Scubapro Mark 7

[rockinrebel]

Anyone other than me still diving with one of these? I was on a charter boat in the Keys a couple of weeks ago and the crew couldn't believe that ol' regulator. (Of course, my reg was older than the boat captain.)

 

[redacted]

I've got one I use occasionally. Works great as a regulator and as a trim weight. But the honking tends to shock folks.

 

[pants!]

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?p=829456

 

[abman]

Anyone other than me still diving with one of these? I was on a charter boat in the Keys a couple of weeks ago and the crew couldn't believe that ol' regulator. (Of course, my reg was older than the boat captain.)

yep sure do!!! i figure that if it ever fails (I know that it never will) i can use it for my zodiacs anchor....... no, really it's been a great reg other than it's as heavy as an alu. 80 lol. ken

 

[rmannix]

I have 3 of them.
Weighed one on a digital fish scale totally naked (the 1st stage, not me,no hoses or LP swivel) at 4.05 lbs.
Great performing reg and preferred in zero vis or when preoccupied with photography/working, though I wouldn't use it for extreme cold. I set one up for my wife who is pretty absent-minded. My LDS refused to service a used one I picked up with a HP leak and just couldn't understand that the internals are identical to the Mk 5 she had serviced for me a few weeks earlier. Was just a bad piston o-ring and corrosion in the chamber.
Found some rebuild kits on eBay and like new now.
Funny when "experienced" divers ask me what it is.

 

[dherbman]

I bought one when they first came out and saw one at the LDS a couple weeks ago. Dove it quite a lot and never had a problem. Used on a couple ice dives as well, but was serviced just for the dive.

 

[dbg40]

YES ,, YES I DO. 66 ounces of breathin honkin giterdone ! Bought it new, and it has NEVER given a single minute's trouble!It spends most of it's time hanging out with my Aqua Master, and still hooked to a pair of the equally excellent adj. 109's But I could call on em today, and they would up to any task.

 

[dherbman]

I ran a 109 as a second. Liked the adjustability. Had a Pilot as a primary. It was as sweet a breather as anything I have now, but was tempermental as hell and was a bear to rebuild and tune. It had lp in on both left and right which could be used together or individually. I think it was the first reg to ship with a silicone diaphragm

 

[cnctina]

I use a MK5-109 and love it.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

I have the original Mk 3 High Performance (080) I started diving with as well as a couple of Mk V Adjustables (109), although they have long since been upgraded to Balanced Adjustable (156) status, and a Mk V Air 1.

I have a Pilot to Air 1 conversion kit (the most common solution to the incredibly complex to service and tune Pilot) that substitues Air 1 guts for the Pilot's servo assisted valve. I am just looking for a suitable Pilot to put it in.