Sherwood Regulators???

[Diver3368]

I bought a Sherwood reg to dive cold water. Funny enough I use almost exclusively in the Carribean. I can attest they are easy repair and service. I find they breath fine at depth (100ft).

Just my input.

 

[paulwall]

I've had my Sherwood Oasis since 1988. Faithfully serviced, and never fails. My Zeagle is nice, but the cotton mouth was something I had forgotten about. Keeping hydrated before/between dives helps a lot.

 

[Enigmatic]

I bought my Sherwood Magnum II regulator back in 1988. It's still my favorite reg with well over 1200 dives on it. I still get it serviced every 2-3 years depending on amount of use-- parts availability is no problem.

 

[stacey_n_jamie]

a sherwood magnum is a good reg as well. my lds recommended that i buy one i started out diving a sherwood maximus 14 years ago and i still have it today. as with anything getting a reg serviced regularly is key to making it last a long time . one thing i would recommend buying 2005 or newer sherwood regs. some of the parts internally have changed and for the better. my old sherwood is a piston reg and to replace the piston is 60 bucks , the new one i have is only 6 bucks to replace a small piece in the piston. manufacture will try to sell you on their reg but its experienced divers that can give you the best advice as to reliabilty of any one brand.

 

[Marek K]

my old sherwood is a piston reg and to replace the piston is 60 bucks , the new one i have is only 6 bucks to replace a small piece in the piston.

How old was your "old Sherwood"? Was that the one that's 14 years old? Up to, like, the late 1980s or early 1990s, the first-stage Sherwood pistons had a crimped-in HP seat... you indeed had to replace the whole piston when you needed a new seat, at horrifying cost.

At that time, they came up with a non-crimped piston with replaceable HP seat; the new piston could be retrofitted into an older first stage... in fact, Sherwood was recommending that be done when regs came up for service.

I'd have to check the Sherwood technical manuals, but don't all Sherwood regs -- except the basic unbalanced Brut -- share basically the same first stage? The only difference is the design of the second stage (moisture-retaining vanes, heat-exchange vanes, hose routing and adjustment)... All Sherwood first stages are by definition environmentally sealed through their pressure-bleed system...?

--Marek

 

[stacey_n_jamie]

it is indeed one that had to have the whole piston replaced.
cost me 60 bucks to have it done. i had a zeagle tech 50 d. i loved the second stage hated the first stage . too many damn o rings in it it leaked terribly.
i now use a sherwood first stage and the zeagle tech 50 d second stage . works great .