Blue Sparkle
Contributor
I asked. It is the second one. They must be tech divers. After all, if you are not trained in deco; how could you possible be trained to service a regulator.
awap,
Thanks for checking and for clarifying in this thread.
I have to say, I'm disappointed.
I'm far from being a tech diver (relatively new at diving), but I am mechanically minded, and have done work on my car and on my boat's engine and technical systems, to name a couple of examples. Maybe there is something to this that I don't understand, but currently my feeling is that being a tech diver and being capable of accomplishing technical service on a reg... well, the latter wouldn't necessarily have to follow the former, and vice-versa.
Not that this diminishes the material quality of the HOG regs in any way, but for me it does take away one of the things that was putting them at the top of my list. In addition to potentially being able to service my own regs, I just like(d) the philosophy of allowing those who want to take responsiblity for their own gear to pursue the training.
Darn.
B.