DA Aquamaster:
That was the point - it costs twice as much as any comparable chrome plated brass first stage on the market (including the Atomic B2, Scubapro Mk 25, etc.)
You pay a lot for the dubious benefits of owning a Ti reg. It's limited in the O2 percentage it can handle, it's light but you have to add weight in the form of lead at the dive site anyway, and it's horribly expensive compared to chrome plated brass first stages that have demonstrated the ability to survive use in a challenging marine environment for 2, 3 or more decades.
In short a Titanimum reg has snob appeal but does not have a whole lot else going for it.
I agree Aquamaster. To me it's a over priced reg for the Titanimum , all though it did score the best in this month's Scuba Diving magazine , when they rated the top 18 reg's . The whole Atomic line was on top, dosn't suprise me, there awsome reg's.
I had the Atomic M-1 Din, with the cave ring ,etc, sold it for a ScubaPro S600 , and I'm selling that on Ebay right now for the Aqualung Legend LX,
( DIN ) , And I'm going to try that reg out.
I had the Atomic M-1 for about a year, and loved it. Sold it when I got into Rebreather's, Then went to the Scubapro, now the Aqualung LX.
I have to say, I had many reg's, Poseiden's, ScubaPro's, Atomic's, etc, and I liked the M-1 alot.
I'm going to give the Aqualung a shot here for alittle , been eyeing that reg for about a year now, and If it dosn't work out over the next 6 month's , I'm going back to the Atomic Series, probley the B2 this time, As my buddy has that one, and I dove it several time's and it's a nice reg also.
I'm really pickey about reg's, but it was a toss up between the Atomic B-1 and the Aqualung LX, I'll see how it goes this weekend, were diving total of 7 wreck dive's all at average of 145' max in the Upper's Key's, so I'll have a good first weekend on the Aqualung, and see how it goes
