Scubapro Balanced Adjustable - have you seen this version?

[Nemrod]

Actually, Aqualung didn't improve the design. They "modified" to keep someone from dying.

I guess it depends upon perspective but that sounds like an improvement to me .

James

 

[JP_SCUBA]

I've just acquired a really nice Scubapro 2nd stage. I know it's at least a 156 but most all of this model I've seen have a chrome face plate and "Balanced Adjustable" printed on them. The "Mark X Dual Balanced" version, that I've read was only available in Europe, has a matte finish on the face plate and a chrome body. This one I've just purchased has a chrome body and a matte face plate that has "Balanced Adjustable" on it and I've never seen one of this flavor so please enlighten me on what I might have exactly. Hopefully it's not just a hodge podge of leftover parts as I probably paid more than I should for it. I've attached a couple of pic's for clarity. Please let me know what you think.....
Thanks JP

 

[buddhasummer]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but looks like a "hodge podge." The knob is from a 109. On a 156 the knob was either as per photo below, or a black plastic knob as found most commonly on a G250. The rubber diaphragm cover "looks" like a 109 too, it's a bit hard to tell from the photo, if the holes are round and spaced further apart they are from a 109, the 156 had rectangular holes spaced closer together. The face plate and case could be a match, I've seen genuine 156 with satin covers and bright chrome cases.

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156

 

[buddhasummer]

Duplicate post.

 

[buddhasummer]

Having said that, it's not all bad news, performance if it's been updated will be identical and it's still a metal second stage. Think of it this way, it's rare.

 

[JP_SCUBA]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but looks like a "hodge podge." The knob is from a 109. On a 156 the knob was either as per photo below, or a black plastic knob as found most commonly on a G250. The rubber diaphragm cover "looks" like a 109 too, it's a bit hard to tell from the photo, if the holes are round and spaced further apart they are from a 109, the 156 had rectangular holes spaced closer together. The face plate and case could be a match, I've seen genuine 156 with satin covers and bright chrome case.

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Thanks for responding ... Yeah, these are a couple of pics I screen grabbed from the listing. I'll have to take a closer look when it finally arrives. If nothing else, it's still pretty ..... lol ....

 

[buddhasummer]

And it's metal

 

[JP_SCUBA]

And it's metal

That's a big plus. I have 4 other standard 109's and a couple of 108's. Even a 108HP that I was hoping to pair up with this BA to complete my HP set so we'll see. I'm hoping that they needed to replace a couple of parts and couldn't find any original ones so they settled for standard 109 parts .... one can only hope ....

 

[buddhasummer]

Parts to convert are not too hard to find. I can get them but am at present not doing orders but that may change in a month or so.

 

[buddhasummer]

A year or so ago I was offering all parts needed to newly update the 109 but there was very little interest so gave up. You need .141 lever, .216/.218 spring and balance chamber. I was offering new orifices too as these are often toast.