Lifetime Warranties on Regs

[Tank601]

Which Regs have a lifetime Warranty besides ScubaPro?

 

[SparticleBrane]

Only regulators and some fins are covered by a life-time worldwide warranty to the original owner, provided they have been purchased through an Authorized Dealer. Regarding regulators, they must be serviced every year by an Authorized Dealer, using original SCUBAPRO spare parts, in order to maintain the life-time warranty.

I believe you will note that their "lifetime warranty" is indeed a bit...strict. It might be a "lifetime warranty" but there are certainly a number of terms and conditions...

1: Has to have been purchased through an "authorized dealer" -- a big point of contention.
2: Only covers original owner, so if you buy ScubaPro regs used, you're screwed.
3: Have to be serviced every year no matter how much diving was done.
4: Has to be serviced by "Authorized Dealer" -- meaning you can't do it yourself.

 

[keyshunter]

If you play their little game, Aqua Lung, Oceanic, Zeagle, and probably a few others have free parts for life.

 

[Tank601]

If you play their little game, Aqua Lung, Oceanic, Zeagle, and probably a few others have free parts for life.

How do we not play the game - ??

 

[herman]

By learning to do the work yourself, learning what maintenance is actully required vs what is required to keep up the warranty and then forgetting about the warranty. What you have to realize is the warranty only covers parts, not labor, which is the major cost of the service. If you do not have the proper paperwork or miss any of the terms of the agreement it becomes void anyway. The lifetime warranty is mostly a sales gimick.

 

[jeckyll]

Atomics had 'limited lifetime warranty' but not free parts for servicing.

To the OP: With these types of questions I always think it helps if you list _why_ you want to know the answer. Probably get better / more useful responses.

 

[Tank601]

By learning to do the work yourself, learning what maintenance is actully required vs what is required to keep up the warranty and then forgetting about the warranty. What you have to realize is the warranty only covers parts, not labor, which is the major cost of the service. If you do not have the proper paperwork or miss any of the terms of the agreement it becomes void anyway. The lifetime warranty is mostly a sales gimick.

So you can actually service yourself? How - without the proper tools? What do you need?

 

[DivingPrincessE]

By learning to do the work yourself, learning what maintenance is actully required vs what is required to keep up the warranty and then forgetting about the warranty. What you have to realize is the warranty only covers parts, not labor, which is the major cost of the service. If you do not have the proper paperwork or miss any of the terms of the agreement it becomes void anyway. The lifetime warranty is mostly a sales gimick.

I disagree. I think the lifetime warranty with free parts is great. I recently had my oceanic Delta 4/FDX-10 reg serviced (bought it new from a shop about a year ago). For whatever reason, it basically had to be gutted. I don't know the technical side of things but there was a seal broken (or something) and water had gotten into the first stage. When I got the bill it showed all the new parts and how much each cost (bill was around $280), however I was only charged for the labor $75.

To the OP, if you are buying a new reg from an authorized dealer don't dink around with servicing. Get it serviced every year, that way you'll have someone experienced making sure it's in working order and you'll get free parts for life to boot.

Lifetime warranty is not a sales gimmick for those responsible enough to mark a day on their calendar once a year to bring it in for servicing...it really is NOT that tricky...

 

[LeadTurn_SD]

By learning to do the work yourself, learning what maintenance is actully required vs what is required to keep up the warranty and then forgetting about the warranty. What you have to realize is the warranty only covers parts, not labor, which is the major cost of the service. If you do not have the proper paperwork or miss any of the terms of the agreement it becomes void anyway. The lifetime warranty is mostly a sales gimick.

I thought herman's statement was worth highlighting and repeating. You'll pay labor each time you have your regulator serviced under warranty. You'll need to do the math to decide whether to stick with the annual service schedule, a "modified" service schedule, or "do it yourself" service schedule.

"Playing their game" refers to never missing an annual services and keeping immaculate records to prove that you have had the services performed.

I have five regulator sets to maintain, soon to be six, so I decided to do my own servicing, at intervals "other than" annual In other words, when the regulators actually need to be serviced. For my regs, that will be at about every 2 years or so, with frequent inspection and testing in between.

Mares I believe also has a free parts warranty (I'm really not sure, I have Mares regs but will be doing my own servicing so I did not buy the regs based on their warranty).

Best Wishes.

 

[SparticleBrane]

Lifetime warranty is not a sales gimmick for those responsible enough to mark a day on their calendar once a year to bring it in for servicing...it really is NOT that tricky...

Some of us don't trust other people to take care of our own personal gear, especially with something as important as regulators. Or sometimes the reg techs might not service them exactly to how the diver wants. Might not be "wrong" but perhaps not "optimal".

Of course, some of us prefer diving rather than posting on ScubaBoard. With <50 dives (according to your profile, at least) and 20,000 posts...:mooner: Then again, who am I to judge?