Deco Regs

[amascuba]

Salvo is a good reg, I was short a reg one day in cave country and picked one up(don't let my wife know, I had at least 40 more regs at home...) anyway, all of the current Oceanics regs have a lower work of breathing.

I'm not in anyway saying that oceanic makes a bad regulator. I own a DX4 myself (I have 92 hours on it with out a rebuild) and love it. I've also used CDX3's and CDX5's. IMHO the comparison on work of breathing is negotiable. I can't tell the difference in work of breathing between the regulators.

 

[karstdvr]

So why don't you offer a piston regulator as well then?

I did earlier in this thread,and DA Aquamaster and I both concur that we like the Scubapro unbalanced regs,with my favorite being the Mk2. I have used this configuration for quite a few years and have had very satisfactory results

 

[karstdvr]

Are you saying that you cannot O2 clean a diaphragm? I used the Dive Rite with 50% which technically requires an O2 cleaned reg.

I'm sure someone will pull out a NOAA technical bulletin in reference to mixes beyond 50%,but can anybody produce an accident report for oxygen fire with 50%? I know it occurs with O2 because I've seen the end result. In fact I know people who haskel high pressure 50/50,but never have heard of an incident. I am not saying not to treat this carefully,but I don't think you'll have the same problems in a diaphragm regulator with 50/50. I've seen this argument go several ways-some say you can O2 clean a diaphragm,but the consensus I've seen is that you can't,especially when dealing with high pressure oxygen. I think the critical thing is that the diaphragm is made of a material that can become a fuel source during oxygen combustion.

 

[amascuba]

I did earlier in this thread,and DA Aquamaster and I both concur that we like the Scubapro unbalanced regs,with my favorite being the Mk2. I have used this configuration for quite a few years and have had very satisfactory results

yes the Mk2 is a good regulator, but I meant "you" as in salvo.