Bringing two SPGs on trips

[rx7diver]

Just out of curiosity--don't think I'm ready to go that far with redundancy just yet--for those of you who carry spare 1st and 2nd stages, do you get those serviced at your local dive shop as often as you do your primary regulator set-up?

I service them myself. In fact, the spare reg is simply to get me into the water without delay. I have tools and service kit in my save-a-dive kit. These things (Scubapro Mk 10 and Balanced Adjustable/G250) are so simple, that you can service them during a surface interval.

rx7diver

 

[NothingClever]

< cue face palm >

Here we go again…

(not you @rx7diver - you seem like a well-adjusted guy).

 

[Pressurehead]

1st stage, 2nd stage, SPG, and their hoses as spares.

In my spares kit I have a spare SPG and SPG swivels.
Also dive two computers, one AI.

 

[davecampbell]

we carry a third complete reg set between the two of us for tropical trips. I'll deal with anything more than a minor issue once I get home. Locally, we take all kinds of extras....drysuit wrist and neck seals, cylinders, tools, etc....

 

[Shabaday]

I took my Perdix AI and redundant NEW spg/compass combo to the Keys two years ago, A quarter of the way through I realized my Perdix and my spg were not reading the same. The new spg never moved off 3000 PSI.....when I purged the reg after the dive it went to zero....then on a new tank back to 3000 but never went in between. So redundancy isn't a bad idea!

 

[Pressurehead]

NEW spg/compass combo

Just curious, was it the Apex combo?

my Perdix and my spg were not reading the same.

Same issue.

 

[Shabaday]

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