Best regulator for DIY'r

[meesier42]

Dive Rite, doesn't even take a torque wrench to assemble

I personally like Zeagle as well

 

[rickdog67]

LOL, I've only been married a year this month. I think I'll keep her for a while longer . She has pink fins, mask, and snorkel, so why not a pink reg too. Thanks for the immense amount of replies. Everyone seems to have the same general consensus for brands, thats a good thing. I'm gonna look for Vince Harlow's book.

 

[Couv]

Welcome to the DIY club. The first thing to start off with is a service manual or two. Both service manuals usually discussed here are great; Vance Harlow's "SCUBA Regulator Maintenance and Repair"
<http://www.airspeedpress.com/newregbook.html>
and the Scuba Tools book, "Regulator Savvy" <http://www.scubatools.com/> are well worth the money.

I own both and recommend getting one of each. If you are dead set on getting only one, then Vance's is a little more suitable for the DIY guy while the ScubaTools book is more suitable for the shop worker. ScubaTools has some pretty handy tools too, so if you order from there pay a few extra bucks and get the bullets, spanners, and regulator specific tools that you need with your first order and save on shipping. Get a few old regulators like the ones you will be servicing from eBay or Craig's list and practice. After just one or two seasons of servicing your own gear, you will have recovered your investment.

Here are a couple of websites with tons of regulator specific manuals:
Regulator manuals <http://www.juhahaanpera.com/regulatormanual.htm>
<http://www.frogkick.dk/manuals/>
http://www.atlantisdiveclub.com/mainmovies/gb_manuals.html

Good luck,

Couv

 

[ivobj]

I would go for Scubapros if you want to service them yourself, I do that also, heard that Aqualungs are also easy to get parts and service, but can't say anything as I don't use them.

The MK2 is particularly easy to service.

 

[herman]

I know Bunn. You and your wife need to come diving with us at the quarry. We have an active group locally and we always have a good time, should have been there Fri. I have copies of both books for you to look through if you like plus the service manuals on a lot of regs... Those little AL regs are cute, I kinda want one myself....just not the pink one.

 

[rickdog67]

Sounds good, we want to get out there and dive! Just got to get our equipment. I'm hoping we decide on everything in the next week or two.

 

[timchea]

Great post rickdog67!! As a newbir the replies here are helping to select equipment and save $$'s

 

[rickdog67]

Problem is hobbies are outgrowing income. I really wanted a Zeagle setup, but I'm not sure its going to happen. Still shopping. Edge Epic seem to be highly regarded and are easy to get parts for. at 299$ octo included, that looks like a deal.

 

[My-way]

Depends on whether you want new or second had regs. I find it hard to go past some conshelf 21s. Dead simple to service and breathe well with some tuning.

Otherwise as I understand it Zeagle are easy to work on and parts are not to hard to come by, even in Australia unlike Poseidon parts... :-(.

 

[divad]

Problem is hobbies are outgrowing income. I really wanted a Zeagle setup, but I'm not sure its going to happen. Still shopping. Edge Epic seem to be highly regarded and are easy to get parts for. at 299$ octo included, that looks like a deal.

I kind of like that Zeagle makes their own regulators in their own factory. Not sure why.