Transitioning from Rent to Own

[NorthlandDivers]

Back to your questions about wet suits and being short so most of the rack suits don't fit right.  I have the same problem.  There are a couple of solutions. One due nothing and just let the extra suit sit.  It usually ends up at the ankels.  Number 2 is Henerson has a program where with most not all but most of there wet suits they can add or subtract up to 3 inches from the legs or arms  There is a charge for them to do that and of course it has to be there suits but it does work.  One of the members to this board I know had it done.  He needed to add several inches as he has long legs and long arms and he is extremely happy with his new suit.
On the Bc's I would like to mention that the SeaQuest Balance BC gives you a great snug fit without the ride up you get from a lot of BC's.  The reason is they do a 3 point hitch on the vest where the shoulder straps meet the waist strap.  Those of you that do backpacking no how great that works.  Just food for thought.
The other thing that we do as a dive store is in our teaching gear we have the top line BC's.  They are all weight integrated back inflation BC's (Balance and Knighthawk).  We also teach our people with top end regulators i.e. Legend LX and Scubapro MK17/X650.  We also use top of the line dive computers.  A lot of them are air integrated and we even use hoseless computers.  Then in the class we teach everyone how to use them so they understand the menues and what the computer will and won't do for them.
That is an important step that sometimes gets forgoten.  The quality of gear you are trained on will make a difference and help you decide which gear you would like to buy.
That's just my 2 cents from a dive store.
Thanks