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MANTIS DIVING
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Dive Gear Hire
Equipment Servicing Dive Gear Specials Independent Instructors Products
MANTIS DIVING SURF HATS AND BEANIES are now available. The blue surf hats are made from heavy brushed cotton and have a rope and toggle, they also have a UPF rating of 50+. There are 4 sizes available 55, 57, 59 and 61cm. They can be on your head this summer for just $26. The beanies are made from polar fleece and are available in 'tec diver' black, one size fits all. They can be yours for $22. Both items are pictured below with our 'junior instructor' Liam.
A 12 months membership of the Mantis Scuba Club is only available to those divers that have completed a recreational or technical diving course with Mantis Diving. Any subsequent course will renew your membership for 12 months from the date you complete the new course. Most divers are aware that many dive shops offer training at or below cost in order to get people through the doors, once there they try very hard to sell the divers a set of equipment. They do this to recoup the loss they made on training the diver. In many cases this cut price course can lead to safety being compromised in order to minimise the financal loss. Face it, how hard would you try if you were only getting $25 per student for 4 days work? Here at Mantis Diving we pay our staff a professional wage for training you, that way they look for ways to teach you more, not how to cut corners so they can get home sooner. To us, equipment sales run dead last when compared to training. To prove it we have brought in some discounts for divers trained here. Club Membership Discounts available when purchasing new equipment through Mantis Diving using cash, direct deposit or cheque. Membership also entitles you to discounts, using cash/cheque/direct deposit on Servicing and Dive Trips. Contact Mantis Diving for all conditions and further details. When using credit cards please deduct 5% from the above discounts, this is due to the fees levied by the banks and other financial institutions. Here
at Mantis Diving we recommend and prefer to use Australian made
Scuba Equipment. Most divers don't know that a $980+ Apeks regulator you can buy from Australian Apeks dealers can be yours for only AUD$467 if you buy it over the internet from Germany, as at 3/4/08. As you can see the 'real' price of most of the foreign, imported equipment is very different from what we are expected to pay here.
You will also notice, when enquiring about some of our equipment packages, that we don't often recommend a package comprised of just one brand of equipment. The reason we do this is that we look for the best item of it's type, regardless of the brand name. Some companies make good BCD's but average regulators, others good first stages but not so good second stages, some want $380 for an imported metal plate that we can source locally for $132.
Most dive shops sell one brand packages not because it's always the best equipment package but because as dealers for that brand they get a better price for buying a package from the one wholesaler.
What buying
Australian means for you the Diver?
We are very proud to support the following
diving equipment brands.
Why buy your
new Scuba Equipment through Mantis Diving?
Price and
Service of course!
Price Unlike
most of our competitors, here at Mantis Diving more of your dollars go
towards your diving, not our overheads. For example, we no longer have a yellow
pages add, which allows us to pass some serious savings on to you. Remember when someone has a $5,000 colour add in the Yellow Pages where does the money for that add come from? Customers like you, that's where! Do yourself a
favour and call or E-Mail us for
a quote before you part with your hard earned money, you'll be pleasantly
surprised. With a minimum purchase of $500, Mantis Diving will deliver your order
free anywhere in Australia. We only offer discounts for the following:
· Club member - see above · Package deal - Regulator, BCD and Gauges as a minimum - 15% · Armed Forces member - 10% · Emergency Services member - Police, Fire, Ambulance or SES - 10% · Staff and/or diving leadership member - individually assessed All our prices are based on the manufacturers RRP, and any of the above discounts when applicable would come off the RRP price.
We own the whole facility, so if you are looking for us in ten years time you'll find us where you left us. It's a sad statistic that in the last 19 years, 53 (as at 3/4/08) dive businesses have come and gone right here in SEQ, with the 54th business soon to go. We started as Mantis Diving in 1990 and we are still here. Secondly, if you buy an Airdive Regulator or Cylinder Valve, a Sea Hornet Regulator, Cylinder Valve, Wetsuit or BCD, or a Seasuits Wetsuit from us, and we don't have it in stock, and it will take us more than three days (including Saturday and Sunday) to get it, we will give you a free loaner until your new one arrives in store. Lastly, when your Sea Hornet or Airdive equipment is in for a service we will provide you with free replacement items until your own has been fully serviced. Yet another great reason to buy Australian! Dive Gear Specials Top
All specials
prices include GST. Imported equipment prices also include the 10% customs
duty and international freight costs. Any equipment ordered, up to 3kg, for delivery to an Australian address will be sent free of charge via Express Post (3kg+ will involve a surcharge for express post).
Overseas orders, up to 3kg, to the Asia/Pacific region will be shipped by EMS International Courier at a cost of AUD$42 (3kg+ will involve a surcharge). If you wish to save money we can use standard airmail, as this involves no insurance and more importantly no signature on delivery, airmail is entirely at the customers risk. Due to an increase in credit card fraud customers should note that our bank conducts several additional checks before authorizing payments on a credit card. Until all these additional checks have been carried out and passed we will not ship any equipment.
Countries in the Asia/Pacific region covered by EMS are:
With the exceptions of Brunei and Bangladesh EMS delivery to a Post Office Box is possible. With the exceptions of India, Indonesia and Thailand EMS delivery to Post Restante is also possible. Electronic tracking of EMS packages is also available to several of the listed countries. Lastly, some of the listed countries can only have EMS deliveries to main destinations, we can inform you at the time of ordering if this will apply to you.
Orders from outside the Asia/Pacific region will have the freight costs detailed at the time of ordering.
SKINDIVING EQUIPMENT PACKAGE
$225 (rrp $395)
HOT N DRY EXPLORER DRYSUIT - MADE IN OZ
$1900*
*Our above price includes a fully custom made Explorer suit with your choice of the available colours, as well as a full one-piece polartec thermal undersuit. For a price on any of the other additional options just e-mail us.
Features: · 4 Colour options · Add man/auto dump · Add pockets · Add adjustable braces · Add front zipper · Add deluxe wrist seals · Add reflective tape · Your P-valve installed · Add neck wrap · Add extra knee pads AIRDIVE - SEA HORNET OZ TECHNICAL DIVING REGULATOR
$825
Combining Airdive's Hyperflow, balanced piston first stage with Sea Hornets Commander second stage, you have a great OZ made technical diving regulator. The first stage puts out up to 1600 LPM a minute and has no swivel turret, minimising potential failures. Another great feature is the in line port which allows your long hose to come out the bottom of the first stage, straight down your right side. The second stage will supply 1400 LPM and breathes just as good as a Scubapro G250 but comes at less than half the price. If our great price is not incentive enough to invest then let's talk servicing. As both these regulator stages are made right here in OZ the cost of parts is much cheaper not to mention their availability (ask any diver that needs a sherwood serviced these days?). Lastly the parts normally required to be replaced when servicing this regulator are minimal and inexpensive e.g. to repair a LP seat you simply pull out the old one and push a new one in, at $7.50. You do not need to purchase a combined seat/poppet assembly for $35+
SCUBAPRO - GLIDE 500 BCD
$440 (rrp $715)
BACK PLATE - STAINLESS & ALLOY
$132 & $77
SINGLE TANK ADAPTOR - STAINLESS & ALLOY
$55 & $33
STAINLESS STEEL ACCESSORIES
POA
The above prices are valid until 30/6/2008
and are GST inclusive. Services
DIVE GEAR - RATES Top Mantis Diving
Trips Only (per day
or weekend)
Note 1:Wetsuits are available in all sizes, from size
1(XXS) to size 8(XXXL). Note 2:All regulators come with sterilised mouthpieces and
a digital bottom timer. Note 3:Equipment users must sign a loan agreement form, accepting financial responsibility for the equipment while they are using it. Note 4:Only on operator cancelled Diving trips will a full
refund be given for loan equipment. Once the equipment is booked normal charges will apply if the trip proceeds.
Note 5:
Mantis Diving does not loan contents gauges, alternate air sources, isolated
manifolds or dual outlet valves under any circumstances. Nor do we allow
manifolded twin cylinders to have one or both of the cylinder bands taken off
to allow them to be used with straps required by some tech BCD's. Note 6:
Mantis Diving cylinders, for use by recreational divers are Faber steel 15L (125') with Sea Hornet DIN/K valves. Cost of hiring a full set of equipment includes a second full cylinder where the dive is a double boat dive. Hirers will not be required to pay any additional fees for the second cylinder. On weekend dive trips only one cylinder is required. AIRFILLS · Members - $16.00 (Fill card $150, 10 x $15.00
fills) · Non-members - $17.00 (Fill card $160, 10 x
$16.00 fills) Note2: Due to current Australian Standards cylinder fillers will only
fill cylinders to the pressure rating of the valve, not just the cylinder.
NITROX FILLS · Members - $15.00 plus 4.0/4.5/5.0 cents per litre of
Oxygen required · Non-members - $16.00 plus 4.5/5.0/5.5 cents per litre
of Oxygen required Note1:Oxygen prices above are as follows: our gas/your panel/you blend, our gas/our panel/you blend and we do it all.
TRIMIX FILLS · Members - $15.00 plus 6.5/7.5/8.5 cents per litre of
Helium and 3.5/4.0/4.5 cents per litre of Oxygen · Non-members - $16.00 plus 7.0/8.0/9.0 cents per litre
of Helium and 4.0/4.5/5.0 cents per litre of Oxygen Note1:Helium and Oxygen prices above are as follows: our gas/your panel/you blend, our gas/our panel/you blend and we do it all. TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT · 55' steel or 63' alloy deco
cylinders - $33 a day members/ $44 non-members · 12L 232bar twin cylinders with DIN/K isolated
manifold - $75 a day members/$85 non-members, · 7L 232bar twin cylinders with DIN/K isolated
manifold - $44 a day members/$55 non-members.
· 18L 232bar single cylinder with DIN/K Y Valve - $33 a day members/$44 non-members. Note: Technical equipment is only available to certified Technical divers who are using the equipment on Mantis Diving Technical dive trips or approved Technical Instructors conducting independent training. EQUIPMENT SERVICING - RATES Top **
Plus cost of parts (applies to all servicing items above)
Please note that any scuba equipment or cylinders left with Mantis Diving for valve service or test will only be kept for 12 months. If after 12 months the equipment has not been collected and the fees paid, Mantis Diving will consider the equipment to be abandoned and sell it to repay the costs of servicing, testing and storage.
Note: Cylinders are picked up and returned by the test station once a month (as cylinders run out of test on a monthly basis not daily), whilst every effort is made by the test station to return the cylinders as soon as possible no guarantee can be given in regards a 1-2 day turn around, usual time is 5 working days. Cylinders requiring testing and not brought to Mantis before the second Thursday of each month will incur a courier charge or they will need to wait until the next monthly pick up.
INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTORS Top Sick of being made to feel that whenever you enter a dive shop you should be ringing a bell and shouting out 'unclean, unclean'? Do you want to be treated the same as any Instructor that works in a dive shop and not like you somehow failed to make the grade. You passed the same courses and hold the same c-card as your shop based counterparts don't you? You should be considered as, and treated like a professional member of the dive industry. Here at Mantis Diving you will! We are happy to supply hire equipment, training materials, our multi media training facility and new equipment at a discount to any Independent Instructors that support Mantis Diving. In addition, spaces on our dive trips are also available on a range of discount plans for both day trips and full weekend or reef trips. Further training with both NAUI, and PADI is also available at subsidised rates, as is access to industry workshops. Specific pricing information and any conditions applying to the pricing will only be made availably to those Independent Instructors that come in personally to see us. No phone or e-mail enquirers will be supplied with pricing information. Any Instructor that represents a certification agency whose standards do not allow them to run their own independent dive business will be given access to a heavily discounted NAUI Instructor crossover course to allow then the chance to run their own independent dive business. Don't let a certification agency force you to give your customers to someone else. Make your business benefit you for a change! If, like other agency members this year, you have been forced to represent yourself as a 'second class' member because only fee paying facilities are allowed to use the agency logos in their marketing then give NAUI a thought. All NAUI members, regardless of shop affiliation are permitted to use the NAUI logos in all their advertising. NAUI is now the only truly global agency that allows independent instructors to operate without restricting their ability to trade. Please allow us to show you the quality difference and where it can benefit your business. |
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