doubles reg

[dori fish]

can i use the mares mr22 abyss for doubles

 

[Jim Lapenta]

You can use any reg for doubles really. You just need two of them and they should be DIN as opposed to yoke.

 

[JDMerk]

The thing you want to look at with any regs you are considering for doubles is how the hose routing will work out for you. Any reg will do but some regs route better than others in doubles setups.
There really is no need to go with DIN over yoke regs for doubles, at least no more so than on singles. They are a better design IMHO with the captured o-ring and all, but not necessary, and to that point Thermo makes a manifold which can be converted from yoke to 200 Bar DIN. You will find more people using DIN, if for no other reason than its the cool, accepted thing to do at this point in your diving career. If you do go with DIN I would suggest you get 200 Bar manifolds when you decide to buy your tanks/manifolds...less threads to spin.

 

[Jorgy]

As others have said, yes you can..........

I looked at the first stage - with the HP ports at 45 degree angles to the LP ports not sure exactly how the hoses would route.........

Here are some pictures for some popular doubles regs to show the routing.......

Go DIN, doubles implies deeper technical diving - captured O-ring is the way to go.....

Hope this helps............M

 

[Tortuga68]

There really is no need to go with DIN over yoke regs for doubles, at least no more so than on singles. They are a better design IMHO with the captured o-ring and all...

Sounds like a good reason to go DIN

...If you do go with DIN I would suggest you get 200 Bar manifolds when you decide to buy your tanks/manifolds...less threads to spin.

Less threads is a pretty lazy reason IMHO


In summary, go 300 Bar DIN

 

[JDMerk]

I said there is no more reason to go with DIN as opposed to singles tanks, the same logic applies to both. That being said I dive DIN on singles and doubles. But not because I anticipated an imminent failure with a yoke connection. I have never seen one fail under water.

The DIN 200 vs DIN 300 thing has been argued to death. There are no benefits to going with DIN 300...It doesn't make your manifold or the connection to your regulators any stronger or more secure. In fact some people believe that having more threads opens them up to damage.
If you lkne your DIN 300 then keep on spinning that thing...me personally, ive gotten enough experience spinning DIN 300 connections in fill stations, I'll keep my 200.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

The reason for DIN is not necesarily to prevent yoke assembly failures. Of course if you are getting cave or wreck fills and the yoke is rated to 3200-3500 it's pretty stupid to not use DIN. Din also reduces the risk of a failure point arising from inadvertant contact with an overhead obstruction and some say poses less of an entanglement risk as well. Using Din on doubles has nothing to do with being cool. It's about being smart and using the right tool for the job. Anything you can do to minimize risk with a simple thing like DIN regs, unused regs bungied or clipped off, or wrist gauges instead of big clunky consoles is not about cool. It's about thinking things out in a logical, rational, intelligent manner and configuring your gear to maximize it's reliability and usefulness. Tom Mount in his Tao of Underwater Survival has excellent advice regarding gear selection and use. And more importantly why it is done.

 

[dori fish]

my current mr22 abyss is din and i prefer using din rather than yoke