What 2nd has beat the G250?

[Mobulai]

@rsingler how’s the new scubagaskets 2nd with micro adj. comparing against the usual suspects?

 

[lexvil]

What’s the beef with the Scuba Museum ?

The owner

 

[Umuntu]

The ownerView attachment 886397

That looks like a baby seal

 

[lexvil]

That looks like a baby seal

He is one of those people that thinks this sort of thing is cool and makes him look like a “man” I blocked him years ago on the VDH site. A great way to lose business.

 

[Pearlman]

I heard back from Scubapro R&D!!
They were kind enough to thank me for the suggestion, and said they will consider a different material (Titanium?) for the next development round for the sleeve of the A700/C370.
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So we can all hope to buy it as an upgrade part for our c370s a couple of years down the line I hope… ?

 

[Nemrod]

So we can all hope to buy it as an upgrade part for our c370s a couple of years down the line I hope… ?

I would not count on that. They will re-clock the barrel so it will not fit. Like the G260. But we can hope. And the product that needs the titanium barrel is the G260 and C370, not the A700.

 

[LEO1982]

The G250 looks larger than it is. It still is in production as the Halcyon Halo and really, the G260 is the G250 with a slightly reduced external physical dimension. The full size or should I just say large diaphragm of the G250/G260 is one of the reasons it breaths so well and smoothly. As well, the case of both are glass fiber reinforced for extreme durability and they both have brass air barrel. Additionally, the slightly larger case volume of the G250/G260 makes the second stage weigh less underwater.

Another pro of the G250 and G260 is the hard front cover and conventional purge button and the G260 has a seat saver function. No soft covers turning to goo or getting hard and cracking, not with a G250 or G260!

The G250 and G260 can be configured for removal of the cover in use to clear the reg, some used to consider that important, not sure it really is though I did get duckweed in one and it jammed the lever and a quick removal of the cover not needing tools saved the dive or at least saved me from de-kitting and walking back to the truck to get tools or another regulator.



The travel weight of regulators is mostly the hoses, gauges (spg or console), and first stages.

If Scubapro puts a titanium air barrel in the C370 and even more so if they pair it with a titanium Mark 11 E(T) then I may bail on the G250. Uh, well, hmmmm, well, I will buy a set of titanium C370s, I will leave it at that.

The CE 156 is almost on par with the G250 but it has, IMO, less Venturi, no Venturi control and it is heavier in the water. The 109, nope, the exhaust valve and tee are too restrictive for it to be top tier. And the soft purge cover is prone to gtting hard. Of course there are silicone replacements which should last much longer than the old neoprene parts.

The other regulator, more simple and rugged and more reliable than even the G250, is the USD/AL 1085. But being a conventional downstream, it just does not match the G250 in use, again, my opinion based on using them for decades.

Your G250 shell looks very beautiful. Is it a carbon fiber sticker? Or did you replace the panel? If you applied the sticker yourself, can you give me a tutorial? I also want to give my G250 a beauty treatment haha

Greetings from afar
LEO

 

[Mobulai]

Your G250 shell looks very beautiful. Is it a carbon fiber sticker? Or did you replace the panel? If you applied the sticker yourself, can you give me a tutorial? I also want to give my G250 a beauty treatment haha

Greetings from afar
LEO

Hydro dipped + 2k lacquer spray

 

[LEO1982]

Hydro dipped + 2k lacquer spray

COOL! Thank you for sharing!

Greetings from afar
LEO

 

[Nemrod]

Your G250 shell looks very beautiful. Is it a carbon fiber sticker? Or did you replace the panel? If you applied the sticker yourself, can you give me a tutorial? I also want to give my G250 a beauty treatment haha

Greetings from afar
LEO

Thanks. The current G260 has a carbon fiber shell. The carbon fiber G250 are hydro dip and then finished with 2K (SprayMax) urethane clear. The finish is tough and resistant to solvents but anything can be scratched if one works at it hard enough.

I was dipping some motorcycle parts and did a couple of my G250 fleet to see how it would turn out. I like them. I also found on Thinguniverse G250 bump covers and had an online printer make me four from the file.

I used a red metallic and blue metallic base coat (OHW products) intended to adhere dip films. It is what I had bought for the motorcycle project .