Opinions on Cressi !!

[Morg_NZ]

Has anyone seen a un-bias review of the cressi airtech? Most that I've seen are either all for or all against.
Surely there is a review site out there that spells it all out like it really is.

Secondly, anyone here done an intro course for trimix?, if you have what reg{I'm going for cressi airtech......hence the question} did you use and what was your experiance ???

 

[lairdb]

Has anyone seen a un-bias review of the cressi airtech? Most that I've seen are either all for or all against.
Surely there is a review site out there that spells it all out like it really is.

The absence of unbiased reviews is discussed here fairly regularly -- Undercurrent gets high marks (but is mostly about places rather than gear) and the UK magazine DIVER is respected by some. DIVER references the Airtech twice in their online content:

http://www.divernet.com/equipment/0602divertests.htm

http://www.divernet.com/equipment/1202regtest2.htm

 

[scubatoys]

Really not a bad reg... pneumatically balanced and breaths well... One thing to watch out for - Beware of their Diaphragm 1st stages. We got some in, and normally on diaphragm 1st stages, you take an allen wrench and turn a screw to change the intermediate pressure. Turns out on the Cressi, you can move this adjustment with just your thumb! By just twisting my thumb, I can change the IP from 230 psi to 10 psi.... Oooops... Little design flaw there!

I called cressi and they were not aware of it - then check it out and said "Damn... you're right". I suggested perhaps blue locktite on the nut - and they said - Good idea... try that!

The piston 1st is standard ScubaPro design - and seems fine - so over all - good breathing - easy to work on - but do the piston version. If you want a diaphragm - the Aeris Atmos Pro is a balanced piston with swivel and pneumatically balanced as well. On our machine and from breathing them, they spec'ed out pretty close.

 

[rescuediver009]

If you were going to look at that reg style I would recommend staying local with the cloner Scubabpro. IT is a hell of a lot easier to get parts and service and other crap for as it is local. The cressi may perform similarly but parts warranty and those things will be a lot more work. Just my opinion, I would look at other brands that if not local to the continent are at least easy to get parts for (i.e.-apeks.)