MK5 spec

[MARK74]

 

[MARK74]

Today I learned that there were more than 10 brands of MK5 that look very similar to the Scubapro versions. Think I am done looking as my mind and eyes are starting to fade at the end of the day. Here is a version sold by Sea Elite that is the best match I have found so far.

Fantastic teacher, I think there is no doubt that it is that one.
So you think they put a Scubapro yoke on it?
Because if that was the case, the resemblance is incredible, thanks for your work, if you come to Malaga you have a seafood paella.

Regards

 

[MARK74]

You're right, look what I found.
What can you tell me about the Sea Elite brand, I didn't know it.

 

[Kupu]

Sea Elite is a private label brand for Divers Supply, which has a few retail outlets in the US and been in business over 30 years.
They have sourced regulators from various manufactures over the years, some of it quite good and some it of lower quality.
If your MK5 is Sea Elite, switching the yoke to Scubapro would be the type of thing I would do just for looks.
I have a Sea Elite brand second stage which is a Kirby Morgan SuperFlow copy, it can be fun to compare and play with relabeled regulators when the price is right.

 

[MARK74]

Thank you very much for your help.

Greetings

 

[John C. Ratliff]

If you really want to know, contact Frank Werthwein in Germany; he wrote the book on Scubapro:

50 Jahre Scubapro
Der Atemreglerhersteller
Copyright 2013
herstellung und Verlag: BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt
ISBN: 9783848253531

SeaRat

 

[MARK74]

Thank you,John​

 

[okrunner]

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So, maybe an early MKv that had an early thin yoke that was not rated for 300 psi so they replaced the yoke with a modern one. I have two, an early with thin yoke and later with thicker yoke. I have not dove the thin but may replace the yoke on it and try it.