Do regulators have a lifespan/ become dangerous of failure after so many years?

[bradlw]

I have a US Divers regulator I bought in early 1994...so 31 years old.

I wouldn't hesitate to dive it once I round up some parts or find someone willing to service it for me.
It's long ago discontinued and I think the company has been bought and sold a few times since it was made...so it's an orphan for support...
I'd imagine that for most really good quality regulators, that's the most common flaw.

Cheaper regs on the other hand, I've had some taht only lasted a couple of years before failure from corrosion or some other thing....

I was in the pool with my old reg just the other day for a quick test. Works perfectly...if you don't count the leaking fitting from bad o-rings.
I'll change the seats if I can find some and probably won't dive it till I do, but I'm pretty sure the only thing it needs after a couple of decades in storage is a clean-up and some new o-rings.

 

[OMyMyOHellYes]

So you want to dive at 100 feet and you want an eternal set of regulators that need minimal service and are rock solid, that is easy. That would be a Scubapro Mark 2 Evo with either new G260 seconds or get crazy and grab some original G250 second stages. The Mark 2 may not really have a service interval except the one imposed by corporate legal. Somethings are forever.

If you wanted a new G250 and could put up with the ugliness of them, they's also the Halcyon Halo seconds...

 

[34109411]

Hello divers, Marcus here form NC. I purchased a brand new Oceanic Alpha 10 CDX for my primary and a Oceanic Alpha 8 as my octopus from my local dive shop, BLUE DOLPHIN DIVE CENTER. They been around forever! And are pros in the diving industry an diver safety! Great staff, they also own a great quarry close by to train/get cert, and practice skills! BLUE STONE DIVE RESORT. I bought the kit 5 yrs ago and I have it serviced every other year by some ole school dive regulator techs! They provide all the paper work on the before and after testing W/ a spread sheet of the regs #of performance/# after testing & any replaced parts info. I've done lots of dives on the deep wrecks off the coast of NC. This comb kit has preformed awesome over the last 5 years! I'm just wondering here, do regulator kits ever wear out if they are serviced like the manuf spec's require? Which i follow by Oceanic. I take really good care of my equipment & diver safety is # 1 !!!!! Esp if your 100' deep most of the time. Any feed back on how long/ many years will a regulator kit last? See you underwater. Thanks divers, Marcus.

i ve got
my scuba pro since 2010 maintenance each year of so.