+1 on the sherwood brute. It is the AK47 of regulators. Use it, abuse it, drag it thru the mud, you just can't kill it.
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IMHO,
With 25 years experience,(NAUI/PADI instr retired) I agree with the scubapro mk2, & disagree with the Sherwood. I've serviced both!
Hands down for warm/shallow dives the mk2 will serve you well.
The Sherwood 1st stage relies on belleville washer for balance, not fun to replace.
MIke D
IMHO,
With 25 years experience,(NAUI/PADI instr retired) I agree with the scubapro mk2, & disagree with the Sherwood. I've serviced both!
Hands down for warm/shallow dives the mk2 will serve you well.
The Sherwood 1st stage relies on belleville washer for balance, not fun to replace.
MIke D
If that is the case then wouldn't the chlorine dry out the rubber diaphragms just as fast? And be more expensive to replace? After all O rings are less than $1 per reg while diaphragms cost a ship load more.
Id look at getting some second hand MK2's and G250's. Buy the seats in bulk from a dealer and O rings from an O ring supplier. Services could cost you less than $10 per stage every 100 dives.
Charge $2 reg rentals. Add to that a great breathing set up and your sorted!