runsongas
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what is this? a support group meeting?
New or service my Regulator?
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Bob DBF
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A lot of these threads seem to be a combination of that, and usefull information. The latter is due to the former.
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halocline
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Addition is hard to kick!
So is subtraction.
But seriously guys and gals....that means you @halocline Consider sending your extra equipment to Diveheart. Here is a snippet from a recent exchange I had with Jim Elliott (DiveHeart ) founder and President of that organization:
.....We'd love your donation. you can send any gear, any condition to Diveheart 900 Ogden Ave #274 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515. Thanks also for sharing the Diveheart story with others You are being redirected...
StefinSB
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Wow. Hard to believe. How do you survive.
One thing that should always be considered, is the dive industry's tendency, much like that of, say, skiing, to "reinvent the wheel" on a regular basis, in order to repackage 1950-60s technology. If your regulator is functional, and you like it, just have it maintained. Rinsing it while still pressurized, will save you a ton of cash, since the most avoidable damage that I have seen, has come from salt water intrusion. None of those dust caps or even the screw-on DIN connectors should be thought of as watertight.
The lion's share of technology hasn't changed in decades; and most of my recent experiences in dive shops, has been a "what's it going to take you to put you in a new car?" experience, when I mentioned that I had some regulators that I had used and serviced, since the 1970s. I still have a fully- functional Cyklon 300 on a bail-out bottle. Breathes like a dream.
One salesperson, from a while back, tried to sell me on a first stage, made of some ceramic material, "the same technology used on the space shuttle program," he said, as I was weighing the admittedly light first stage in my hand, well north of 1500 dollars.
When I asked, what was wrong with brass, the response was, in his best SoCal pothead vernacular, "it's soooo hopelessly antiquated . . ."
The lion's share of technology hasn't changed in decades; and most of my recent experiences in dive shops, has been a "what's it going to take you to put you in a new car?" experience, when I mentioned that I had some regulators that I had used and serviced, since the 1970s. I still have a fully- functional Cyklon 300 on a bail-out bottle. Breathes like a dream.
One salesperson, from a while back, tried to sell me on a first stage, made of some ceramic material, "the same technology used on the space shuttle program," he said, as I was weighing the admittedly light first stage in my hand, well north of 1500 dollars.
When I asked, what was wrong with brass, the response was, in his best SoCal pothead vernacular, "it's soooo hopelessly antiquated . . ."
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I could do with some support, this addiction is a hard one to break...drugs were way easier to kick ..
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