Scubapro or Aqualung

[xagudo]

Well, the good thing is that I would DM´ing for an independent club with independent instructors, so I wouldn´t be married to any brand. Do you think the Sherwood Oasis would be a fair comparison with the Titan LX?

 

[strider]

Well, I am amazed... sounds like they failed to change the high pressure seat seal or they did not adjust the IP correctly. It's not the reg's fault when someone cuts corners. It's also not surprising for the technician to "blame the reg" when his work is shoddy. You don't think HE is going to assume any blame for this do you?

I would normally agree with you. In this case though the reg guy is considered one of the best in the state, he's an older gentlemen that teaches many service and psi classes and services regs for shops in several states around the northwest. He also told me to send it back and he would check it out and lower the IP a bit, only charging me shipping to send the reg to him.
I blame my dive buddy partly though, we were diving in 38 degree water and I think he splashed both the first and second stages in the water before he got out to get something he forgot.

 

[LUBOLD8431]

Well, the good thing is that I would DM´ing for an independent club with independent instructors, so I wouldn´t be married to any brand. Do you think the Sherwood Oasis would be a fair comparison with the Titan LX?

Again, no not really. I believe the Titan LX is a much better performer than the Oasis...

 

[will_tekkie]

Thats the thing with Scubapro fans. They have blind allegiance, and cant objectively compare anything to a Scubapro. They are always going to say that the SP is better or the right choice.

The same happen with apeks fans...

 

[will_tekkie]

Well, the good thing is that I would DM´ing for an independent club with independent instructors, so I wouldn´t be married to any brand. Do you think the Sherwood Oasis would be a fair comparison with the Titan LX?

All sherwood regs are a large collection of cheap plastic stuff...

 

[xagudo]

Hola Will, soy Xavier Agudo de la lista de scubanews.com.ve. También estoy haciendo por aquí mi investigación de reguladores...
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Hi Will, It´s Xavier from the scubanews.com.ve forum. I´m doing my reg research here as well...

 

[will_tekkie]

Ok, thanks a lot Lubold. The thing is that down here where I live (Venezuela) I can get either one for the same price, therefore I was wondering if there was anything special about the Scubapro that could bulk the price in my LDS down here. My instructors down here all vouch for the Scubapro,they say it´s reliable, a "workhorse" and easy to service, but having read all specs about the Aqua Lung I couldn´t quite figure out why they would disregard the Titan up front. My guess is they haven´t tried it or they just don´t know the regulator at all. I´m an aspiring divemaster an photographer and I want something good in that price range (The Titan´s)

Xavier as i wrote ( in other forum)..you can get whatever you like more..it´s your first reg so further experience is a must for all divers..if you like the titan reg just buy it...believe me time tends to be a good teacher...

 

[will_tekkie]

Hola Will, soy Xavier Agudo de la lista de scubanews.com.ve. También estoy haciendo por aquí mi investigación de reguladores...
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Hi Will, It´s Xavier from the scubanews.com.ve forum. I´m doing my reg research here as well...

Que paso fiera, no entiendo la duda...al final si te gusta el titan compralo, tampoco es malo, yo tengo un micra/cousteau y ha salido bueno..pero ahora mismo yo compraria scubapro sobre los demas y si quieres te puedo decir las razones tecnicas no subjetivas de esto. Bueno eso esta abierto a discusion tambien, lo que veo es que tambien en venezuela me imagino que te quieres clavar por los equipos SP, o eso me imagino.
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SP fans talk...

 

[xagudo]

Sï, aquí los SP son demasiado caros (en realidad todos). Lo único que podría comprar sería el MK2/390 y es por eso que el Aqua Lung captó mi atención, porque me cuesta lo mismo que el SP aquí y parece ser un mejor regulador...

 

[will_tekkie]

Sï, aquí los SP son demasiado caros (en realidad todos). Lo único que podría comprar sería el MK2/390 y es por eso que el Aqua Lung captó mi atención, porque me cuesta lo mismo que el SP aquí y parece ser un mejor regulador...

Tecnicamente el aqualung es mejor, la primera etapa es balanceada con lo que ellos llaman sistema Air turbo, es full compacta. La segunda etapa es balanceada tambien aunque no es ajustable. En resumen el regulador en principio es mas suave en todas las condiciones, porque al no ser ajustable al mantenerse todas las presiones al vaciarse el tanque el regu mantiene la tension y los ajustes de los resortes que de por si son mas pequenos en la segunda etapa por ser balanceada, lo unico es el tema repuestos pero alla no creo que sea problema. Olvida los sherwood, dacor, genesis y toda esas baratijas. He oido bastantes comentarios inclusives en este forum que la segunda etapa viene descalibrada de fabrica, pero eso se arregla con una ajustadita al orificio que se hace en 10 segundos ( siempre sobre 1"-1,2" hde h2o de vacio).Te digo esto porque he tenido cantidad de reguladores y ahora lo unico que me compraria seria aqualung, apeks o SP. Es importante tambien estar pendiente quien te puede reparar los equipos en venezuela, al final me puse yo a reparar los mios, te clavan y te los dejan mal.

i hope this help.