Best place in Houston for equipment (1 Viewer)

[BrianPlankis]

Hey all,

We went into a dive/scuba shop on Westheimer this weekend and looked at equipment. We have decided to get certified in Hawaii and need to purchase 2 dive masks, 2 snorkels and 2 pairs of fins.

Where would you recommend in Houston for good equipment at reasonable prices? We looked at fins in this shop we stopped in and they were 100-200 per pair, seemed high to me?

Brian

 

[Wildfire]

Diver's Paradis (I think that's the name) is a good "Local" shop for Clear Lake / Friendswood. They have a wide selection of equipment and reasonable prices.

"Sport Divers" is another EXCELLENT shop, but their equipment selection is not quite as expansive (but their sales staff is a little less creepy).

Both are on I-45 South just South of Nasa Road 1. Sport Divers is on the "Hooters" side of the highway, "Diver's Paradise" is on the Movie Theater side of the highway....

 

[Rusalka]

I order mine off the internet from a place in dallas. It is called ScubaToys.com. Ask for Joey and tell him i referred you.

Corbett

 

[incysor]

Ordering online is often a good way to save money....But only if you know your size in a particular piece of equipment. These guys don't have their basic certs yet, so it's unlikely that they know which brand/style/model mask fits them correctly, or what size they'll need for a particular brand of fin/skin/etc...

Unfortunately this is another expensive hobby. What I did when I decided to upgrade some of my gear was I read reports/recommendations on scuba boards, and reviews in scuba diving magazine, and picked out some of the top scoring gear that was mid-level pricewise then I went to the shops and tried it one. I made note of what I liked in what size then I got online and checked to see if I'd save money. I did in fact order most of it online, but there were a few things that were very similarly priced locally so I spent money with a couple of the shops as well.

B