How many Regs should I have?

[Doc Harry]

Confucius say....
Man with only one reg set is like a man with only one wife.
Satisfied at first, even if it is the best, but soon will be longing for a younger, sexier version.

Plato said:
"A man cannot have too many regulators."

W said:
"A varitude of regulators is of importanance for for any goodness diver."

 

[Couv]

Too funny....what would The Hydra say?

 

[spyder]

I think regs, tanks, and computer servers are all rabbits. You turn out the lights at night and they multiply.

(4) Oceanic CDX5/GT3 (3 of them are DIN for doubles)
(1) Oceanic CDX5/Delta4 (DIN for doubles)
(1) Scubapro Mk18/G250
(2) Mares Rebel 12 100% O2 regs for deco bottles

I need to go to a manufacturers class so I can maintain them myself.......and tanks also.

 

[jeckyll]

You should have enough for the type of diving you're doing

I've got 1 doubles setup and one singles setup. If I end up doing more advanced diving, I'll add one more setup for deco. Then for stages ... etc.

 

[jbrians]

Thirty or forty or maybe fifty plus spares should be fine. N

3 Double hose regs, 2 of which I dive monthly.
7 SH regs used the following way.

1 USD Conshelf 21 is set up for drysuit diving so I don't have to monkey about with the LP inflator
1 USD Conshelf 21 set up for regular use
1 USD Conshelf 14 set up for pool and as a spare for the above reg.
1 Sherwood Magnum Blizzard as a spare incase anyone I'm diving with needs one for an emergency on a trip
1 USD Conshelf 21 1st stage awaiting 2nds from somewhere
2 Mares in pieces waiting on kits (never dove them)

Sure you can have too many but you can also be 1 short which is worse!

 

[Couv]

If you know how many you have, you do not have enough.

 

[neopluredon]

(1) cheap old reg for inflating tires

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

1 - MK 20 w/ G200B - regular reg I use.
1 - MK 2 R190 - reg I use with just a single second and nothing else. I use this to piss off the scuba police
1 - Sherwood Brut (POS) never use it
1 - Conshelf XI haven't used it yet but it's day will come
1 - 1960 DA Aquamaster double hose - my little baby doll. All the other regs are hurt and jealous.
1 - Healthways double hose - have dove it but it makes me nervous with how the exhaust valve is configured.
Some old Dacor regs in a box that I have forgotten about.

Wanted:

Royal Aquamaster
Voit 50 fathom
More DA aquamasters or any other double hoses I can get my grubby hands on.
A brand new military issue conshelf with the metal second stage.