if you think plating brass is going to happen in the US.....
Are there any regulators made in USA?
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No idea - I saw them in a local dive shop and read up on the website - that's all I know. I was thinking the same thing - are they just assembled here? Do they source components from elsewhere? If so, where?
Like many other "house brands," these regs are made entirely overseas.
Several manufacturers in Taiwan and China make regs for possibly a dozen or more brands. Some allow the brand to alter the specs, finish, configuration of the ports, etc. As long as they place a large enough order. They'll print a faceplate for the second or etch the 1st with the brand's name on a standard reg for a smaller quantity.
Own a shop and want "your own line of regs" with your logo? No problem! Pick a 1st and 2 seconds, order maybe 100 sets, and voila! You now have a Joe Schmoe's Dive Shop line of regs.
The only "assembly" is putting a hose on them and attaching the second stage. MAYBE. More likely, the bundles come with a 1st stage and second stage already attached to a hose. Then you need to add another second, hose, and SPG with a hose.
Hopefully, the seller also takes them out of the box or plastic bag they come in from the factory and tests them before they send them out.
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Eric Sedletzky
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I still don't get it.
A little country like Sweden making Poseidons and all the rest of quality things they make there.
A little country like Italy making Scubapro's and sexy cars like Ferrari's and Lamborghini's and the finest suits and high quality leather shoes.
My wife bought a high quality vacuum made in Germany and it was $1000, she loves it! It was worth every penny.
And in a country the size of ours with our technology and our man power and our resources somehow we can't make sh!t!
It's very frustrating.
I would be willing to pay whatever it took if I knew I was paying someone's livable wages and supporting a domestic industry, but it's not even an option.
Buying vintage stuff that was made here decades ago doesn't count.
A little country like Sweden making Poseidons and all the rest of quality things they make there.
A little country like Italy making Scubapro's and sexy cars like Ferrari's and Lamborghini's and the finest suits and high quality leather shoes.
My wife bought a high quality vacuum made in Germany and it was $1000, she loves it! It was worth every penny.
And in a country the size of ours with our technology and our man power and our resources somehow we can't make sh!t!
It's very frustrating.
I would be willing to pay whatever it took if I knew I was paying someone's livable wages and supporting a domestic industry, but it's not even an option.
Buying vintage stuff that was made here decades ago doesn't count.
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Eric Sedletzky
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That's part of the appeal of stainless I suppose.
But yeah, the big hatred of plating, first by CA and then by the rest of the country. But it's OK if some other country does it, as long as it's NIMBY.
Hypocrisy at it's finest.
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So now Eric can start cranking out the reg bodies and ship them to you for plating
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