oceanic mask. It was a great mask and now I use it as a backup mask in my drysuit pocket.

Your videos are amazing and I would enjoy shaking your hand to say thank you. I'm up in the panhandle but get down your way from time to time. I'm blessed that my wife gave me an open water course for Christmas so I've been methodically buying equipment all year. I was certified in 1983 in Bangkok as a high school student so I'm excited that I'm now certified again. In this journey, my first purchase was my Aqualung Legend Elite. And after diving with fellow students I'm very thankful that I spent the money. Keep up the good work! I'm also using an Apeks wing and back plate with the intention of expanding my education...because I listened to you.

Great videos! Ranger Stilleto BCD, Amphos computer, Aqualung Titan LX, 3 mm Henderson shortie

Hey James, just found yout channel.... you’ve got some great views. My first bits of kit were a scubapro mk25 s600 regs and a scubapro mask. Still using them 10 years later as an instructor.

@iaintoolin1660

3 жыл бұрын

mk25 is awesome

Glad I found your channel! Very informative for a new diver. My wife and I are heading to Cozumel for our honeymoon in November and are looking at purchasing our regulators and computers before we go. Hope to see a video soon about the differences between different regs and computers and recommendations on some models you think are good 'bang for the buck'. Thanks and keep up the great work!

@DiversReady

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Alan! Thanks for watching! I will be making Reg and Computer videos, but I don't know if that will happen before November. But feel free to shoot me an email to diversready@gmail.com and let me know 1) budget, 2) how many dives do you plan to do per year and 3) roughly where most of these dives will be (fresh water, salt, cold, tropical...) and I will happily send you some suggestions. Dive safe, James

@DiversReady

4 жыл бұрын

Got your email and replied! Thanks Alan. James

The first gear my wife and I bought were mask, snorkel, booties, and fins as a set from the scuba shop we got our certification from. After that we purchased wetsuits. Recently purchased a DSMB and flashlights. Working on tool kit and save a dive kit next, then dive computers. Looking at the Shearwater Peregrine.

Mahalo for Your video, I'm getting ready to start lessons and Your advice is very much appreciated

Thanks, James.... That's really a piece of good advice..!!!!

Thanks very much for a great video. Just started my open water course and this video very useful

Big shout out from Bahrain and really do like your content and honesty. Mask, fins, exposure, dive computer regs - almost got it right and now have a complete dive system.

Needed this for our project where i have to look what are equipments for diving, hope this helps🙏

Great video James… thanks for sharing

Just watched this, as i am about to embark on my journey to becoming an instructor (currently AOWD) thankfully my first two purchases were comp and mask before i watched this!

I’ve never thought that a DSMB would be so important. Thanks 🙏🏽

Thanks James. Enjoying and learning from your channel. About good gear the first time around: Although I have a modern mask, I still use on occasion my US Diver tri-window Wrap-Around mask I purchased when I started diving in 1975.

Completed Open Water certification last weekend. Dive shop I received training from required mask, snorkel, fins, and SMB to begin training. We deployed the SMB several times as part of the certification.

Dive Mask - 2007 & still have the mask!!! Best purchase ever!!!

Great video. I'm a new diver. My wife and I were recently married and she has been a diver for 30 years...now I can join her. My first piece of equipment is the AquaLung pro HD compact travel BCD. Will be trying it in Bimini Ina couple weeks.

7:45, your “read the manual“ close up was wonderful! I have a new dive computer and am reading the manual while playing with the buttons.

I went on my first dive trip recently with a dive shop from my area. I realized once I was there that I had no idea how to tell if the dives were safe. They led some dives themselves and we had some local divemasters. I don’t know what I don’t know so I’d love to see a video on what to look for. These videos are so helpful!

I'm lucky to have been gifted a bunch of quality gear, but the first purchase I made myself is Bism's re//brass regulator. Super excited to finally get to use it this week.

First thing I bought was mask, fins and snorkel. I still have all 3 (2006), but only use the fins. I have used my Atomic split fins on nearly all 200 of my dives to date.

I'm on a "divers ready" video watching spree! Lol, it's all so helpful!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Just absorbing all the knowledge... My first gear I purchased before the open water course: mask, snorkel, boots, fins and a large mesh bag. The next investment before my first dive after the ow cert was a watch style dive computer. My next planned purchases very soon will be my own hood, gloves and a kit that includes a smb, a lamp and a knife and some other little clips, o-rings and such. I would just absolutely love to get all the gear right now. But I'm going to have to split it up for financial reasons. At least this allows time for proper research online and in the diving community. :-)

@toriless

4 жыл бұрын

If you dive in cold areas, like I have around here, gloves are you best friend. I got the G1 5MM from Waterproof. Worth every penny.

Tragic story in the sailboat cruising community and this video here have convinced me that I agree 100% with you. Never dive without it. It really could save your life, or someone you're with!

I have mask, snorkel, boots, fins and a slate. Mask / snorkel were a must as i wear glasses; boots and fins maybe an extravagance at an early stage but they're good. Now I'm saving up for a dive computer!

This is the first time I saw one of your videos and it was great! I now have subscribed and look forward to viewing others. I have not snooped around yet, but is there an archive where I can watch older ones. Thank you and appropriately, Cheers!!

@DiversReady

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing! Absolutely, checkout our playlists with videos sorted by topic!

Great vid. I just upgraded from secondhand gear to my new own gear. I am own now mk25evo with longhose and g260. love my new setup. Worth the money!!

@DiversReady

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter! Thanks for watching. That's a great reg set up. My only non-Apeks reg is a Mk17 with G260 Tactical. It is sweet! Enjoy it!

I'm glad I found this video, as my first piece of diving equipment I purchased was a mask, snorkel, boots and fins. I haven't been able to fully try them out yet to see if they're a good fit yet and I hope to do that today but not sure if I can.

The first kit i bought was an aqua lung wave bcd, titan regulator with the i300 computer and i love it, it was worth what i paid and the shops i live near have layaway options to help the divers that cant afford the $1,000 or more purchases

Am a boat captain in the bahamas nassau an jus started diving love ya video.hopefully i can see u when i heard over

Great video, just subscribed.... I do like how you explain all the rationals behind your statements. I did follow mostly the sequence you mentioned, only the boots and fins were before the DSMB, which I purchased shortly after at the dive center where I took the AOW. Computer wise, I got a Mares Quad as my first... big numbers, cheap, simple, Nitrox more than capable, and ease of use for eyes that are starting to fail me in the short distance. Keep the content coming. Like your simple and clarifying style! Cheers!

@DiversReady

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Guillermo! Welcome to the channel. James

my first and only mask until today was a cressi. I bought it years ago and I never had to buy a replacement. It never leaks and never fogs up! Lucky pick :)

I got open water in 2012, advanced in 2014, rescue diver in 2016. I work in law enforcement and we do more recovery dive than rescue dive. I have full gear to do a public safety dive or a recreation dive. The best advice ever given was done at the beginning of your video. Save and buy quality. I pieced together my gear Over the years and have got quality equipment for decent price by being patient on getting gear and looking for deals.

The first piece of gear I bought was an atomic ulraclear mask and I absolutely love it

great content man.. going to book my course tomorrow :)

My 1st was mask, snorkel and fins my second (just recently) OMS regulator and Oct

Oh how I wish you were my diving instructor! Great channel!

You got me hooked in with that DSMB... you are correct! :) It is fundamental piece of equipment, so cheap and there are so many new divers that go out without one. I dive with 2 of these, one red and another yellow, purely for tech reasons.

@toriless

4 жыл бұрын

Mine is yellow on one side and orange on the other, it also has a light that can be activated, I think I bought it from DAN?

My first five were. Mask, computer, suit, regulator,BCD (and fins) .. I bought them together after a lot of research .. I borrowed a SMB until I bought one .. I carry an SMB always (fits in a pocket)

Mares. Found their gear to be good quality. BCD regs and fins. Do have a scuba pro mask converted to prescription. The scuba pro silicone is superb in my opinion. Thanks for the videos.

I agree with your selection of gear. I might put the wetsuit higher up for hygiene and fit. Regs require substantial and costly maintenance, so one should be a fairly frequent diver to make the maintenance worth it. I started with the things that I wear (suit, gloves, boots, hood, mask, fins) because the uni club didn't have any communal suits. Then safety gear (computer, torch, DSMB, knife). And finally reg, BC and camera. And lots of extra bits and bobs over time for self-sufficiency when diving with buddies. Each time we go on holiday I try to decide what I could leave at home and rent instead to travel lighter, but my stuff is much nicer than rental stuff, so I always end up taking my full gear.

Totally agree with your list. But... Have you tried the MK2 EVO? Huge improvement, the performance in colder and deeper water has really been improved with the latest upgrades. It's a great set of back up and travel regs.

very good video after my OPW i order mask snorkel suunto zoop,dsmb shoes, now update the computer for shearwater peregrine very happy

First mask is the Hollis M3, love it

thank you for this video !!! I didn't even know a dsmb existed because I'm just now getting into diving but like you're saying, it also blows my mind that this isn't part of standard gear, like the hell?! my main concern was that what if you get taken away by a current which can easily take you very far away from the boat and your buddies and there is no way to let them know where you are and this little pouch is simply brilliant ! I'm instantly more relaxed knowing about this and I will absolutely put it on my shopping list to make sure I always have it with me

I went whit a used bcd and regulator in almost brand new condition for a fraction of the price early in my Carriere 😀. And now after 10 years I still have the same bcd and regulator

Thanks James. Working through your material. First purchase here was mask and snorkel. Very pleased with the mask. On the snorkel, wish I'd known that some have a shut off valve so it doesn't fill if you dive down for a closer look at something whilst snorkelling. I will replace it with one that does.

Found your channel looking up tips for my Open Water Diver course (just the final assessments and Open Water dives to do!). I invested in my first mask (Aqualung Favola). Looking forward to building up a decent gear set.

Hi James Thank you for the tips" but" for no 5 , I would get fin's instead of a reg. reg would be no 6 on my list. I got cirt. in 1975 I would go to a dive shop that has a pool so you can try different styles see what really works easy kicking but great performance out of the fin for you!!!

Hey James my first piece of gear was my Dive Mask. I wear glasses so I need prescription mask to see.

Hey James, great video. My first dive gear were mask, fins, dive boots and snorkel. After that it was a regulator, ScubaPro Mk25, a Henderson wetsuit, ScubaPro G2 dive computer and then a bunch of other things.

@DiversReady

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Thanks for watching! James

Love your videos hope I can run into you in person one of these days

I took the PADI course when I was 14, in Alberta Canada, in the Winter, my open water in a very murky lake that Spring. First piece of gear I ever bought was a Tri-Panel mask by Dacor I think and my nephew has it now for pool use, or snorkeling in the Summer. I'm 53 now so it got used pretty well and held up nicely. At the same time I bought a Citizen Promaster Dive watch because in 1981 there weren't any dive computers and we had tables and cards to use. I liked that Citizen so much I'm on my second one now, and the first still works!! I heard a rumour that the Italian Navy used the Citizen Promasters for a few years after testing them down to 500 meters without failure, and that's plenty good enough for me,...I even think it looks good!! That's the Citizen Promaster Automatic Dive watch not the Eco-Drive, although I'm sure they'd be fine too.

100% agree

Just restarted my dive career in my 50’s, for me it was mask, snorkel, boots and fins. Next will be a dive computer (prob Suunto Eon Core), and then a regulator. Useful video for me, will be checking out your kit reviews 👍🏻

You're showing the length of your experience. Not many Citizen Aqualand Pro Duo's around these days. Even fewer with the yellow face - I know because I have been hunting for one for some years. Great video - light-hearted as always which makes people take on board what you are saying.

Just finished my pool skills test today. I have fins, mask, mesh bag for carrying equipment and snorkel after my open water dives I’ll check into a regulator, computer and suit. 👍

My first pieces of equipment were a mask and snorkel. Thank you for the video!

James, I have been teaching since 1984. Diving since 1977 (certified in 1982). The first equipment was Mask, fins and Snorkel. Had to before I even got wet. (As you know many dive shops require you to provide Mask, Fins and snorkel before you join the class.) After my class and started teaching I bought BC, Reg system, Wetsuit, . - No computer until the 1989 (The edge), - Computers were not in wide spread use. SBM/DSBM really not until 2005 ish.. not common place to use. Drysuit in 1989. -- Nitrox computer 2000ish. Certified to teach Nitrox 1992/3 TDI.

I just treated myself to my first dive computer. After months of looking around I had to come back to your quote "best computer ever" :D After having received and set up my Perdix 2 TI I ran to local pool and treated myself to a pool session with it. Its just so much fun, customizable and great to handle. Thank you for your recommendation, BEST COMPUTER EVER!

@DiversReady

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Dive safe.

Cheers Mate!

I’m haven’t even started learning but I’ve already bought a mask and snorkel for use in the pool just to get used to that much (scubapro synergy 2, and scubapro dry snorkel)