Why I dive and sell ScubaForce
Because it is made in Europe by people who dive caves and wrecks themselves — and because that shows in details you only notice on the tenth dive. Where a strap sits. Which buckle you can still operate with cold hands. Whether a pocket can be opened with dry gloves on.
Because rescue services, police units and government agencies buy the same drysuits. Those buyers do not choose by looks and they do not replace kit every two years. If gear survives that kind of use, it will survive my courses at Lake Constance in January.
Because the systems are modular. A harness that fits over the wetsuit in summer and over the drysuit in winter, a suit that can be repaired instead of replaced. There is a workshop for exactly that. Kit that grows with you is cheaper in the long run than the cheap purchase you repeat three times.
And, honestly: because Mönchengladbach can be reached by phone. If something is wrong with a suit, I speak to someone who knows the product, not to a service centre in another time zone. As a dealer that is worth more to me than any margin.
What that does not mean: that everything else is bad. If you already own kit that fits and works, keep it. I would rather sell you nothing than something you do not need.