Cold Water Reg.

[PA/NJdiver]

My buddy and I both use SP regs (MK20 G250). The coldest water we have dove in is 38 degrees, and we have never had a problem with them freezing.

Stacey

 

[thethumper]

Excuse me....I don't mean to be a buttinsky, :badmoon: but, didn't Poseidon (a mnfgr in Sweden) 1st design their regs to be primarily for Ice diving in the frozen 3 seas around Sweden?

Just MHO

 

[Lost Yooper]

Poseidons can't be beat for ice diving, but that's the only good thing I have to say about them.

Mike

 

[thethumper]

Lost Yooper once bubbled...
Poseidons can't be beat for ice diving, but that's the only good thing I have to say about them.

Mike

I'll see ya & raise you.......Extreme Deep.

 

[Lost Yooper]

I dunno about that. Apeks, Abysmal, and Scuba Pro's do pretty well to a 1000' or so, and they don't feel like you have a log in your mouth .

Mike

 

[thethumper]

While it does look like your palying fetch w/your neighbors oak tree, I have yet to suck on a reg that delivered more air by volume w/the least amount of effort. I'm not downing any other regs, but the main topic was for COLD water regs. I don't know if any other reg can out perform an Odin @ depth in Cold water.

 

[roakey]

Lost Yooper once bubbled...
I dunno about that. Apeks, Abysmal, and Scuba Pro's do pretty well to a 1000' or so, and they don't feel like you have a log in your mouth .

I've had my Apeks to 10,000' and no problems.

Oh, you're talking DEPTH, not altitude

Roak

 

[thethumper]

roakey once bubbled...


I've had my Apeks to 10,000' and no problems.

Oh, you're talking DEPTH, not altitude

Roak

You're just not right man. LOL

 

[alan prince]

HAVE DIVED IN UK ALL YEAR ROUND WITH OLD TYPE SHERWOOD BLIZZARD 5/6DEGREES C REGULARILY IN INLAND QUARRIES NO PROBLEMS WITH REG FREEZE UPS

 

[gwolbrink]

Just found this web site and I am all ready loving it. I too am looking for a cold water ice reg. I am on a new (and green) dive rescue team in South Dakota. 1/3 of the year, the water is covered in ice. Right now I dive a SP mk5 with a 109?? It works great for recreational diving but I think that I need more. Am I right? In my quest for info on a new reg set up I came across this web site.

http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/index.html

Antarctic diving. They tested different regs and posted the results for us. BTW the water temp was about 28 degrees F. The link to the test is here:

http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/diving/robbins.html