dougchartier
Contributor
Has anyone had issue where there is a consistent reverberating sound whenever you breath in on an Aqualung Kronos?
Here's my story. A bought an Aqualung Kronos (regular, not the Supreme) a couple months ago. It worked fine in the pool, but when I took it for my first open water dive (nothing serious -- max depth 40'), there was a consistent reverberating noise whenever I breathed in. There was no unusual noise on the exhale, and the reg otherwise seemed to perform fine. I think the sound was coming from the second stage, but I can't be certain.
My LDS took my reg apart and everything checked out. They were, however, able to reproduce the noise in the pool. They had no explanation, so they sent it back to Aqualung for a replacement.
Several weeks later, Aqualung sent me a replacement Kronos (note that I'm *assuming* they actually gave me a different reg) and offered no explanation for the noise. In the pool, I couldn't replicate the sound. Today I took it into open water for the first time (again, nothing serious -- 30' max depth). On my first dive, it worked like a charm; on my second, the reverberating noise came back, although toward the end of that dive it was more attenuated and eventually disappeared.
I've informed my LDS and they are, again, at a loss for any explanation. We are, of course, skeptical that two different regs would exhibit the same manufacturing defect (again, I'm assuming Aqualung sent me a different reg). One explanation is that it is a design defect/"feature." The sound is mostly annoying, so I'm considering sending it back and having Aqualung replace it with a different model reg.
Has anyone else had this problem, or have any idea what the issue may be? And if Aqualung will replace my reg with a different Aqualung model, do you have any recommendations for a replacement? I've been told that the Legend is a good model with better performance
Thanks in advance!
Doug
Here's my story. A bought an Aqualung Kronos (regular, not the Supreme) a couple months ago. It worked fine in the pool, but when I took it for my first open water dive (nothing serious -- max depth 40'), there was a consistent reverberating noise whenever I breathed in. There was no unusual noise on the exhale, and the reg otherwise seemed to perform fine. I think the sound was coming from the second stage, but I can't be certain.
My LDS took my reg apart and everything checked out. They were, however, able to reproduce the noise in the pool. They had no explanation, so they sent it back to Aqualung for a replacement.
Several weeks later, Aqualung sent me a replacement Kronos (note that I'm *assuming* they actually gave me a different reg) and offered no explanation for the noise. In the pool, I couldn't replicate the sound. Today I took it into open water for the first time (again, nothing serious -- 30' max depth). On my first dive, it worked like a charm; on my second, the reverberating noise came back, although toward the end of that dive it was more attenuated and eventually disappeared.
I've informed my LDS and they are, again, at a loss for any explanation. We are, of course, skeptical that two different regs would exhibit the same manufacturing defect (again, I'm assuming Aqualung sent me a different reg). One explanation is that it is a design defect/"feature." The sound is mostly annoying, so I'm considering sending it back and having Aqualung replace it with a different model reg.
Has anyone else had this problem, or have any idea what the issue may be? And if Aqualung will replace my reg with a different Aqualung model, do you have any recommendations for a replacement? I've been told that the Legend is a good model with better performance
Thanks in advance!
Doug
