GStevens1
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Hello,
Please forgive me if this post should be in another area; I believe this is a general regulator question in the appropriate subcategory.
Does anyone know of which currently made model from Scubapro, both 1st and 2nd stage are easiest to repair for a DIY user? From my research, this appears to be the MK25 1st stage regulator, and G260 2nd stage regulator.
Scubapro's marketing says: "The G260 is the most imitated air balanced second stage design of all time. First introduced in 1986 as the G250," Or, in other words, the G260 design which is nearly 60+ years old, is a simple design that would be easier to repair for a late person.
Please be assured, that I am not interested in hurting local dive shops nearby - I recently purchased thousands of dollars of equipment (halcyon backplate system, etc...) to keep my local dive shop in business. My reasoning for opening up my own reg is simply because of too many issues to mention, but the most recent problem I had was a trip overseas. Regulator acted up, free flowed, and local dive shops couldn't service. When I got back home, I contacted Oceanic and they said, "Sorry, we do not service that regulator anymore." I have an oceanic zeta (world's smallest regulator a decade ago), and local dive shops, international shops, and even the manufacture themselves refuse to work on it. The service manual was 60 pages from what I remember.
I am ready to purchase an octopus to breathe out of (Scubapro R195, the currently most reliable regulator in the world), even though the breathing is not as good, I do not want aborted dive trips where I've spend tens of thousands on hotel, airfare, live-a-board dive boat, etc... all because I have a regulator that nobody can work on, and there are no spares anywhere.
Most diveshops I've been too around the world, ONLY work on Scubapro, whether I like it or not, so that's what I'm sticking with.
Thank you!
Please forgive me if this post should be in another area; I believe this is a general regulator question in the appropriate subcategory.
Does anyone know of which currently made model from Scubapro, both 1st and 2nd stage are easiest to repair for a DIY user? From my research, this appears to be the MK25 1st stage regulator, and G260 2nd stage regulator.
Scubapro's marketing says: "The G260 is the most imitated air balanced second stage design of all time. First introduced in 1986 as the G250," Or, in other words, the G260 design which is nearly 60+ years old, is a simple design that would be easier to repair for a late person.
Please be assured, that I am not interested in hurting local dive shops nearby - I recently purchased thousands of dollars of equipment (halcyon backplate system, etc...) to keep my local dive shop in business. My reasoning for opening up my own reg is simply because of too many issues to mention, but the most recent problem I had was a trip overseas. Regulator acted up, free flowed, and local dive shops couldn't service. When I got back home, I contacted Oceanic and they said, "Sorry, we do not service that regulator anymore." I have an oceanic zeta (world's smallest regulator a decade ago), and local dive shops, international shops, and even the manufacture themselves refuse to work on it. The service manual was 60 pages from what I remember.
I am ready to purchase an octopus to breathe out of (Scubapro R195, the currently most reliable regulator in the world), even though the breathing is not as good, I do not want aborted dive trips where I've spend tens of thousands on hotel, airfare, live-a-board dive boat, etc... all because I have a regulator that nobody can work on, and there are no spares anywhere.
Most diveshops I've been too around the world, ONLY work on Scubapro, whether I like it or not, so that's what I'm sticking with.
Thank you!