Rumor: Scubapro Mk17 to be discontinued soon?

[Rayk]

Hi, good to hear that. Is there any reason other than the hose routing to choose the 19? Any noticeable difference in performance between these two?

tks!

I haven’t noticed any difference. As you made the point only difference is turret, it is more comfortable while using sidemount. Also better hose routing while back mounted doubles as well.

 

[pwfpaulo2]

I haven’t noticed any difference. As you made the point only difference is turret, it is more comfortable while using sidemount. Also better hose routing while back mounted doubles as well.

Perfect, tks!!

 

[RobPNW]

I have one and kind of doubt that I won't be able to find a service kit for it in 10 years.

 

[LKJ]

Scubapro has also been denying for the past year and a half that their galileo sol battery is not being produced anymore. I guess they know better than Varta. (The Sanjo had been out of production for a while now).

It felt so shady to me, that I asked my battery supplier and then got the official confirmation from Varta that the battery had been out of production for almost two years now.

I just tried replacing the CR12600SE battery with 2 alkaline N cells (aka LR1) and they work! Physically, they're almost a perfect fit with the 2 stacked cells being only 0.4mm longer and the same diameter. The computer's battery level indicator shows full and I'll try diving with it in a few days. My old Cochran Captain computer used N cells.

 

[webcubus]

I just tried replacing the CR12600SE battery with 2 alkaline N cells (aka LR1) and they work! Physically, they're almost a perfect fit with the 2 stacked cells being only 0.4mm longer and the same diameter. The computer's battery level indicator shows full and I'll try diving with it in a few days. My old Cochran Captain computer used N cells.

Just wanted to pop in and say thank you for this idea to replace with N batteries! The ones I have say they're 1000mah, so they likely won't last as long as the CR12600SE (1500mah) but they're cheap and easy to find. I'll be diving mine next week, but they showed full bars even after some time in the refrigerator to simulate local diving.

 

[USdiver1]

@LKJ and @webcubus,
Please provide a status report on the Galileo with N-cell batteries once you have a few dives with them. Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[webcubus]

@LKJ and @webcubus,
Please provide a status report on the Galileo with N-cell batteries once you have a few dives with them. Inquiring minds want to know.

Our weather has been absolutely awful, but I did finally manage a single 40 minute dive in 42F water and it worked perfectly and still showed full bars. I'll report back once I've done a few more dives.

 

[webcubus]

64 dives later and these batteries died. Not too bad for $3-4 for the pair, but they failed very suddenly. I had full battery bars before the dive and then mid-dive I got the "Battery Empty" alert.

The computer didn't shut down mid-dive, but this did trigger my one complaint about this computer: If you have an alarm, you cannot use the compass. Fortunately, I had a buddy to lead me home (I was shore diving, so I could have just surfaced and used my eyeballs, but who wants to do that?!). I'm going to try a local battery store to see if they have the original for a reasonable price.

 

[USdiver1]

64 dives later and these batteries died. Not too bad for $3-4 for the pair, but they failed very suddenly. I had full battery bars before the dive and then mid-dive I got the "Battery Empty" alert.

The computer didn't shut down mid-dive, but this did trigger my one complaint about this computer: If you have an alarm, you cannot use the compass. Fortunately, I had a buddy to lead me home (I was shore diving, so I could have just surfaced and used my eyeballs, but who wants to do that?!). I'm going to try a local battery store to see if they have the original for a reasonable price.

I think I'll try them, at $3 to $4 a pair you can't go wrong. Just remember to switch them out every 50 dives.