My observations have been that:
1) The SR1 is inconsistent at best,
2) Some seem to work well with good reliability while others do not,
3) some that were reliable stop being relaible,
4) local dive shops/Sherwood dealers seem to have problems with servicing them, requiring factory intervention at rates that far exceeds any other regulator I have ever encountered.
5) I don't enjoy working on the SR1, and the "fix" seems to be a bag of tricks - absurd amounts of lube seem to help the most, but I've seen springs that were the issue as well and we've sent regs in and never really heard what the "fix" was.
Given all that, I don't think it's a great design. It might offer great performance, but a far more important aspect of life support equipment is
reliability, and if a scuba regulator cannot be dove for an entire year by the average diver with average preventive maintenance without failure, then it fails that standard.
Similarly, if the average production reg of that design cannot be serviced by the average dive shop/Sherwood dealer and then perform to the above reliability standard, it again fails that standard.
I'll never own one and I'll never recommend anyone buy one based on the above observations.
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If anyone has any issues with our SR1, contact a dealer with your proof of purchase and we will get it resolved.
So if a customer:
1) lost his proof of purchase;
2) got it as a gift and never had it in the first place; or
2) bought it from an original owner;
you won't get it resolved?
Please tell me that's not what you implied.