Regulator vs Octo. ?

[texdiveguy]

What is the technical difference between the standard every day all around main Regulator and an Octopus regulator ?

Besides Price !

The biggest difference in a 'standard' second stage octo verse a primary second stage is that the octo is de-tuned slightly.

 

[Gdon]

Here is a clip of a diver using his Octo
YouTube - Diver breathing off of Octo

I sure WOULD NOT want to be that camera man when the dive was over.. I'm sure he got his backside kicked good for not helping out.

 

[emcbride81]

Like Jimmer, I use my "octo" a few minutes an all dives just to make sure that it is working alright.

this is a good idea, I have never done this...gonna start though

 

[J.R.]

Here is a clip of a diver using his Octo
YouTube - Diver breathing off of Octo

Ummm... that looks unpleasant... Diver did a great job of keepin' his cool...

 

[Gombessa]

Here is a clip of a diver using his Octo
YouTube - Diver breathing off of Octo

Dude, I don't see him switching to his octo at all. He's too busy fighting off the giant...oooohhh.

I see what you did there.

 

[Phrenzy]

The biggest difference in a 'standard' second stage octo verse a primary second stage is that the octo is de-tuned slightly.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have a winner!​

 

[DaleC]

and my bad karma was that I went looking for an Octopus today and was freaked out the whole time

 

[kadleck]

Where/when did the alternate start getting called an 'octopus'? Since octo- implies 8, was there a time when everyone was diving with 8 hoses attached, or is there a simpler explanation (hope so!)?

 

[Dtaine]

Dude, I don't see him switching to his octo at all. He's too busy fighting off the giant...oooohhh.

I see what you did there.

In regards to the OP, both my primary and my octo are Atomic M1 second stages, no technical difference between them.

 

[J.R.]

Where/when did the alternate start getting called an 'octopus'? Since octo- implies 8, was there a time when everyone was diving with 8 hoses attached, or is there a simpler explanation (hope so!)?

Not sure exactly... back in 1970 a lot of the 'basic scuba' rigs had just the primary reg and (if you splurged) a pressure guage. I remember one of the instructors had a second reg off his primary... the term "octo" was used then... short for "octopus" (i.e, an "octopus rig")... refering to all the "arms" coming out from the central body... (seemed to apply to any rig that had more than two hoses coming off the first stage body...)

... at least... that's how I heard it.

Now, how the alt. reg. started getting called an "octo" is beyond me... there was about a 30 year surface interval in my life between then and a few years ago...