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Both are good regs and I dive both and rebuild both for the shop I work at. Take my advice though, get the same model 2nd stage for a octo as you have for a primary. That way its one less parts kit you need to worry about, in a emergency parts are interchangeable, and if you decide to go down the tech road you can still use both.