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Mares abyss or Scubapro Mk25 ??????
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leadweight
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Two MK 20's around here.
The environmental seal is good if you are diving in cold water, it doesnt allow any water into the first stage at all. It keeps the reg nice and clean too. I am a service technician, and I see many Abyss and MK 20, and MK 25's come into the shop that look like they have been soaking in salt water on the inside. Green and blue corrosion all over everything inside. I dont know about you, but i wouldnt like to be breathing that. My APeks stay nice and clean... as clean as the day I got them from my LDS. I love the APeks for that reason, among others... The APeks is a great breather too. FUlly adjustable second stage, and bombproof, just llike the Abyss... Maybe you should consider Apeks???
You can get a much better on Mares equip. from your LDS. The maximum discount a SP dealer could give you (in US) is 10%. There is no argument that SP makes great regs, but the way they do business and mistreat the customers and diveshops is just wrong. Go with the Abyss, it's a great value, with proven track record.
Personally, the MK25 is what I breathe off of....unbeatable performance, even when you're looking UP at 200ft!
I found a good use for the Abyss though...it works GREAT as a weightbelt and for adding to the cost of overweight luggage charges...try it, you'll like it
- The abyss has TOO much brass for what it does, Mares needs to upgrade their engineering on it to get it into today's diving. (There are many other diaphrams just as good and a heck of a lot less weight and expense).
I found a good use for the Abyss though...it works GREAT as a weightbelt and for adding to the cost of overweight luggage charges...try it, you'll like it
- The abyss has TOO much brass for what it does, Mares needs to upgrade their engineering on it to get it into today's diving. (There are many other diaphrams just as good and a heck of a lot less weight and expense).orca
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I have both Mares Abyss and Apeks TX100... and I find Mares Abyss breath a lot easier...
Well, I only dive at tropical waters...
SA-Diver
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I own ScubaPro Mk25/S600 but have used a friends Abyss.
Both are good for the type of diving I do, but I would take the ScubaPro rather than the Abyss any day.
Both are good for the type of diving I do, but I would take the ScubaPro rather than the Abyss any day.
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