Scubapro worth the premium??

[scubamickey]

I dive the MK25/S600 i love the reg breaths great that being said i believe it to be a warm water reg so decide what kind of diving you will be doing

It actually works fine in cold water. I have one and so do several people here in Alaska .

 

[Bratface]

I have always been pleased with my Scubapro reg. If you can get the extra money together, buy Scubapro. Very reliable, quality gear.

 

[Luis H]

PS

If Sherwood is available in Asia then you can get parts for the oceanic, as oceanic makes the sherwood regs. Just a thought.

I may be wrong about this, but I would assume that it would be the other way around, since Sherwood has been a gas product manufacturing company for decades.

Long before Sherwood introduced their own brand of Scuba gear, they were making parts for valves and regulators for Dacor, Healthways, White Stag, (I am fairly sure) Scubapro, and probably others.

 

[Jimmer]

I may be wrong about this, but I would assume that it would be the other way around, since Sherwood has been a gas product manufacturing company for decades.

Long before Sherwood introduced their own brand of Scuba gear, they were making parts for valves and regulators for Dacor, Healthways, White Stag, (I am fairly sure) Scubapro, and probably others.

I'm pretty sure you're right about Oceanic not making Sherwood regs, but Sherwood is not making them for Oceanic. I do know that several (maybe all?) Genesis regs are made by Oceanic, and maybe that is what the poster was thinking.

 

[halocline]

The funny thing about the genesis reg that I've looked it is that it's a Sherwood-style 1st stage with an oceanic style 2nd.

 

[frankc420]

I've dove both Oceanic and Scubapro, to be honest I liked the Oceanic.

 

[drbill]

I can't really speak for any other brands since I've used Scubapro regs exclusively for the last 20 years or so... and am too old to remember the ones I used previously!

I've found that my Scubapro regs take a licking and keep on ticking. I can depend on them. Even when two of them were deemed RIP by my tech (and rebuilt with new parts) they still breathed fine and gave me no life threatening problems. I'm hard on my gear and put it through some fairly demanding conditions.

I should add that most of my regs are older Scubapro Mk10/G250's, so I can't speak for the newer stuff.

 

[tfsails]

PS

If Sherwood is available in Asia then you can get parts for the oceanic, as oceanic makes the sherwood regs. Just a thought.

Sherwood and Genesis are in cahoots with one another. Oceanic and Sherwood are not in cahoots with one another, although certain Oceanic and Genesis second stages are virtually identical. Certain Genesis first stages look like Sherwoods on steroids.

Oceanic and Aeris are made by the same company. You can now throw Hollis in there, too. Oceanic and Aeris first stages are quite similar, but some of their second stages differ considerably. Then, some seconds are virtually identical, too.

Since I've been in the service business, I've developed a theory: the various regulator brands get together at night when the store's closed and in-breed. Face it--there are only so many ways to skin a cat so there are bound to be some similarities between different brands.

You can't go wrong with either Scubapro or Oceanic. For my 2 psi's worth, I'd look long and hard at a Zeagle. I dive one and I love it. I have an old Poseidon that I salvaged from my shop's junk bin that I'm gonna rebuild someday, but that day hasn't come yet.

 

[shoturtle]

I may be wrong about this, but I would assume that it would be the other way around, since Sherwood has been a gas product manufacturing company for decades.

Long before Sherwood introduced their own brand of Scuba gear, they were making parts for valves and regulators for Dacor, Healthways, White Stag, (I am fairly sure) Scubapro, and probably others.

Actually Oceanic makes the parts for sherwood regs now. My wife has a genesis gs2000 who is own by sherwood. It is made by Oceanic. Sherwood outsources it.

 

[shoturtle]

Sherwood and Genesis are in cahoots with one another. Oceanic and Sherwood are not in cahoots with one another, although certain Oceanic and Genesis second stages are virtually identical. Certain Genesis first stages look like Sherwoods on steroids.

Oceanic and Aeris are made by the same company. You can now throw Hollis in there, too. Oceanic and Aeris first stages are quite similar, but some of their second stages differ considerably. Then, some seconds are virtually identical, too.

Since I've been in the service business, I've developed a theory: the various regulator brands get together at night when the store's closed and in-breed. Face it--there are only so many ways to skin a cat so there are bound to be some similarities between different brands.

You can't go wrong with either Scubapro or Oceanic. For my 2 psi's worth, I'd look long and hard at a Zeagle. I dive one and I love it. I have an old Poseidon that I salvaged from my shop's junk bin that I'm gonna rebuild someday, but that day hasn't come yet.

Sherwood owns genesis and akona. Sherwood has oceanic make alot of stuff for them.