aqua lung micra not aqua lung micra adj???

[scubaops]

i got a aqua lung micra thats not adjustable anyone know about these? i got it for 20bucks

 

[knotical]

Yep, the Micra is a predecessor of the Micra ADJ.
The ones I've seen have a vane adjustment switch, just not a cracking pressure adjustment knob.

 

[scubaops]

Yep, the Micra is a predecessor of the Micra ADJ.
The ones I've seen have a vane adjustment switch, just not a cracking pressure adjustment knob.

thats the one any good? was it worth the 20 bucks? if its not that good ill run it as an octo.

 

[knotical]

We had them in rental for several years, and they seemed to do fine. IMO, certainly worth $20 as long as it doesn't require extensive repair.

 

[Ouvea]

The Aqua Lung/US Divers Micra is a wonderful high performance regulator. It breathes beautifully and is very compact. I have two of them and as long as I can get them serviced, I will continue to use them. At the depth limit of recreational diving, it breathes just as easily as it does on the surface. I rarely change the venturi switch FROM the minimum setting.

C.

 

[superstar]

I have a micra on a pony tank going on 7 years without a tune up. It still works fine.

 

[beanojones]

Personally I like the non-adj more than the adjustable. (I have ten of them as rental fleet backup, and pony regs.)

I cannot imagine US Divers/Aqualung will ever not have rebuild parts for them, but apparently some of the plastic parts are getting scarcer.

 

[diveprof]

I have never liked the micra. True, I only have about 50 or so dives on them. It is light weight and small, though I think that may contribute to a bit more breathing resistance. Give me a Scubapro, Aqualung (other than Micra), or older Sherwoods any day. Aqualung makes fine regs, but I've never been impressed with this one. Personal opinion of course. Yes, $20 seems like a great price, but to me life is too short to dive a less than optimal reg (personal opinion). I want a reg that doesn't remind me that I'm breathing off a reg - that didn't happen for me with the micra.

 

[scubaops]

i have a micra adj and it works really well for me. im going to upgrade my girls rig with it.

 

[beanojones]

I have never liked the micra. True, I only have about 50 or so dives on them. It is light weight and small, though I think that may contribute to a bit more breathing resistance. Give me a Scubapro, Aqualung (other than Micra), or older Sherwoods any day. Aqualung makes fine regs, but I've never been impressed with this one. Personal opinion of course. Yes, $20 seems like a great price, but to me life is too short to dive a less than optimal reg (personal opinion). I want a reg that doesn't remind me that I'm breathing off a reg - that didn't happen for me with the micra.

You may have been diving one set up to breathe hard. Because they have a pretty wide range of spring tension, they can be set up to breathe really easy, or setup to breathe really hard. Most Micras in rental use are set up to breathe hard.

Personally I prefer a balanced second stage with an easier to use venturi boost adjuster, but the Micras (when the venturi effect is switched on) are much better breathers than any of the other US Divers second stages from that era, which did not have the venturi boost switch, and thus were 'de-tuned' from full venturi boost.