Posts by Dan

  • The OMER basher from SB

    Quote from Marco

    I personally had problems with the following Jomer gear: Alluminum speargun, Ice fins (twice), wetsuits (twice), footpockets, minilazer knife (twice), Minimicra flashlight (twice), T20 speargun (twice), shafts, snorkel, abiss mask, marsellaise weight belt, pelagic reel, floatline,America float, rubber bands, whisbones, etc...

    That's a phenomenal compilation of malfunctioning gear all from one company. What was wrong with the snorkel?


    I currently use an omer Abyss mask which I've had for 4 years, there are no signs of it deteriorating. I also bought an omer alien mask 3 years ago and it didn't fit me well so I sold it to Davie, I believe he's still using it without problems. Having examined many masks myself for the purpose of adding them to the Pursuit line, I've learned something about what makes a good mask. I believe omer masks to be good as far as quality of materials and workmanship.


    I think omer footpockets are an industry standard, I can't say for sure which came first but it's obvious the old Sporasub footpockets, the new H Dessault footpockets, and the Captn Nemo footpockets, are all based on the same mold, they all fit in a similar way. Out of all of them the omer footpockets consistently come with the best finish, I'm very aware of this when I'm putting together fins. I've owned a pair of omer footpockets 5 years ago and now Monster slayer is using the very same footpockets in Mexico, they're still going strong. Back then I got rid of the omer footpockets to explore other options, but today after experimenting with the aforementioned similarly fitting footpockets I'm going back to omer.


    These are only my personal experiences with omer products, and why I choose to add those particular products to the Pursuit store. I'm also looking forward to the new omer enclosed track speargun.

  • Take down (travel) guns - useful or gimmick?

    Good question. I'd travel with a tube and pay the airline whatever extra rather than buy a take down gun. So for me it's a gimmick. But if the gun is solid when put together, no flexing or bending at the joint, as the Riffe could very well be, then it's pretty neat, although I still wouldn't buy it. When I dive I want to use one gun, my gun, the one I use all the time. I'm not going to be using the take down gun all the time so I'd feel uncomfortable switching to it just to travel. Probably this reluctance to switch guns is all in my head, but then so is diving well.

  • The OMER basher from SB

    There was recently a thread on SB by a guy with the user name Bubbafishing, where he accused omer of bad customer service, you can read it here This thread initially made omer look bad. Having read it after recently becoming a dealer for some omer products I became concerned about warranty issues, and contacted Mark Labocceta, the omer distributor in the US. I was informed of omer's 2 year warranty, and as I mentioned the SB thread I also got the following information. Looks like there's another side to this story.

    Here's the invoice, I edited out Bubbafishing's last name and address.



    If I was in omer's shoes I would have posted this information on the SB thread, but they chose the high road. Not really my business and I would've left it that, except for something that happened today that prompted me to post this. I have a couple of used spearfishing items advertised for sale on another board. From two months ago when I first posted them I started getting pms from this very same Bubbafishing. This guy would make me ridiculous offers to buy the stuff, which was already at a fair price, for less than half what I was asking for it, at the same time telling me BS stories that he's getting it for someone else :blahblah2: After politely replying a couple of times that the price is firm I stopped responding to his pms. I really really dislike people who low ball like that without any leverage, they have no class. It's been a while since the last pm and I was surprised to get another one today, this time with a slightly higher offer. But now the user name clicked! I have no problem believing that this cheap individual tried to scam omer based on my experience with him.

  • For Sale - RA mini muzzle

    Will it be snug on a 19mm too?


    How did you figure -2.5mm is ideal reduction to hold the band good? I tend to make my holes small, and I noticed that there's deterioration of the band near the muzzle where it comes out of the hole. I learned that any stressed rubber will deteriorate much faster, and that's what happens when it gets squeezed too tight. I'd like to know the ideal mimimum reduction in diameter that will keep the band in good position and not stress the rubber too much.

  • Coming clean.

    I'll hash it out with you right here and now. Your name is not Eric as you claimed in your introduction post, you are Sven from speargearshop, not that it means anything to me as I don't know you. If you're going to attempt this kind of deception at least have the foresight to register with an email that doesn't include your name and the shop URL, maybe you really don't care I don't know. Be that as it may I found it personally disagreeable that you did this, made me wonder about your agenda, but I was willing to let it go if you were to participate in a positive manner. I'm sure you won't mind taking your business elsewhere.

  • Coming clean.

    Enough with inventing non existent issues with regards to the subject of this thread, that's more lame than IF what Rick posted was fiction. There's only one thing going on here; being informed of the possibility that one person is cheating, in a sport not even directly related to what we do. No person other than someone closely involved with freediving really cares about it. And fortunately no competitive freediver at this point represents spearfishing in the public eye.


    If you do want to reach beyond the scope of what was implied so as to make it our concern, I'd rather go in the direction of; said person is looking to benefit from his cheating by gaining fame and recognition, amounting to idolization and blind trust of his fans, then taking advantage of this blind trust to sell sub par and even dangerous equipment. And that is a fact and I am standing behind what I say.

  • Big guns for Yellowtail?

    From my experience Amberjack is good eats, same as the rest of the non dark flesh jacks. The occasional presence of worms, depending on the location where the fish was taken, is a turnoff. I've only seen worms once, in a 45lb AJ, they were only in the fish's forehead, the rest of it was fine.

  • Coming clean.

    Baja, this is what I get from your post;


    You have a low opinion of Pipin, and you're willing to voice it.


    You have a low opinion of the OP for posting this, and you're willing to voice it. I think the name calling was out of line.


    How is all that any better/above the OP suggesting a scenario without naming names?


    Would you rather be kept in the dark? I wouldn't.


    I don't need and am not concerned about public inclusion with regards to spearfishing, much less competitive freediving. I'd rather dive and hunt in a place where it's perfectly acceptable, or at the least people mind their own business about such things.


    No limits freedive record breaking is something I'm not interested in. I don't feel it has much to do with my perception of spearfishing, but it is in the periphery and comes up from time to time. I'm glad to be further assured that it's of no interest to me because of how easy it is to cheat.

  • Coming clean.

    baja, I don't understand what you're saying?


    Jarey, the only one bringing up Pipin in this thread is you. The way I see it Rick presented a hypothetical plausible scenario, nothing more. It's up to the reader to come away with a conclusion.