equipment lists

thought i put together a list of all my scuba diving related equipment for my reference.
here is table-of-contents and shortcuts to the lists that appear below:

• need to get equipment
• equipment not needed, but probably will get soon anyway, what can you do...
• the good - equipment i really like
• the bad - dont like these ones
  
• could use a different one, ok equipment, but probably wouldnt buy it again
  
• photography equipment
• tanks
• BCDs
• regulators
• suits, including stuff like gloves, undergarments
  
• masks, fins and all that
  
• computers and gauges
• lights
• other

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need-to-get-soon equipment

• second strobe. most likely the inon D2000S although the sea&sea YS-110 could be a good alternative
• a cylinder. would like to get a new main cylinder to replace my faber 12.2L which has some paint issues. the aluminium catalina 95cf seems to be a good choice.

equipment not needed, but probably will get soon anyway
what can you do...

• new camera. sea&sea DX-1G maybe
• another new camera. olympus E410 maybe
• dive computer with wireless tank pressure transmitter. that's so un-needed that i havent even spent time looking at different models available.

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good equipment
this is a list of equipment that i am really happy with, and would easily buy again or recommend to others.

• oceanic V12 split fins
• inon Z240 strobe
  
• DUI TLS drysuit, although very expensive
• OMS thigh pocket
• camera tray
  
• oceanic neoprene boots
• pelican LED 1watt headlamp (recoil LED)
• tiny 10-dollar wrist watch band compass
• suunto mosquito computer
• holden barina
  

bad equipment
list of equipment that i find very bad. mostly a personal taste i guess for some items. but other items are just bad.

• canon housing for G7
  
• OMS 3watt LED headlamp. lasts only 40mins on rechargables, and 2 dives on expensive lithium CR123 batteries, 3watts not terribly bright anyway, looks similar to the pelican 1watt, 3watts LED gets very hot
• Tusa titanium gloves, at least they fit nicely, so if your fingers fall of from cold you wont lose them
• H2YO signaling/ noise maker

ok equipment but wouldnt buy it again
equipment that i am not really dissatisfied with, but if i were looking to buy, i would consider something different.

• bright weights, yet another thing to have laying around and to take extra time to put together
• faber steel tank. my tank is a bit old and i had to repaint it a few time. it still gets some rust, because my paint-job is not exactly professional grade. cannot blame fabers for sure, but steel cylinders may not suit sloppy divers as they are not as easy to work with as aluminium
  

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Equipment list

my full equipment list. some items appear more than once in different categories (for example my focus light appears as photo equipment and a light)

photography equipment

• Canon G7
• canon WP-DC11 underwater housing for G7
• Inon Z240 strobe with fibre optic sync cable
• fantasea 44 led focus light
• fantasea balls and joints arms: 3 T-shoe ball bases, 4 aluminium joints, 1 plastic joint, 3 aluminium medium length (9in/23cm) segments, 1 aluminium long (12in) segment, 1 plastic medium segment, one aluminium YS type strobe head connector, 1 plastic YS type head connector
• aluminium tray (what the crap is the brand of my tray??)
• fantasea double tray
• pelican case
• fantasea 9in bubble arm (for a t-shoe)
• 2 extra NB-2LH batteries for the G7 (1200mah)
• blue -1.5 stop diffuser for the inon z240 strobe
  

tanks

• faber 12.2lt 100cf at 232bar first stamp 1997, test due october
• luxfer SO80, 207 bar, bought new in april 2005 from prodive city store. O2 clean in april 2007. annual test should be due in october.
  
• faber 5lt pony, 40cf at 232bar, bought new on ebay for 90AUD (no valve). First test and O2 cleaned in may 2007. total amount paid for tank/valve/testing (without the O2 cleaning) should be around 230AUD.
  

BCDs and related items

• blackart stainless steel backplate with single wing. harness webbing and all D-rings etc from scubaroo.com (hard/stiff webbing)
  
• blackart travel stainless steel backplate, around 1.5kg, complete (soft) harness kit from blackart
• aqualung jacket style BCD, bought april 2005 from prodive city store sydney
• blackart harness pocket
• OMS thigh pocket
  

regulators and related

• 2 sets of regulators, aqualung titan and oceanic GT3/CDX5 dry-seal.
  titan was bought from prodive city store sydney, oceanic gt3 from leisurepro.com
  

In more detail:

• aqualung titan first stage
• aqualung titan second stage
• aqualung titan occy
• oceanic CDX5 with environmental seal
  
• oceanic gt3 second stage with an angle adapter
  
• oceanic 180-degree swivel occy
• two BCD inflator hoses (28"/72cm and ??)
  
• one drysuit inflator hose
• 2 black short (29"/74cm inc fittings) low pressure hoses for second stages
• 2 yellow (38"/97cm) low pressure hoses for occys
• 2 high pressure hoses (31"/79cm)
  
• contents/tank pressure gauge, Suunto
• contents/tank pressure gauge (blue reef mini both bar/psi) bought from leisurepro.com for 50USD, april 2007

suits and undergarments

• 7mm (7/5) sonar capri semidry suit bought around 2005
• DUI TLS drysuit shoulder entry, bought from prodive cronulla in 2005
• oceanic neoprene boots (from aquatic explorers)
  
• old wetsuit boots (adrenalin, the-cheapset-ones-you-got)
  
• hot'n'dry 200 fleece one piece undergarment bought used, 2006
  
• fleece socks (kathmandu)
  
• fleece vest (MEC, canada)
  
• fleece thin thermal undergarments (MEC canada)
  
• TUSA titanium gloves 3mm, bought april 2007
  
• oceanic gloves
• other thin gloves (no insulation really)
  
• 3mm short hood with velcro opening around the neck
• 2mm titanium hooded vest (forgot this one on a liveaboard in thailand so it is not on the list really..)

masks fins and all that

• oceanic mask, black silicon (2006), frameless
  
• tusa reef tourer mask white/transparent silicon (2004)
• tusa viewtrek black silicon (2006, does not really fit)
• oceanic V12 split fins XL
• oceanic blades II XL
• TUSA cheapest-fin-they-had, in pieces now, the blade was used as a backplate cover
  
• oceanic snorkel (cheapest-one-you-got)
  
• one piece flexible snorkel (bloody expensive but good when in the pocket)
  

computers and gauges

• Suunto mosquito computer
• Suunto favor S computer
• oceanic wrist compass
• lots of 10-dollar wrist watch band compasses (the best)

lights

• fantasea 44 led focus light, 5AA
• princeton 1watt 4AA
• UK Q40 4AA
• UK C4
• OMS 3watt 2CR123A headlamp
• pelican 1watt headlamp 4AA

accessories

• holden barina 1996, bought in 2005
• Tusa small knife. lost one, so bought a new one, now have two covers one knife. not easy to attach to a harness
  
• another knife, seaquest, attaches nicely on the harness webbing
  
• 2 extra cambands 15USD from leisurepro.com
  
• 2 XS camband weight pockets (5lb max, fits 6lb with some difficulty)
• 2 zeagle 6lb camband weight pockets (one is still on its way from the leisurepro)
• equipment clip lanyard
• 2 slates, one of them has some colorful fish on one side
  
• 1 yellow weight belt with stainless steel buckle
• 6-pocket weight belt (aqualung)
  
• 6.6lb/3kg brighweights
• about 30lb lead weight including two 3lb ones in plastic bags and two 1lb ones.
  
• battery chargers: 8 AA/AAA NiMH, 4-AA sony, 4-AA energizer fast charger (1h), 4 AA energizer, 4 AAA-D, 2 RCR123A lithium
  
• equipment bag with wheels from diveimports.com
• backpack mesh equipment bag (crap)
• mesh equipment bag
• 2 tank protective meshes (fluorescent pink, and yellow)
• H2O signaling device/underwater noise maker (very annoying)
• 4 plastic weight retainers
• bolt snaps, many (18 ? 2 double-ended, one butterfly, 3 scissor)
  
• surface marker buoy from phuket, thailand
  
• spool 100' (33m) from leisurepro.com, 15USD including the double ended bolt snap
  
• 2 extra plastic webbing buckles
• dive rite stage bottle carry strap
  

other: other, what other?