Rumor: Scubapro Mk17 to be discontinued soon?

[Joris Vd]

Where did this come from please? I haven't seen anything like this in any of the SP literture I receive on regular basis so far (EMEA region).

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.

 

[Jake 10]

Where did this come from please? I haven't seen anything like this in any of the SP literture I receive on regular basis so far (EMEA region).

Found it in New Scubapro Dive Gear Coming To You In 2022 - DeeperBlue.com

 

[Jake 10]

Also went to ScubaPro.com and did a search for MK17 on their website and got zero (0), results

 

[OMyMyOHellYes]

There is also this article that may give us a hint on the future of MK17

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MK 19 - Improved performance in a COMPACT DESIGN ... Whaddadafrack?

It's as big around as the MK17 but as long as an MK25. Like they took an MK17 and stuck a big honkin turret on top. Heavier than either the 17 or the 25... Maybe both. Glad they didn't make it in a jumbo size.

OMMOHY

 

[grantctobin]

Where did this come from please? I haven't seen anything like this in any of the SP literture I receive on regular basis so far (EMEA region).

Also went to ScubaPro.com and did a search for MK17 on their website and got zero (0), results

It’s been common domestic dealer knowledge for a while unfort. Even the history of the original MK19 not being brought to the US was interesting, out of fear of eating into the sales of the MK25.

 

[BoltSnap]

What I don't understand is that price wise, the MK19 isn't really a replacement for the MK17, there is a big price difference between the two, around 85 euros. If SP doesn't have a first stage between the MK19 and the MK11, this means that the price gap between the MK19 and Mk11 is about 160 euros which is huge.

(The only MK17/Second stage combos available now in our region, EMEA, is the MK17/C370 and the MK17/S600).

 

[buddhasummer]

Logic Scubapro oxymoron.

 

[lexvil]

What of the MK 21?

 

[buddhasummer]

That doesn't look like a D420. Sherwood the new favourite?

 

[BoltSnap]

What of the MK 21?

It seems that it is gone in the EMEA region.