My air delivery system is somewhat of a hodgepodge I think. I have an Oceanic Alpha 9 as my primary regular and an Air XS as my backup combo/inflator. I know there's opinions on whether the combo is good or not but I quite like it. The Alpha 9 though, while it's super reliable, is fairly basic and since it needs a new diaphragm cover (a common issue it seems) I was thinking about upgrading.
My local dive shop tends to be a Cressi outfit at the moment so trying to sort out how I can swap to a Cressi primary and if I'll need to also swap my 1st stage. If I swap the 1st, I'm not sure how that might affect my Air XS. Been looking at websites and catalogs and things for a few hours now and haven't found a good explanation since most 2nd stages come paired with 1st stages. Which makes sense since there can be different designs of both, but when trying to sort out an upgrade path for me, I'm kinda not sure what to do. Also confusing a lot of 2nd stages have a 1st stage, but that's only a single regulator. So there must be options for just buying single regulators for a secondary anyway but I didn't find many options there?
My local dive shop tends to be a Cressi outfit at the moment so trying to sort out how I can swap to a Cressi primary and if I'll need to also swap my 1st stage. If I swap the 1st, I'm not sure how that might affect my Air XS. Been looking at websites and catalogs and things for a few hours now and haven't found a good explanation since most 2nd stages come paired with 1st stages. Which makes sense since there can be different designs of both, but when trying to sort out an upgrade path for me, I'm kinda not sure what to do. Also confusing a lot of 2nd stages have a 1st stage, but that's only a single regulator. So there must be options for just buying single regulators for a secondary anyway but I didn't find many options there?