bradlw
Contributor
right now I'm leaning towards either the
DGX D6
OR
HOG D2 din with classic 2nd's
To those of you that have knowledge and experience of both, which would you choose and why?
and if you'd go a different direction I'm open to hearing about it!
I'm not sure I want to go all the way down to unbalanced regs...especially for the 1st stage, but I'm not closed to the idea for the type of diving I foresee. I had unbalanced regs on my pony bottles before getting into technical diving and the harder breathing with low filled tanks never bothered me... I used to run my seconds "detuned" a little bit for a harder cracking pressure to avoid wasted gas from free-flowing.....never understood folks fascination with "easy breathing" regulators that crack open when I think about drawing a breath but before I actually do breath! (and all the resulting appeal of adjustable venturi vanes, adjustable 2nd seats, etc...)
that said, of course I don't want a total crap reg that's really a hard breather either!
I plan on getting into a shop soon for a hands-on look....but that would only be for the HOG of course unless I make the 4-5 hour drive to DGX
so I'm wondering....is one of these 2nds lighter than the other?
Any other things I might notice if I could get hands-on with both?
I've never dove an environmentally sealed reg but even though I have no plans to dive where that's really needed, it still seems like it would be a good idea to reduce internal corrosion. (I've had cheap regs for pony use that have died early deaths from the salt water on the ambient side of the reg internals)
I'm working on getting back into diving after a very long time off. Also getting my wife and three teens certified.
My mission: I do not foresee ever getting back into technical or deep dives beyond 130ft or so. Florida diving.
Just wanting a low-cost solution for easy dives. I was trained in regulator maintenance way back when I was doing my technical stuff, and so getting parts and manuals with DGX is appealing even though I'd probably just have a shop service them most of the time just in the interest of time and laziness.
DGX D6
OR
HOG D2 din with classic 2nd's
To those of you that have knowledge and experience of both, which would you choose and why?
and if you'd go a different direction I'm open to hearing about it!
I'm not sure I want to go all the way down to unbalanced regs...especially for the 1st stage, but I'm not closed to the idea for the type of diving I foresee. I had unbalanced regs on my pony bottles before getting into technical diving and the harder breathing with low filled tanks never bothered me... I used to run my seconds "detuned" a little bit for a harder cracking pressure to avoid wasted gas from free-flowing.....never understood folks fascination with "easy breathing" regulators that crack open when I think about drawing a breath but before I actually do breath! (and all the resulting appeal of adjustable venturi vanes, adjustable 2nd seats, etc...)
that said, of course I don't want a total crap reg that's really a hard breather either!
I plan on getting into a shop soon for a hands-on look....but that would only be for the HOG of course unless I make the 4-5 hour drive to DGX
so I'm wondering....is one of these 2nds lighter than the other?
Any other things I might notice if I could get hands-on with both?
port configuration issues maybe, in one or the other? (I'll probably dive a long hose set-up mostly because I used to and still see some good in that idea)
I've never dove an environmentally sealed reg but even though I have no plans to dive where that's really needed, it still seems like it would be a good idea to reduce internal corrosion. (I've had cheap regs for pony use that have died early deaths from the salt water on the ambient side of the reg internals)
I'm working on getting back into diving after a very long time off. Also getting my wife and three teens certified.
My mission: I do not foresee ever getting back into technical or deep dives beyond 130ft or so. Florida diving.
Just wanting a low-cost solution for easy dives. I was trained in regulator maintenance way back when I was doing my technical stuff, and so getting parts and manuals with DGX is appealing even though I'd probably just have a shop service them most of the time just in the interest of time and laziness.
is local shop service even a thing for the DGX? will anyone service them?
Now I'm just considering getting a set for me so that I can dive my own equipment, but if any of my family get into it I might be buying more sets... so low cost is primary.
