Is the Aqualung Legend LX Supreme the best reg on the market, for me

[oldschoolto]

I had a Conshelf XIV 1st stage go 20+ years sitting on a shelf as old stock then dove till failing at 37 years... Yes, It went 37 years without service... Here's the thread... Super Free - Flow...

Buy yourself a brand new Conshelf XIV and it'll last you a life time... Never going to run out of parts.. No special tools needed and super easy to work on.. Oh... And they have a really nice cool factor...
Jim...

 

[TheShark1]

I had a Conshelf XIV 1st stage go 20+ years sitting on a shelf as old stock then dove till failing at 37 years... Yes, It went 37 years without service... Here's the thread... Super Free - Flow...

Buy yourself a brand new Conshelf XIV and it'll last you a life time... Never going to run out of parts.. No special tools needed and super easy to work on.. Oh... And they have a really nice cool factor...
Jim...

Wow dude. Wow. I'm looking into it

 

[TheShark1]

I mean.. can you even buy Conshelf's new?

It seems like that design must've been replicated in something new-er..

 

[oldschoolto]

I mean.. can you even buy Conshelf's new?
It seems like that design must've been replicated in something new-er..

Yes from here.. Amron International Inc. - Everything Under Pressure

And the design is the same and they share the same parts as the " NEW " aqualung Titan 1st stage..

Jim...

 

[buddhasummer]

Wow dude. Wow. I'm looking into it

Like I said earlier new Conshelfs are only available for the military but contact Amron Int. anyway wink wink...

 

[buddhasummer]

The only reason I went with a DS4 is that it's sealed, it's also smaller and just as simple to service requiring no speciality tools, bar a pin spanner which isn't really specialty anyway. You can get a sealed Conshelf 14 by the way.

 

[oldschoolto]

The only reason I went with a DS4 is that it's sealed, it's also smaller and just as simple to service requiring no speciality tools, bar a pin spanner which isn't really specialty anyway. You can get a sealed Conshelf 14 by the way.

Mine are mostly Conshelf supreme XIV that are environmentally sealed.. With silicone fluid.. There is a update mod that makes them dry sealed..

Jim....

 

[Nemrod]

I really love this response. It's got me thinking 100% in the right direction.

1) I want something that's going to be able to take 5-6 dives a day, 5-6 days a week for 10 yrs (Salt Water Ocean, Chlorine Pool, Mostly shallow). And that's not going to let me down (w/ regular service, of course).
...That's why I was thinking Titanium...not bc of the high price tag.

2) I'm for sure going to be qualified to service whatever Reg I buy by the time I leave. So, labor's not an issue. But I'm obviously going to need parts. I'm going to need to go with a big-name brand that's not going to go out of business, for sure. The price difference in service kits from brand to brand, reg to reg.. it's at most like $20 difference a year as far as what I've seen.

Suggestions? Does Diaphragm (environmentally sealed/dry) vs. Piston (less moving parts) come into play here?

The regulator that you can purchase now that most closely meets your needs is the AL Core Supreme (was the Titan LX).

N

 

[TheShark1]

The only reason I went with a DS4 is that it's sealed, it's also smaller and just as simple to service requiring no speciality tools, bar a pin spanner which isn't really specialty anyway. You can get a sealed Conshelf 14 by the way.

Those DS4's only come in DIN, correct?

 

[TheShark1]

Mine are mostly Conshelf supreme XIV that are environmentally sealed.. With silicone fluid.. There is a update mod that makes them dry sealed..

Jim....

That's good that there's an update mod that makes them dry sealed.. I've heard that Silicone crap is expensive as hell.