WORST Dive Gear In The World Part 2 | Surface Interval

[@simplyscuba]

What do you think is the *WORST* scuba diving gear in the world? Let us know below!

[@markpapp8784]

Very late to this party... Mainly agree, but my Merino base layers work perfectly both underwater and topside. Also, my old Mk20 / G250 combos still work perfectly - why change?

[@colelawton4901]

Having lots of D rings is an objective good thing... its not so one diver can attach 12 things to them. Its to give a thousand divers 12 options to personalize where they put anything.

[@duikmans]

Some of the "copies" aren't copies, but simply the same gear before it gets branded. Just have a look at the Brinyte/Nitesun dive lights.

[@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter]

Hi Mark, did you see this review of Simply Scuba before? Take care. Alec

[@bartbotterweck]

''Where it can run with the other BCD's and chase rabbits and stuff'' :') you crack me up

[@YouTube_user3333]

Older regs were designed to last. Diaphragms have metal disc attached, so they last decades. Newer regulators are designed to be serviced regularly and cost you money. Some of these newer regs already, you can’t get parts for. Older regs just need o ring changes. I know many older divers that are still using regs that are 40 or 50 years old.

[@hearsejr]

I'm one of those guys still useing old stuff.. lol

[@YouTube_user3333]

@@hearsejr yeah me too. My regs are 34 years old 😆

[@johnwilliamsscuba6487]

Yep me too

[@diverdave4056]

I had to send my 1979 Dacor Pacer 900's to Alec Pierce in Canada because he was the only one that could get the tune up parts n diaphragms ! The 5 dive shops near me REFUSED to touch them and said they could loose their insurance if they worked on them . Alec did a video about my regulators on his you tube channel...

[@raymondclark1785]

I had one of those Bakalite regs and you had to suck air out of it :( I was happy with my Conshelf until it went in for service so I did a dive trip with my sons Oceanic Omega and it was so much better. The Conshelf's 49 year old 1st stage is now on my pony

[@shoreangler3383]

I've never been in any emergency situation where I thought "I bet I could have saved a few dollars and been just fine." Lol 😆

[@diveinstructordaniel1095]

Imagine trying to ditch your weightbelt only to remember that you attached your spg to it and can’t ditch it

[@chriscairns9332]

Agree with most of these except the crack bottles. as a rebreather diver, our boat is filled with crack bottles and CO2 DSMB's - thankfully never seen one go off unintentionally. I get the point about not being inspected so it is great that AP offers a new for old scheme on these bottles so mines gets replaced every 2 years. If we can swap out crack bottles I would love to see finger spools being put on the list. Seen so many rapid ascents, snags and granny knitting from these things. Sure they might be fine as jump lines in a cave or deploying in a quarry but in the open sea just make life easy for yourself and use a reel.

[@Fillmore668]

Another reason not to buy copies… Reverse engineering is not the same thing as actual engineering. Industry leading, recognized brands spend significant time and money in developing new and improved products and need to recoup those costs through sales. If they stop recouping costs, they stop developing new products or even go out of business. I used to work in motorcycle aftermarket parts, and half of the companies doing cool new products five or ten years ago aren’t in business anymore due to not being able to compete with what were essentially their own products (or at least looked like them). We are really in an age now where we have to support the sport with our wallets, by supporting the companies that are actually engaged in the sport.

[@hearsejr]

I'm still useing my sherwood regulator built in the late 1980's... I had it since new right after I got certed in 1987.. But over the winter I did buy a set of new plastic Chinese 2nd stages and hoses, and a newer oceanic presser pressure gauge. Today I made the hugest leap of my life and bought a Ocean Reef Space extender... Brand new.. hopefully it will live up to it's expectations and improve my diving experiences. Lol

[@jameschartrand7962]

My uncle used to dive way back and my dad kept his bcd (bc vest back then), it had an independent tank but it was one of those disposable 12g airsoft co2 canisters activated by a ripcord. I think it's a pretty cool design for emergency purposes instead of dumping your weights and it seems nice to have. I still have his giant dive knife with a 7" (17.8cm) blade because back then it's not if you get attacked by a shark, it's when lol. He was diving in the red sea a lot though so but he was probably more likely to die by accidentally stabbing himself with it some how than a shark attack, let alone puncturing a hose or bcd

[@Xaccers]

Dad's old BCD from the 80's had the same system. We'd spent 5 years in Jeddah, so he also had a couple of impressive dive knives! Back in the UK, he went along to the Poole BSAC group and did a dive with them. He'd told his buddy he had to descend slowly as it would sometime take his ears a while to equalise. When they started down the guide line together in near zero visibility and I presume tethered together, his buddy started to descend like a rock. Dad grabbed him to try to slow him down so he could equalise his ears. His buddy thought something was wrong, and grabbed the CO2 bottle cord. Dad had to hold onto the guide line to stop himself shooting up to the surface, while pulling on his dumb valve until the CO2 cannister emptied. He then got his buddie's finger and shoved it in his ear, which finally got the message across and they slowly descended.

[@Xaccers]

Out in the Red sea, they'd bang their tanks with their knives to attract inquisitive sharks.

[@timgosling6189]

Agreed about D-rings, but oddly there is no such thing as not having enough bolt snaps...... Non-diving gear for diving - I present the Marigold kitchen glove; they have the exact identical item code number to OEM dry gloves but costs one sixth the price if bought in a supermarket.

[@duikmans]

Same with the Showa gloves...as soon as they get in that box with dry glove rings they suddenly cost 4-5x more.

[@todheinz9799]

A simple snorkel holder on the bc works great for the octo holder ,I had a scuba pro one it was crap

[@DoAqua]

Diving gear is life support equipement. Going for copies or stuff not intended for diving is just asking for trouble

[@buslu]

What is the worst thing I have seen in diving? I have seen a guy using fins that had a middle part missing. I think called them split fins. They were amazing silting up everything around.

[@MastereosTee]

or it just the diver's over weighted or buoyancy skill? I had an Oceanic V16 split fins, they aren't the best on fighting current, but it smooth on the muscle. you still silting up everything around with the best fins money can buy with bad skills.

[@ArchAangel21]

Hi, i got nerdy with torches a while ago choosin a suitable replacement for a laser that was site safe. lumen =/= candela. The torch i got a fenix tk30, a 500 lumen LEP, not much right? Well its a 363,000 candelas. Which is how concentrated that lumen value is, better torches have better reflector shape to better “throw” or “spill” the light effectively. (Also its a good idea to read up the funny little graphs that come with your torch to get an idea of how bright / dim it gets over its battery charge. battery choice can effect this too. if using recharables (which you should - but only if ur torch is rated for it) you can sometimes get a graph for the output over the batteries charge. Re-chargeables are also a higher voltage to begin with meaning an initially bright torch ive noticed that scuba torches have a slightly amber colour to them. Is this to help pen the water ? like fog lights used to?

[@LeanMrfuzzles]

lmao my weight belt has D rings on it. I don't use them obviously.

[@meganbates598]

About the phone cameras i have a really good one that i got from my dive shop that works really well underwater whilst diving. Really easy to set up and works great. It is one of the kraken ones that look like they can challenge the Nokia brick in terms of durability that you need to take the air out of with a handheld pump. I get really good pictures with it. I used it in Rhode Island and at sharm al sheik in Egypt. Beautiful visibility and perfect dive.

[@markgardner8881]

Great video as always #askMark any chance of a video on how to fit the bungee on the narked at 90 bungee accessory for Shaun’s favourite the shearwater teric please

[@lmlmd2714]

* Looks at sunbleached AP Commando from the late pleistocene * * Thinks of replacement * Nah, she'll be right, mate. Got rid of that suicide bottle though

[@tomthompson7400]

My Commando is nearly white now and pale grey , its meant to be yellow and black , it has a backplate added instead of the blue plastic thing ,,,, well over two thousand dives , and it never misses a beat , its big and comfy and it just works ,,, bit like me really.

[@TheCoolCatDaddy]

Thank you for excluding Scrappy!

[@0570965]

Just looking for what not to use on a future dive.

[@tomthompson7400]

Anything made by Beaver ,,, even their plastic seems to rust. Rest of the video really is spoken like a true used car salesman.

[@RobinMoerland]

Worst gear? Well here it goes. It was a rental. BCD was from 1993, orange/black life jacket style. Regulator from 1997. And a tank stamped from top to bottom I don't know how many times it got hydrostatic tested and as a cherry on the top it was rusty. We agreed to go no deeper than 5m for CESA reasons. Never again, you lost a customer and bye forever. Nowadays, good stuff has been bought.

[@ivoryjohnson4662]

The spare air tanks

[@raymondclark1785]

Great if you are ditching a helicopter, scuba, not so much

[@AdamHelb]

I think they're fine for shallow (

[@bryonscheffel7780]

There are 2 main different ways of thinking about diving. The hobby diver and the working diver. For the hobby diver the dive is the thing. For the working diver the dive is the car We drive to work. Both ways think about diving differently. Neither is better or worse, they just look at things different because of their purpose.

[@hearsejr]

I went into commercial diving.. the first few dives were like "WOW .. a shark.. look a gator!! .. kewl there is a huge crab!!!!" .. then after about three or four days it was just like you said.. having to drive to Walmart looking for a egg timer! Lol

[@AdamHelb]

I'd also vote for large knives with sharp tips as gear to avoid.

[@kirby_tardigrade]

Buying a knockoff regulator makes no sense. That's your life underwater right there, why would you risk it failing?

[@raymondclark1785]

At Beneath the Sea one year there was a Chinese company there trying to sell knock offs of everything from marker lights to regs :(

[@piotrkubiec5549]

About the non-diving equipment in scuba diving... You're selling scuba equipment, don't you? Yeah, sounds like something a scuba shop would say. I use non-diving carabiners in scuba. Not the cheapest ones, the ones with stainless springs - they work fine. I also use some other DIY things which just work. Oh, and the cheaper copies. Yes, the branded one will (probably, not always)be better, but let people decide if they want to pay for it. Let them decide whether or not they need the real 1.000 lumen, maybe they're fine with 3/4 the power for 1/10 of the price? I know I am. And some of my friends when heard how much I paid for my torch asked me to order one for them too - despite already having the one with "real" 1.000 lumen one. Again... That's not a good advice, that's an advice from someone who sells equipment for living. Edit: ok, I'm done watching. This video is one huge ad. Here's a shortcut: "buy only from us, only the expensive and only the newest gear, everything else is dumb and/or will kill you".

[@roboppers]

Worst was , leaking everywhere gear.

[@vnoockthebrain]

I saw a guy with the ripped crotch strap of the wing, bracketed with а staple gun and wrapped with duct tape...

[@lmlmd2714]

Crotch...... staples...... what could possibly go wrong?

[@vnoockthebrain]

@@lmlmd2714 I asked this question myself...

[@TheMarcoflint]

I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't include the "Scubapro Air2" and similar. This piece of gear of dangerous and it was the perfect to talk down as many divers as possible from buying it ... Try making an ascent with that thing in your mouth and deflate your BCD at the same time. Such a stupid and dangerous product and design.

[@michaelmasloski1578]

I have been diving with an Atomic SS1 over 20 years and have made a few ooa ascents without incident. IF I need to deflate on ascent, I can tug on the corrugated hose and utilize the shoulder dump. More importantly, if you are properly weighted, you shouldn't have much air in your bc to release.

[@divingwithsully6222]

Learn how to use it and it’s not a problem. To each their own. I know many DM’s and instructors that dive with the scuba pro air II and their red BCD’s. Namely the scuba pro hydros which is what I dive with

[@divingwithsully6222]

On their rec BCD’s

[@yudiherdiana4979]

Long time ago, Simply Scuba was my go to channel when finding info about diving gears. But unfortunately, it's no more. Many of your videos now is a 'preaching' video, talking-talking-talking. For people who are not from native English speaking (like me), it is hard to catch and imagine what you have been preaching. Not to mention that Britsih accent is one the hardest. Please give more shots on the product you're talking about, make 50 : 50 video content (50% preaching, and 50% product view). That's my preach back to you!

[@AdamHelb]

In KZbin you can turn on the Closed Captions that should help