sherwood

[Drew Sailbum]

easy to service without speciality tools, and the basic service kits are cheap.

Two box wrenches, a flathead screwdriver, one crescent wrench, one tiny hex wrench, a paper clip and a pencil eraser are all the tools I need to get one serviced and set up pretty damn good. Give me an IP gauge with an in-line adjustment tool and a graduated cylinder and it will all be a little easier.

Sherwood Bruts are quite popular in the Caribbean rental market. A good reg that can be easily and affordably serviced is crucial when each reg gets a few hundred dives between six month services. (Six months is our shop maximum service interval, though you can go one year with typical recreational use.)

 

[scubafool]

My buddy dives a Maximus, & just yesterday we were at 100' when we decided to see how her new alternate performed. With both of us breathing neither one of us had any problems getting all the air we wanted. No exertion though, we were pretty much motionless at the time. Hmm, next trip have to try that out with my Genesis.

 

[CathrynMesser@a]

My buddie and I went diving to day,
We did a little duddy breathing I use a maximus with a new apex ap20 for my secoudary, at 70' we buddy breathed all the way up to 25' he tried his best but could not get the apex to bog down, I was doing the same but could not tell the differencre at anytime depth.
I have been diving my maximas for a year and have never had a problem getting the amount of air I wanted. I have been to 139 with it, the only problem was my buddy kicking it out of my mouth about ten dives ago, I used my secoundary till I could get his attention, I have a long hose that goes under my arm and it was a dark dive!! That is the week-end I bought my apex for my back up

 

[scubafool]

Tried the buddy breathing thing with my GS 2000 this weekend @ 80'. Acceptable performance, but you could definitely feel it when both my buddy & I inhaled @ the same time. It kept both of us from dieing, but nothing like the effortless breathing experience with the Maximus. The Maximus is definitlely the front runner (for now) when I decide to upgrade my reg. Any comments sherwoodtech?

 

[rescuediver009]

Sherwood Tech! You seem to doubt regs that are a little better than your precious sherwoods! Oceanic, Apeks, Poseidon, Zeagle, and others come nitrox ready out of the box. I think that the sherwood nitrox kit is a rip off as you can get the parts elsewhere minus the not so cool neon green mouthpiece cover. I think that sherwoods are just as fine as the others 'out of the box' for nitrox to 40%. My Blizzard was fine with the mixes I used and I had it deep and hard as well, and I can;t think of any problems. the heat sink fins helped alot. Can't praise the exhaust tee enough.