Are scuba regulators life-support equipment?
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The term life support equipment makes me picture ventilators, dialysis, g-tubes, and IV infusions. I have never used that term for regulators or other scuba equipment, but that is just me. I suppose if you want to start a meaningless argument we can go back and forth forever like the mask on forehead thread but I have other things to do. 
Interesting read...
To me, my tank and the breathing gas in it are the limits of life support for scuba diving. All of the other contraptions just make access to the life support easier and more efficient. I'll call the regulator a vital piece of equipment in the system, but at the very basic level, it is not 100% needed to survive.
To me, my tank and the breathing gas in it are the limits of life support for scuba diving. All of the other contraptions just make access to the life support easier and more efficient. I'll call the regulator a vital piece of equipment in the system, but at the very basic level, it is not 100% needed to survive.
spoolin01
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Thank you, you nailed it perfectly. When someone here calls scuba gear life support equipment, that's what they mean, unless by "interesting", the OP actually meant the issue of whether 30 minute dives were possible w/o an air supply. It's usually a prelude to some half-hysterical inference about the criticality of your gear and the attendant need for extraordinary vigilance and maintenance - for sustaining life.The term life support equipment makes me picture ventilators, dialysis, g-tubes, and IV infusions. I have never used that term for regulators or other scuba equipment, but that is just me. I suppose if you want to start a meaningless argument we can go back and forth forever like the mask on forehead thread but I have other things to do.
If you don't have the new Scubapro Tactical Regulator, then you might die
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If you even try to work on it, then you will die!
!If you even try to work on it, then you will die
!spoolin01
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No picatinny. BS mall ninja junk.
fnfalman
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It's black. That's all you'd need for something to be "tactical".
spoolin01
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