Piranha dive mfg regulators

[Allan Kaizer]

Does anyone have any words about the Piranha dive regulators, specifically "Balance Diaphragm Yoke First Stage "Cold Water Version #804""?


It seems like a great price for a piece of gear from a respectable company. A review or a heads up if this a to good to be true type of situation or not.

Cheers, Allan

 

[diversteve]

One question to ask is who is going to service it in South Korea? For that price I'm guessing it would be an annual.

We will have rebuild kits for these by spring time!

Next spring or do they need to update the listing? Most likely any generally competent service tech could do the service when needed.

The HOG reg on the same page - although $100 more - already has an established dealer network. Do a search here - you'll find mostly positive reviews. HOG even provides user service training courses to divers holding a basic tech certification if that's of interest.

I buy from Piranha (lights/acc. not regs) and have absolutely no complaints about their products or service.

 

[Allan Kaizer]

So access to servicing is really the biggest issue with in house gear it seems eh'?
The South Korea aspect I am not to worried about as I returned home to Canada every year for a bit, but then again could I get it serviced in Canada?
I've been looking at the hog gear for a while as well! Seems super solid from all the good word being passed around on the forums.

Thanks for the input Diversteve!

 

[diversteve]

I would ask Eric - View Profile: Piranha Mfg - ScubaBoard

 

[ams511]

The question is not getting it serviced but getting parts for it. Ask him if the kits are in, the web site may be out of date. If you can get parts you can have it serviced almost anywhere as most regulators (there are some exceptions) do not vary much in design. At $79.00 you could dive it for two years and sell it on ebay an then purchase another when you return to Canada.