Reg options

[Fishpie]

There is also the Mares regs that breathe every bit as well as the adjustable ones without the need for knobs and levers.
The VAD bypass tube really does work.

 

[beaverdivers]

I only see the Mk2/R190 as being in the implied price range: Sherwood Brut Regulator

The Scubapro MK2 plus/R295 is a simple, workhorse that performs. It is an exceptional value.

 

[Bob DBF]

You can't go wrong with the Sherwood, I've been useing them for some time and it's like owning a rock.

On the other hand, if the Hog came with a Yoke connection I would be quite tempted. I have already decided to get a Hog second stage for my primary on my Sherwood, but I have yet to pull the trigger.



Bob
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I may be old, but I’m not dead yet.

 

[Peter_C]

On the other hand, if the Hog came with a Yoke connection I would be quite tempted. I have already decided to get a Hog second stage for my primary on my Sherwood, but I have yet to pull the trigger.



Bob
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I may be old, but I’m not dead yet.

If you read Jim Lapenta's post above the HOG can come with a yoke fitting. It costs an additional $39. I like the HOG line for the 5th port. Works better with a long hose setup. Plus I like having two of the same second stages that are adjustable.

Why isn't a cold water diver using DIN?

 

[Jim Lapenta]

No need for DIN in cold water. Yoke works just fine. I do want a sealed reg though and if not then the IP should be turned down a bit. We do this on non sealed regs for ice diving.

 

[elan]

A couple of thoughts on what everyone else has said. Unless you are diving cold with water temps less then the upper 40s enviromental sealing is not that big a deal, esp for diaphgram regs like the the HOG/Edge and Zeagles. Not to be picky but the seal does not keep the stuff from the "internals" but rather it keeps it out of the spring chamber which has a very mimimal number of parts, all of which handle salt water with no problem, as long as they are rinsed properly. I do a lot of work with old USD Conshelfs which have used that design for over 40 years and I rarely see any major corrosion and the same can be said for all the Scubapro regs that are out there, granted they are piston regs but the corrosion in the spring chamber is the same. For warm water diving I just don't see it as a selling point either way.

What herman said.

To the OP:
I have one zeagle with no enviro seal which I regulary dive in < 40 water. In diapragm regs the water is not getting to the place where the most cooling occurs so the enviro seal abscence is not a big deal for cold water. The problems strart when you do repetitive dives with freezing surface temps. This is where the enviro seal protects the main spring from freezing.

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Scubapro seems to be running some sales now. Worth checking.

Beaverdivers did manage to steer me away from the gray market purchase with his pricing

 

[Peter_C]

No need for DIN in cold water. Yoke works just fine.

You are not a kelp diver are you? It gets tangled on everything, and a yoke fitting just adds to it. Then again I like to slam through the kelp on my scooter and have experienced more entanglements than most.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Not on a regular basis. Only two dives in Monterrey. But around 50 in quarries where you use your arms to part the vegetation so you don't have to crawl over it. Only took my scooter in once. Granted it's just a torpedo 2000 but the shroud grate still wasn't enough to keep the prop clear. And often come out looking like swamp thing.

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[Diver-Drex]

Thanks for all of the replies. Glad to have joined the board.