Tilos expedition din 1st stage regulator

[leebutler]

hi guys, about to sign up for my tec course and need some DIN 1st stages, found these at a reasonable price, does anyone have any opinions on this make/model? I have been unable to find any reviews online

Cheers,
Lee

 

[mike_s]

TILOS makes regulators?

.... and they make Tec Regulators?


I guess they do make them after a quick search. But they look like ODS 1st/2nd stages. so OEM.

Regulator :: Tilos, Inc



ODS regs are pretty common place and a lot of manufacturers use ODS. However, I've never heard of anyone using a TILOS regulator for recreational diving, much less TEC diving.

There's no telling what changes on the internals they had done. (each OEM manufacturer does them a little different, but mostly all the same).

Do you really want to be 160' deep with a regulator that doesn't have a proven track record yet?



EDIT: Looks like it one model of it "ran out of juice" on the test machine when ScubaLabs did a review of it.

http://www.scubadiving.com/gear/scuba-lab/2009/06/top-guns-2009/tilos-rs811-ocfr-02

 

[tbone1004]

I've seen them before under a different name on here... One of my dive buddies actually uses them. He likes them. His aren't Tilos branded, but they're ODS

For the price I saw, I'd check out the new HOG first stages. Piranha and DiveRightinScuba has them. Both frequent the board. They have rebuild kits available for them, and have a few different models. Apeks DST clones, and Scubapro MK25 clones

 

[leebutler]

thanks for that, running out of juice doesn't sound so attractive

 

[Jbell8289]

Ill second that about the HOG's cant beat the price. buy them at DRIS and get your points and you can probably get a new set of hoses to go with them...or whatever else you want.