Question Regulator recomendation
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Skip few meals, don't drink alcohol for a couple of weeks and get the Scubapro MK17/s620ti or c370 or the MK11 Evo with c370. Don't risk it with AL. There is a reason why the AL equipment is discounted that much, they are going under!
Eric Sedletzky
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Do yourself a long term favor and just buy Scubapro.
Buy once cry once.
Buy once cry once.
Either of these will serve you perfectly fine. I would consider the Poseidon the technically "best", but it's also the oddest duck in the bunch and a bit of an acquired taste. Possibly skip that one unless you know you want it. (I have it.)
Geo7
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Last I heard Aqualung's major shareholder was not happy about financial management and took over control of the company. That "sale" is supposed to have had frozen the books and cause supply issues. I think Aqualung's military contracts give them financial stability, and they should be able to stick around. I consider what I just wrote a rumour, so take it FWIW...
That said: +1 on the recommendations above.
That said: +1 on the recommendations above.
Geo7
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The Xstream is IMHO a niche reg that has no competition in extremely cold water, especially deep. Deep diving in swiss lakes year round would be a good application. They breathe amazing at depth, but feel mechanical in the shallows. A bit like a Landrover.
The Mk19 G260 will breathe more naturally and is more of an allrounder. It'll be fine in Swiss lakes. Techs anywhere know how to service it, you get parts everywhere. I sold my Poseidons, but when I am visiting where I grew up in Europe and see some divers with them, I get nostalgic. If a good part of your diving is travel and ocean, I think the G260 makes more sense, but both are simply great.
Eric Sedletzky
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Don't be so sure about Aqualung's Military and commercial contracts. I have a buddy who goes to DEMA and is pretty knowledgable about the inner workings of the dive industry. Contrary to what I thought I knew, Aqualung no longer manufactures the Conshelf 14/1083 in USA and in fact it may not even be manufactured anymore anywhere. It's actually pretty secretive and always has been once they took it off the recreational market.
A main Aqualung guy stated that the military dropped their domestic manufacture only mandate and now uses other brands such as Poseidon and Zeagle. There are no more reliable US manufacturers that can supply the domestic contracts so they had to change the rules.
So if you're looking for the US military to hold them up that isn't happening anymore. Even if it was happening we wouldn't reap any benefits from it because the two markets are separate.
Geo7
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Wow, thanks for sharing this hard to come by info! Ok, I am worried about AQL then... 
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