I just received my new octopus (brand new) from factory and while taking the cover cap off this happened. The tip of the male end broke off. I thought this was steel or metal fitting and not a paste cover with zinc fitting.
How can this happen?
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Take it back to the shop.
ScubaJCBS
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take a picture looking down on the face of the threads you can probable see rust
What regulator is this? Looks like you need a new hose. It appears the fitting has been over torqued at some point. Kinda bad, take it back where you got it from. Or get a new hose.
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a lot of hoses use cast metal fittings instead of machined, they're fairly easy to damage like that or it may have had a fault from the casting process. Shop you swap it out no problem
I will contact the shop and send pictures to start the replacement process.
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what makes you think Scubapro makes their own hoses? a hose is a hose, don't worry about who made it because there are only so many hose manufacturers out there, so many fitting manufacturers out there, and so many assemblers that put them together. The logo on the hose doesn't really matter
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plus what could happen to a hose, it's not like they fail or fall apart. LOL
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