kelly.dylan•1mo agoMost Upvoted

33 years in and I finally had to admit the old Kirby Morgan band mask is better than my new neck dam.

Last month up in Port Alberni I got into a bad current with my new neck seal rig and it flooded three times before I gave up and switched back to the old band mask I bought in 2004, and now I'm wondering how many other divers have gone back to older gear after chasing the latest stuff.

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riverm481mo ago

I used to be all about the newest gear coming out, figured the technology had to be better, right? Then I took my buddy's vintage double hose regulator on a shallow dive last summer and it breathed so smooth I had to eat my words. It's funny how sometimes they got it right the first time and everything after is just bells and whistles that don't really help.

finley_wells661mo ago

Not quite right about the double hose thing though @riverm48, they actually breathe way easier when you're swimming face up or on your back because the exhaust sits higher, which is a pain in a standard single hose setup. Still, you're dead on about the general point that old stuff isn't automatically junk just because it's old. I think a lot of us just gotta accept that some gear was built for specific diving and new doesn't always mean better.

derek_brown2824d ago

Same thing happened with me and an old school heal toe pair. Total game changer.