My Gear

I thought it would be a good idea to share the brands and models of scuba equipment I use in a tropical island setting.  My first criteria in choosing personal gear is fit and comfort.  But beyond these, my selection weighs in durability because I do hundreds of dives per year.  Availability of parts and service in the Philippines.  Performance on the function of the gear figures highly too.  The latter includes consideration of: streamlining, modularity, interoperability with other gear, functionality on emergency situations and price.

My single tank rig:

Mask - Omersub frameless twin lens black skirt
Regulator - Atomic Aquatics B1 + Salvo Stainless Steel SPG (hoses in proper lengths)
BCD - Deep Sea Supply (DSS) stainless steel medium backplate + DSS hogarthian harness + DSS Torus 26 wing
Wetsuit - Bare Velocity 3mm full suit
Booties - Tilos Hydro+ low cut neoprene
Fins - Gull Mantis Graphite
Dive Computer - Suunto Stinger
Compass - Suunto SK7 on bungee mount
Dive Light - Primary- Light Monkey HID; Backup- Heser LED
Snorkel - Aqualung Twin Valve
BC Pocket - Hydrofit Scuba Hipster + SMB and DSS Spool
Watch - Seiko Orange Monster

I have a lot of other equipment but I use the stuff listed above heavily.  When doing dives outside the country and liveaboards, I switch to my DSS Kydex backplate and Torus 17 wing also swapping the heavy rubber Gull fins with the Mares Volo Race full foot fins to save on weight.

Let us know your equipment preferences and configurations in the comments below.