PADIReviews of padi.com

I had a really bad accident a few years ago. Really awful...a lot of pain and long winded recovery; and it was still more fun than trying to use the Padi Elearning platform. From the badly designed, badly worded, dated looking login portal to the confusingly named, unresponsive and glitchy app, the whole experience is making me never want to get in the water again. Congratulations Padi on the worst use of technology I have literally ever seen. I have fantasies of bumping in to the IT guy in a dark alley and beating the crap out of him for being so utterly inept. please, if you are thinking about this; don't.

trying to purchase elearning product...continuous loop where I can never get to the payment page. I tried 6 months ago and thought it was a temporary issue...seems to be a permanent issue. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU MY MONEY.

The e-learning website is crap, don't bother purchasing this, it crashes all the time and is so confusing to use, as soon as you have worked out which page you were reading it crashes again..if I see the 'oops something went wrong' page one more time im going to go insane! Absolute rubbish and if I could give it no stars I would.

Recently purchased (€148.00) the online version of the Padi Open water course. On the odd occasion when you can actually log on to the site ( almost impossible) the format of the tuition is difficult and confusing to follow . It takes sooooooooo long to log on that you lose interest. This will ultimately affect your capacity to absorb vital tuition, critical to my survival underwater. An absolute disgrace

The padi e-learning program was designed my a brain-dead monkey with a bad hangover. Real piece of crap. Really, they earn so much money through certification. Is is so difficult to hire a programmer in India and make sure this thing doesnt crash every half an hour?

e-Learning by PADI must i say more...... I now understand how others grow frustrated about PADI. Cashing.. is all that seems important

Hi PADI, I just finished my advanced open water course just in few days in perhentian kecil, malaysia. Everything was good and really enjoy the experience. But im not very happy as at the last day i didn't get the course book as what i received during my open water course. Already asked the dive center owner and they claimed they didnt have the book. During the course we just used the second hand book that available in DC which is ok for me. Im expecting to get my copy at the end of the course which unfortunately not happen. Really need to owned the book as a sentimental value and of course for easy reference in future. looking foward for your reply. Thx

Have always loved diving and have logged over 100 dives with PADI, after becoming a divemaster working in South Africa I went for a diving holiday to Zanzibar and found a dive operator behaving UNBELIEVABLY responsibly while flying the flag of PADI 5* IDC center. As I believe diving can only be fun while done safely, and had learnt this from my instructors in Cape Town, I filed a formal complaint with PADI. The only response I got back from them was that "an investigation was conducted" but that "all results will remain private", which to be honest, is completely unacceptable. As a PADI dive master and the person who made the complaint I felt they should have at least provided some kind of feedback into what this "investigation" entailed. I provided contact details for ALL other divers who were out that day, ALL of whom were just as disappointed with the day out, however PADI never contacted them. While ignoring the e-mails I sent for a greater insight into what PADI had actually done about this issue, they also began requesting that I renew my PADI divemaster licence (for over 100 pounds). Naturally, I have stopped diving with PADI completely, and will always look out for any non-PADI dive shops whenever I plan a diving holiday. This company does not care about consumers safety, they just want everyone to pay their PADI fees. I have often thought that if the day in question been my first day diving I likely never would have returned, and I do not understand how PADI can allow this to represent their brand, and diving as a whole. I really love diving, and wouldn't want anyone to think its all as bad as when you're diving with PADI.