Best Breathing Reg

[maged_mmh]

(1) ScubaPro MK25/S600
(2) Oceanic EOS
(3) Aqualung Legend LX
(4) Atomc B2

I know these will give her all the air she Needs,But there are many others
You would be Hard Pressed to find a better breathing reg then the MK25/S600

Dove a Scubapro Mk25/G250 recently and it was a dream. I've owned and used virtually all the high-end regs and this one just rocks. With the introduction of the G250V recently by SP you can't go wrong.

you got honest advices there.

 

[caringbah]

Oceanic Omega with any good first stage. I'm using them with Oceanic FDX10 & CDX5 and both are greath to 40m. I've also used them with a couple of scubapro 1st stages (MkV & X). They can breathe a bit wet if you tilt your head too muck but are light,can be colorfull and can be used left or right handed.

 

[pescador775]

I haven't tried every reg to be sure but given the facts; female diver with anxiety issues, the compact V42 should be the right stuff. The second stage is based on 60's technology and that can be a good thing. The simple design includes no knobs to adjust and hence, no decisions to make which removes uncertainty. The regulator uses brute force to create the impression of large flows, is sized right for a lady, of good quality and is internationally recognized as a brand.

My wife got a Mares V42 for Christmas and says it breathes effortlessly. She also likes the fact that is compact, light and because of being all metal, greatly reduces (or eliminates) dry mouth. She previously dove an Aeris Pro, Mares Abyss (too heavy), Mares V16 w/Proton XL and a Mares V32 Proton Ice - and says the V42 is the best.

I can't confirm it, since she says the only way I get to use it is to pry it out of her cold, dead hands

 

[Scott M]

Ok so here it goes... I'm looking for a reg for the Mrs. Everyone she has tried thus far (not many) she has said that she had to work to get air. She is new to diving and there is some anxiety at work for sure. We all know rental gear sux as evidenced when I tried her sherwood brut. So, which is the best reg for easy breathing? I use a sherwood magnum and have no complaints but I know there are a lot better regs out there for ease of breathing. So many brands and opinions, enlighten me please!

Of course you got a ton of good advise here but as you can see there is no one clear chose or winner, everyone has their favorite. However before jumping into regs and really does not matter which ones you end up with because today most of the regs on the market will do the job and do it well. It sounds like what she needs more than an easy breathing reg is just more time in the water to beat the anxiety. If your anxious no amount of money spent on a reg is going to change that or make her breath easier. I remember the feeling she is going through. I had the same thing on my first dives but it goes away. I have great regs and they breath very easy but on a recent dry suit dive (being I am new to it) a lot of things went wrong with the dive at a point I felt my regs where just not giving me air but that was not the case, it was just me. Once she is more comfortable in the water then have her try out a bunch of regs and see what she likes. I do not know if you own your own or not but personally for service reasons I would get the same or you trade to whatever she choses.

Good Luck

 

[pescador775]

So, that's the advice; keep struggling until she gets over it? Following that, give her a confusing jumble of equipment to test and possibly throw her into a fit of decision anxiety?

Her husband should get her a new reg. He should select it and tell her it is the best.

No luck needed, just get her the V42 and deliver in a nice box. Women see things differently than men. If she is a "girly girl" get her one of the Mares regs with pretty colors and marketed for ladies.

 

[Scott M]

So, that's the advice; keep struggling until she gets over it? Following that, give her a confusing jumble of equipment to test and possibly throw her into a fit of decision anxiety?

Her husband should get her a new reg. He should select it and tell her it is the best.

No luck needed, just get her the V42 and deliver in a nice box. Women see things differently than men. If she is a "girly girl" get her one of the Mares regs with pretty colors and marketed for ladies.

I'm a little slow today, went with out my coffee, you are kidding though, right? New gear in a pretty box fixes an anxiety problem?

 

[shoturtle]

The Mares V42 is a great breathing reg. And it does have colors marketed to women. So it should help in the real breathing part, and the pychological part also. And it is metal so she will not have dry mouth issues either.

 

[hypertech]

I'm a little slow today, went with out my coffee, you are kidding though, right? New gear in a pretty box fixes an anxiety problem?

I only read the last page or two, but it sounds like a good idea to me - almost. She should still make her decision, but she doesn't need to be inundated with all the models out there. If she chooses based on the "pretty one" that is certainly OK.

My wife has a hard time making decisions too. I surveyed the field and selected 3 or maybe 4 regs and told her to go check those out and do her research on them. I also told her which one I picked. In the end, she chose the one I got.

Had I given her reems of reviews and data and said, now pick one, she would have gotten anxious about it and never selected one. After that, she may have constantly second guessed her decision.

This way, she knows I have already read the reviews and data and am comfortable having her use them. This means they are relaible and safe models in my opinion or I wouldn't have have put them on the list for her and she doesn't need to worry about whether or not this model has adequate preformance. I have taken care of that aspect for her. She still gets to evaluate a few different options and models and make her own choice.

We settled on the Oceanic EOS and they should be in next week. We plan to dive them two weekends from now and hopefully our decision making process will prove to have worked well.

 

[RonFrank]

I like Zeagle. They breath well, and you can get them easily repaired as the FL factory can do anything necessary. They are also a very simple design, and easy to work on with parts available in the USA just about anywhere.

As to breathing, look at the last reviews. ALL regs for the past few years breath so good you need a freeking machine to measure the differences.

 

[Scott M]

I only read the last page or two, but it sounds like a good idea to me - almost. She should still make her decision, but she doesn't need to be inundated with all the models out there. If she chooses based on the "pretty one" that is certainly OK.

My wife has a hard time making decisions too. I surveyed the field and selected 3 or maybe 4 regs and told her to go check those out and do her research on them. I also told her which one I picked. In the end, she chose the one I got.

Had I given her reems of reviews and data and said, now pick one, she would have gotten anxious about it and never selected one. After that, she may have constantly second guessed her decision.

This way, she knows I have already read the reviews and data and am comfortable having her use them. This means they are relaible and safe models in my opinion or I wouldn't have have put them on the list for her and she doesn't need to worry about whether or not this model has adequate preformance. I have taken care of that aspect for her. She still gets to evaluate a few different options and models and make her own choice.

We settled on the Oceanic EOS and they should be in next week. We plan to dive them two weekends from now and hopefully our decision making process will prove to have worked well.

I have no problem with the pretty stuff and having someone doing all the leg work to narrow the choices. The OP was looking for an easy breathing reg because his SO was having anxiety and felt a better reg would help. I just do not believe any reg np matter how easy breathing is going to get rid of the anxiety of diving. No amount of gear can do that. You just have to get use to splashing in and then comes the pretty stuff.

Let's face it even the most experienced of divers would have a tough time picking one reg over the other in a blind test.