Dave Bevan
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I can confirm that the Halcyon regs can be serviced at a scubapro dealer using sp parts kits.
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This is funny cause I asked a dive shop who repair mares, scubapro and other brand, I asked about Halcyon they told me no.
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For sure I think I will need to make hundreds kilometers or go to UK / Belgium to serve a Halcyon.
Better go with Apeks or Scubapro directly.
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For sure I think I will need to make hundreds kilometers or go to UK / Belgium to serve a Halcyon.
Better go with Apeks or Scubapro directly.
Dave Bevan
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I didn't have a problem at my LDS in Saudi.
Dave Bevan
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Did you take the regs in and show them? Admittedly when I asked they said no and said they never heard of halcyon...
I just brought them in and said can you service these regs and once he saw them he was ok with it.
I just brought them in and said can you service these regs and once he saw them he was ok with it.
No (have to buy a reg first) but I feel a little weird to get the impression that the technician do not know that Halcyon regs are from Scubapro - why would I let the technician check visually my regs ad finally let him do the service ?
In Jeddah they aren't worried about liability as they are in the US and possibly Europe. If you aren't qualified and authorized and have full access to the mfg. technical support and technical bulletins and they would vouch for you in case anything happened, you are potentially liable. Unless you get very clear instructions and authorization from Halcyon to work on their regulators and stating that you can use SP sourced parts for it, I wouldn't do it.
oldschoolto
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Only a lawyer could argue that at a scuba-pro O-ring was different than a Halcyon O-ring with a straight face...
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@Darghu I argue that the whole claim of worldwide service is bullsh!t. While it is true that Aqualung and Scubapro have a vast global network of dealers and service centers, the question I have is whether it is worthwhile to use them.
Do you pay a really steep premium for rush service?
Do you trust the people that are servicing your regulators in a rushed manner?
Will the shop have the parts in stock?
Are you going to lose a dive and/or have to rent a regulator in order to not miss the next days dive?
With all of that, buy a doubles reg set so you have an extra first stage. Bring an adjustable wrench and IP gauge with you when you travel. If your first stage decides it has had enough, then in 3 minutes you can have the reg purged, removed from the tank, the hoses swapped over and be ready to dive.
Do you pay a really steep premium for rush service?
Do you trust the people that are servicing your regulators in a rushed manner?
Will the shop have the parts in stock?
Are you going to lose a dive and/or have to rent a regulator in order to not miss the next days dive?
With all of that, buy a doubles reg set so you have an extra first stage. Bring an adjustable wrench and IP gauge with you when you travel. If your first stage decides it has had enough, then in 3 minutes you can have the reg purged, removed from the tank, the hoses swapped over and be ready to dive.
oldschoolto
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I bring a spare 1st and 2nd stage and SPG plus repair kits on every dive trip.. So it's no more then a little delay to get back in the water and I can rebuild the broken regulator that night.. It makes it easy that all we dive are conshelf 14's..
I added 109's for my side mount bottles and picked up a second 109 as back-up... With all the money spent setting up and going diving.. The cost of back-up's is cheap..
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I added 109's for my side mount bottles and picked up a second 109 as back-up... With all the money spent setting up and going diving.. The cost of back-up's is cheap..
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