Bang for your buck

[claymore]

Another vote for the Titan LX Supreme.
When I bought my regs I asked the Service tech at my LDS What was the Best bang for the buck in a simple no frills reg that is low mainenance and easy to service he recomended the Titan LX Supreme

 

[imasinker]

If you can get the Legend Glacia for $20.00 more I say go for it. I use them and love them. They are made to perform in extreme cold water ie, Ice diving. The First stage has been built with a heat exchanger housing as well and the second stage hoses each have heat exchangers mid lline and at the reg inlet port. The reg front bell housings are made from aluminum round and have no resistance or drag and are really lite. Both the Octo and reg are the same size other than colour and perform the same. The exhausts are much bigger than the legend, Titans and blow clear away from you view. These are the only regs I bought when I first got started in diving and have served me well with no problems. I have gone to doubles and I am using them with my apex DS4 first stages. You won't be disapointed and at the previous listed price a good buy in my opinion.

I am using it in the picture

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[Nemrod]

I have been told for what it is worth there will be some graphics changes etc to the Titan and Legend. If that matters then keep that in mind, thus the firesale at LeisurePro. Good thing I did not pay full price for mine, lol.

A Titan LX at 179 dollars is a smoking deal, let nobody fool you, the Titan LX is 99% as good as the Legend and the Legend is among the very best regulators on the market today. At 130 feet or 190 feet, it breaths just fine and they are rugged and reliable and easy to repair.

N

 

[martzak]

the Aqualung Titan LX Supreme...

its a great reg with coldwater capabilities and a long history of quality AND its a great bargain... right around $300. You could Easily spend twice as much on a reg and not be able to discern ANY difference in workability.

Also , maybe for your first year of diving you could forgo the computer and get Solid on your tables... this will also allow you to put more money towards the things that Really count (reg and BC).

I find that for my local diving, quarries.... less than 80'... rarely exceeding two dives/day that I dont Need a computer. Sure they're convenient and flashy, but unless your doing 5 dives/day and Really need to squeeze the most out of your bottom times/surface interval efficiency I think you'd be better off putting that computer money towards more important gear. Its the decision I made for myself when I got certed this year, and I still may not buy a computer next year either... we'll see... , its just not Needed for the type of diving I do and I find myself comfortable with the tables.

Couldn't agree more. I did buy a computer (the cheapest I could find, Aeris XR1) after a year of diving only because I thought it would extend my multilevel dives. But then I realized that the algorithm used in this computer (and probably most recreational) is so extremely conservative that after going down to 130' for 5 minutes you could incur a deco time.
I found that for a guy like me, in half-decent shape, Navy dive tables work just great.
At any rate, sorry to digress. To the original point, if I had to do it over, I would forgo the dive computer and focus more attention on the BC and regulator selection
and memorizing my dive tables (well, I can still do that, if I really want to).
Oh, the nicest thing about my dive computer...now I get the water temperature.

 

[halocline]

I did buy a computer (the cheapest I could find, Aeris XR1) after a year of diving only because I thought it would extend my multilevel dives. But then I realized that the algorithm used in this computer (and probably most recreational) is so extremely conservative that after going down to 130' for 5 minutes you could incur a deco time.
I found that for a guy like me, in half-decent shape, Navy dive tables work just great.

The Aeris/oceanic algorithm is the least conservative of any recreational dive computer. It's NDL for 130 ft is 11 minutes. The RDP is 10.

How are you figuring that Navy tables "work just great" for you? You've never been bent? That's really good, but personally I would want to decide on an appropriate deco algorithm and protocol, based on statistical evidence, before actually diving. Navy tables do have a long history, but you might look into more current theories.

 

[Nemrod]

I like my Aeries computer, I also follow nad use the Navy Tables. I like ot apply my own safety factor as I see fit for the dive. Some people divee a conserviative computer and then add a safety factor or choose already conservative tables, somtimes not knowing any better, and then apply an additional safety factor. That gets to be counter productive and by the way, the Navy Tables are completely reasonable if you apply a safety stop or a 10% factor or both. Below 100 feet I use a safety stop and a 10% corection, above 100 feet I use a safety stop only. I ascend at the original 60 fpm to 30 feet and 30 fpm above 30 feet. For deep or deco diving I adjust that to a deeper switch point of 60 feet utilizing a deep stop. Your results may vary.

Love my Titan LX, such as single hose plastic crap goes.

N