Question on a bunch of regs

[Beaner Schnitzel]

Hey y'all, I have a number of older, but, by all accounts, regs. I an wondering which ones to keep in the family and which to sell.

From Aqualung:
Conshelf XIV
Sea2
Pro Diver
Aquarius (really old)
Calypso (really,really old)
Gagnan (really, really, really old) * Has the snaps and wings for a face strap.

I have first and second stages for all, so if there's a mix and match set up anyone can suggest? Which ones are keepers. I know that the Aquarius, Calypso, and Gagnan are likely just too old to be useful, but maybe as your octo? Also, service? I have manuals for some of them already, I'm just worried about getting the maintenance parts.

 

[Slonda828]

I have rebuilt pretty much every one of those. I have no idea what the "gagnan" is though, U.S. Divers never made a regulator with just gagnan's name. The conshelf, SEA2, and prodiver are pretty much all a conshelf inside. The aquarius is easy to rebuild. The calypso no longer has HP seats availible for it. Post pictures of the "gagnan", let's see what that one is.

Vintage Double Hose has parts kits for single and doublehose regulators. Some are made by VDH, and some by me.

By the way, if you want to sell any of those, let me know. I rebuild regulators.

 

[Paladin]

What would you want for the Aquarius first and second stage?

 

[reefrat]

A USD Aquarius was the first shiny new regulator that I ever bought (late 70's) and I was quite proud of it!

My vague recollection was that it breathed nicely except for when the tank pressure was getting low- which wasn't a bad thing at a time when we relied on a "J" valve to tell us "when to go up"!!
In those days most of my diving was fairly shallow so profiles and bottom times weren't a major issue.

 

[Slonda828]

I rebuilt an aquarius for my girlfriend, it was the regulator with which she learned to dive last year. If you have the IP and cracking pressure set right on them, they breathe great until about 600PSI. Anna likes it because if she is caught up looking at fish or something it essentially "tells her" when she is getting low on gas. It is also a wonderfully reliable regulator, and only has two moving parts in the first stage.