Signs you may be a regaholic

[lexvil]

Let’s see.
1. Decide what gear you absolutely have to have.
2. Scour the internet to find it.
3. Once found, strike a deal.
4. Obtain gear in mail or in person.
6. Fanatic over the restoration/rebuild
7. Brag about your find on scubaboard.
8. Use the gear.

What are the other four steps?

9. Sell gear to help pay for other gear you haven’t tried

10. Ship gear to fellow addict.

11. Miss old gear

12. Sell new/old gear to fund replacement old/old gear.

Un-admitted 13th step, repeat…

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Perhaps we should form a Regulators Anonymous and hold Zoom meetings wherein we must admit to being a regaholic. My fear is though that it would simply encourage reg-envy and further reg-hording.

The first step is admitting that you’re a reg-a-holic, and most here would never do that. They don’t think they have a problem. When does casual gear collecting become a problem? Is there such a thing as responsible reg hoarding?
Yeah, all that would lead to is more regaholism by enabling these addicts.
That would be like giving free vodka to an alcoholic and then telling them they shouldn’t drink.

 

[poseident]

I knew this would be a fun thread.......

 

[OMyMyOHellYes]

Maybe I am. Or maybe I'm not.

I don't know off the top of my head how many regs reside on the scuba shelf out in the garage but it's a bunch. And I was enticed a couple weeks ago by these two unused NOS Conshelf 14s for fitty bux a pop... I console meself saying it was a deal too good to pass by.

Hi, I'm OMMOHY and I'm a regaholic ...

 

[CycleCat]

Hi, I'm OMMOHY and I'm a regaholic ...

Hello, OMMOHY.

 

[CycleCat]

Crap. I just bought another one. I think I'm up to 10, divided by two divers, plus enough other random parts to assemble a Franken-regulator or two.

 

[PEDiver]

I have probably a couple dozen regulators at this point…but what’s worse is the number of tanks…

 

[Scuba Lawyer]

Regs? A bunch. Here is one box-o-regs to be rebuilt. 30+ already dive-ready.

Bunch of twin manifolds.

Twin in 38's (x2 sets), 42's (1 set), and 45's (x2 sets). Here are a few.

I'm sure there will be a DSM XV diagnosis code for such an obsession.

 

[jellycatsdad]

I’ve only got into scuba for a year. And already, besides my Mares regs, I have two Scubapro firsts(Mk200/Mk5) I’ve taken apart to learn the intricacies of them.