awesome to have a board like this to get us beginner's moving. 
very glad to be here.
trying to make a choice on what speargun to get. i'm a just startin to freedive in taiwan and have gone out to the reefs a few times. the water is pretty clear (>15 ft vis), but gets even clearer on nicer days. most of the larger fish i've seen are pretty shy and usually dart away when i'm within around 10 feet. i've gone out with an ab biller 6' polespear with paralyzer tip and caught some smaller fish but can't seem to get close enough to the bigger fish to use it. so thinkin bout gettin a speargun.
in taiwan, spearguns are controlled arms. each citizen over 20 can apply for maximum 2 guns and each gun takes 30 days to get approval for. it's illegal to let anyone else use your gun, so not easy to get a loaner obviously. every several months, gun owners need to take their guns back to the police station to re-register. being such a painful process, it's pretty important to choose the right gun. i'm leaning towards gettin the mares cyrano 850. that is the only size and model available from mares here. but i've heard a lot of people complaining about the weak shaft. i was wondering if anyone knew if the maorisub mamba is the same as the mares gun (if added with mamba kit) and if the shafts sold by maorisub are better quality than the mares.
other options available to me are on this website http://taiwansport.com/diving/speargun/. for some brands, this company seems to have older models and i've been to their warehouse and they seem to be the manufacturer for all of the guns they have on their website. i'm wondering if they r copies or something... hmmm...
it's along post for first post. any advice would be appreciated. hope someone reads it without fallin asleep.
very glad to be here. trying to make a choice on what speargun to get. i'm a just startin to freedive in taiwan and have gone out to the reefs a few times. the water is pretty clear (>15 ft vis), but gets even clearer on nicer days. most of the larger fish i've seen are pretty shy and usually dart away when i'm within around 10 feet. i've gone out with an ab biller 6' polespear with paralyzer tip and caught some smaller fish but can't seem to get close enough to the bigger fish to use it. so thinkin bout gettin a speargun.
in taiwan, spearguns are controlled arms. each citizen over 20 can apply for maximum 2 guns and each gun takes 30 days to get approval for. it's illegal to let anyone else use your gun, so not easy to get a loaner obviously. every several months, gun owners need to take their guns back to the police station to re-register. being such a painful process, it's pretty important to choose the right gun. i'm leaning towards gettin the mares cyrano 850. that is the only size and model available from mares here. but i've heard a lot of people complaining about the weak shaft. i was wondering if anyone knew if the maorisub mamba is the same as the mares gun (if added with mamba kit) and if the shafts sold by maorisub are better quality than the mares.
other options available to me are on this website http://taiwansport.com/diving/speargun/. for some brands, this company seems to have older models and i've been to their warehouse and they seem to be the manufacturer for all of the guns they have on their website. i'm wondering if they r copies or something... hmmm...
it's along post for first post. any advice would be appreciated. hope someone reads it without fallin asleep.
