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Guys thanks for all the help.

I've just used my flip-flop as a cushion under my speargun's tail and it wasn't so difficult to load it. So i'll just buy cheapest foam flip-flops and use them as a cushion

Muchas gracias 👍🏻

Thanks for your advices😀

Im fisherman for +20 years and fly fisherman and fly tyer for +10 years so DIY is what I often do 😆

Maybe I'll buy some wetsuit (short sleeves and leggings) next year. I usually go for vacation to Greece (Ionian sea) and few more days on Adriatic sea in Montenegro when we visit my wife's family. Both seas are usualy warm enough so you don't need wetsuit. But maybe I'll buy that short wersion instead of rash guard. So for now mousepad or flip flop will be my pad.

I'm thinking to make something like this loading assistant.

I'm also thinking for now to buy a longer rope, because the one I've got with the speargun is shorter than 2 full wraps.

But first I should start to work out again. Pullups, dipps and pushups should be good exercises for that pulling motion.

Muchas gracias 👍🏻😀

Hahahah 😀

Thanks for the tip, this is cheaper than any neoprene gloves.

I am thinking to glue a piece of EVA foam (like mousepad or flip flops are made) on the but of the speargun to make it softer to my chest when loading?

If I decide to make that change I'll polish the notches like the mirror 😊

I have some old neoprene gloves that I use when winter fishing with removable finger tips, but I think I'll need to buy some other gloves for spearfishing.

Thanks!

Thanks for the advice.

I thought that I lack technique and your answer proved that. So I need to find some chest patch and start to practice loading at home until my next vacation.

Should I change metal wishbone with dineema?

Muchas gracias!

Recently I have asked about buying speargun for a beginner here

Speargun and the rest of equipment for a noob

Tis is my first speargun and first time I'm using a rubber band gun because I used friends Mares sten 60(or 65)cm on vacation in 2015 and 2016.

I am making this review from point of view of a real beginner.

Xdive is Greek company that makes spearfishing equipment.

Speargun "Alfa" is not their cheapest neither their most expensive model and it cost me around 60€. First thing that i have noticed when gun was delivered is that this gun feels heavy and it looks very well built in hand. Plastic parts look very good. Gun has railing for spear all along the barrel that has elliptical crosscut. This probably adds precision and strengthens the barrel. There are some notches on upper side of gun for better aiming. Spear has interchangeable tip (7mm thread). Spear and tip are covered with brass or some similar yellowish metal/alloy layer. Spear has sliding ring with a groove, so I used constrictor knot to tie it to the gun.

In the evening of that same day we were on Sarakiniko beach near Parga (Greece), just before sunset when there wasn't anyone on the beach I decided to test my new "toy".

Then the first and biggest

"negative" of this speargun showed. The rubber is "usa black" 16mm thick and it is hard to pull it even to the first notch. Just to mention I am 189cm 90kg 35 years old, maybe not the strongest guy you know but sure I'm not the weakest.

There was a lot of waves and fish wer rare but I saw a pair of mullets (around 400-500g) and started to considering to shoot them, a little too long maybe. So I squeezed the triger and "headshot" under the gill plate . After that I managed to arm speargun only once more before it become too dark and I needed to shot it in empty water. When returned back to hotel I have noticed that spear point was blunt (second negative) but it was easy to resharpen it.

For the money spent gun looks like excellent buy not just for beginner, and because of it's strength I think it isn't intended for beginners. If I had the opportunity to feel it in my hand before buying it I would have probably chosen 75cm model because it would be easier to load. It looks precise and strong enough to stop a nice sized fish on a decent distance.

My next move is to buy thinner rubber, and maybe use it again in September.

Thanks but I'm from Serbia that isn't part of European Union, so customs and taxes will be probably to high. Because of that I am planning to buy it on the spot in Greece.

Thanks. I will do that certainly.

I'm gona take my fishing rods also 😆

Thanks a lot fo all the answers. Now things are a lot clearer to me 😀👍🏻

Thanks👍🏻

I've noticed something when I started comparing two xdive guns that I have mentioned before.

Alpha 75 has a tube of 28mm and 1,2mm thick; 16mm x 18cm black/amber usa rubber and 6,5mm x 90cm arrow.

Alpha 90 has a tube of 28mm and 1,2mm thick; 16mm x 20cm rubber and 7mm x 105cm spear.

Compared to that Triton 75 has a tube of 28mm and thick only 1mm; usa rubber 17,5mm x 20cm and 6,5mm x 105cm speae.

So triton has thicker rubber but thinner tube walls and spear. Should I be worried Is this thinner body going to bend because of stronger rubber?

And one more thing triton 75 compared to alpha 90 has a little bit stronger rubber and little bit thinner (maybe lighter) spear but same lenght of spear. Does this mean that Triton will propel it's arrow faster or with stronger impact?

Thanks for your welcome and for te tips. I found out that there is a Beuchat representative here in Belgrade near my job so I'll call them on monday to check the prices.

I suppose there isn't a universal speargun 😝

What do I get and what do I lose with 90cm gun compared to 75cm?

Hi people,

I am going to 10 day vacation on 10th of June to Greece on Ionian sea. Previously I have tried spearfishing on vacation in 2015 and 2016 with borrowed Mares Sten gun also in Greece near Lefkada and Corfu.

I live in Serbia which is landlocked, so basicaly I can spearfish only for 10-15 days during summer vacation.

I have some Technisub stratos fp fins and some smaller snorkeling Cressi fins, some Cressy mask (all clear silicone with tempered glass), got pair of neoprene gloves and socks, got some fishing knife that I have used on those two previous occasions.

Now I need SPEARGUN, buoy/float and a torch. Im really tight on a budget so for this year I'm skipping wetsuit. After some thinking and reading all over the web I think that a 75 gun will work good for me (is it?). I am planing to order equipment from some of the Greek shops, and to pay delivery to hotel where we are going to stay. My budget is 60€ for a gun.

I have noticed a few models:

Seac sub sting 75cm

About 47 €

Saw a few videos about it on youtube. Maybe biggest disadvantage is because it doesn't have a rail, but some Ozzy guy said it is precise.

Also from two Greek companies; (all of them have rail):

Lanara plus pothos extra 75cm (90cm), 17mm amber rubber

About 48€

Xdive Alpha 75cm (90 cm), 16mm black rubber, changeable spear tip.

57€

Xdive triton 75, 18mm black rubber, comes with tahitian spear, spare shaft with threaded tip and a bag.

53€

I wrote lowest prices that I saw they aren't all from same website

Some help please?

Thanks in advance 😄

P.S. If you know some good torch on a budget I need that too.