Poseidon regulators - are they a reg that is not so common?

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hey guys..

i seen some of these Poseidon regs and they look really cool! :) and quite different from the others out there...

i seen some reports that they are quite good to use.. and did i mention they are cool! :)

since i will be diving at places away from home (singapore)... will it be uncommon to not get some parts when i am overseas if the gear comes up with any problem or i crack something...?

i am not too knowledage with reg ( trying to learn ).. any one have their 2 cents?
 
They are superb regs but you'll either love them or hate them. I'm in the 'love' camp. I use them in the UK but use my Scubapro/Apeks regs when I'm going abroad as the parts are easier to source and they're easier regs to work on. Poseidon parts are expensive and not every tech is prepared to work on them.
 
Poseidon makes a very highly regarded product. From a performance standpoint I would rank it in the top 5 - I've used one. My buddy has a Jetstream purchased around 1981-2 (I was there) that he just recently quit using. I can't recall it ever failing or needing service on one of our trips. If you're a photographer, the side exhaust has the benefit of deflecting exhaust bubbles away from your camera.

However they don't have as extensive a dealer network as some of the other major players like Scubapro, Aqualung, Mares etc.
I'd suggest you check their dealer locatior to see if they are in those areas you plan to visit. Poseidon Dealer Network

If you want something almost as "cool" - http://www.apeks.co.uk/products/product_cats.asp?Lan=ENG&Category=Regulators - they also have the advantage of being a subsidiary of Aqualung so parts/service are more readily available. And are equally highly regarded, a lot of tech divers use Apeks gear.
 
I simply love them. I have used numerous regs. And now I own about 6 Poseidon odin jets. But thus far nothing has come close to them.

Pros: Can donate without worrying about reg. being upside down, never had a "wet breath" in any position to include vertical head down position, only had one fail...after I had it serviced, bubbles out of the way of camera, side exhaust makes for filling a liftbag easy, great for sidemount (because it does not have an upside / downside issue, very robust, never had one free flow in water less than 40 degrees and i do not have an enviro. seal, faceplate cannot fall off (four screws hold it on), and for what's it worth I find that they breathe better the deeper you go and Nuno Gomes used them to break the world deepest dive on open circuit...1044'.

Cons: very expensive to work on, not many places service them, requires a special / expensive hose but you can buy an adapter to allow you to use a hose that fits most regs. on the market,

Not pro and not con: Hose routing is a problem for some people but not for me, if you shut down a valve and then turn it back on with the reg. in your mouth it will blow your cheeks out (been there and done that), metric fittings (bring your wrenches for the dive trip). and for the ones that perfer to do this practice you cannot take it apart underwater and put it back together.

I hope that this helps.
 
The Cyklon series of single-hose regulators first enter the market in the 1950s. It hasn't changed much since then.

With that being said, it is a bomb-proof design. Add the environmental seal for enhanced coldwater performance and protection against corrosion. The Cyklon 300 / 5000 second stage is one of the easiest I have ever worked on.

The Jetstream / X-Stream are also good designs.

The downside is that they often take specialty fittings between the first and second stages. The second stage fitting is proprietary and expensive.

They are a VERY old name in SCUBA and I don't forsee them going away anytime soon. Go on to the Poseidon website to get a feel of where their dealers are...they're more popular in Europe than the Americas.
 
Great regs but what I would call a Rolls-Royce reg. Excellent when you have them working, a nightmare when they don't.

Cons
Expensive to get, expensive to service, parts can be an issue, hard to find a good technician, difficult to tune properly, expensive tools. Strange delayed breathing and the purge can blow your teeth into your throat lol!

Pros
Works great at unbelievable depths and cold. Hardly ever free flows if ever.

Unless you want the cool factor, dive in freezing conditions or beyond 100m the costs makes it a specialty reg.
 
Posiedon regs-great enduring design. I still dive a CS-300, have for almost 40 years.
 
so my understand is right...

nice to have.. good to use... but maybe difficult to find parts and maybe a challange for some 'dive resort' to help do some fixie is neeedd...

but they hardly breakdown...


hahahah
 
In the US Poseidon regulators have a reputation of being difficult and expensive to service. It is claimed that parts and qualified technicians are hard to find. I don't know whether this reputation is deserved. They seem to have a much better reputation in Europe. A couple of pointers. First, you really shouldn't base your gear selection on "coolness". There is much "cool stuff" that is junk. Second, regulators generally don't break down and when they do it is usually after a service. Usually performance degrades slowly over time but there are exceptions.
 

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