Hi Everyone,
I've been swimming and snorkling and scuba diving all my life but am relatively new to freediving, which I might add is my new favourite passtime. I couldn't beleive the freedom I got in the water going down without bulky and noisy scuba gear..... ahem anyways I'm looking to update my stuff for freediving and spearfishing, here's what I'm looking at getting at the moment;
Omer Ice fins, Well I should say I already have a set, but I have the old foot pockets, is it worth updating to the milenium ones? I use a pool 3 times a week to practice and the omer fins seem a little long for it, anyone else have this problem?
Picasso suit; Here's the biggest issue, I'm tossing up between a BioTermic or standard Open Cell, and also between 5mm and 7mm, I live in Melbourne so the temperature I dive in varies from about 12 to 20 degrees celsius. I've heard from a few threads that the BioTermic actually lets a bit more water in than the standard open cell. Is this true?
And also with the 5mm, would that be ok for around 14 degrees or would I need to get a 7mm?
Also if you can recommend a better suit then that would be great too, I don't mind spending a bit of money because it's something that I do alot.
Lastly a mask, at the moment I have a scubapro crystalVu frameless which is ok for scuba but It's garbage for freediving.
I'm tossing up between an Omer one and an Atomic Aquatics Do you guys have any recomendations to do with vision and volume?
Phew... sorry about the huge post but I really want to get it right.
Thanks again,
Scott
I've been swimming and snorkling and scuba diving all my life but am relatively new to freediving, which I might add is my new favourite passtime. I couldn't beleive the freedom I got in the water going down without bulky and noisy scuba gear..... ahem anyways I'm looking to update my stuff for freediving and spearfishing, here's what I'm looking at getting at the moment;
Omer Ice fins, Well I should say I already have a set, but I have the old foot pockets, is it worth updating to the milenium ones? I use a pool 3 times a week to practice and the omer fins seem a little long for it, anyone else have this problem?
Picasso suit; Here's the biggest issue, I'm tossing up between a BioTermic or standard Open Cell, and also between 5mm and 7mm, I live in Melbourne so the temperature I dive in varies from about 12 to 20 degrees celsius. I've heard from a few threads that the BioTermic actually lets a bit more water in than the standard open cell. Is this true?
And also with the 5mm, would that be ok for around 14 degrees or would I need to get a 7mm?
Also if you can recommend a better suit then that would be great too, I don't mind spending a bit of money because it's something that I do alot.
Lastly a mask, at the moment I have a scubapro crystalVu frameless which is ok for scuba but It's garbage for freediving.
I'm tossing up between an Omer one and an Atomic Aquatics Do you guys have any recomendations to do with vision and volume?
Phew... sorry about the huge post but I really want to get it right.
Thanks again,
Scott