What is the difference between Scubapro and Halcyon regulators?

[PullYourselfTogetherMan]

Halcyon regs are absolutly top-notch. They ARE Scubapro regs priced slightly less in the US than Scubapro. The H50D is the mk17, the k75p is the mk25. the halo is the g250v, etc. I own a halo and I love it.

 

[buddhasummer]

I’m leaning towards getting the Halcyon H-50D and the Halo. Are there any concerns with these?

Other than its ugliness, nope, good to go.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

It’s as if the tidy bowl man was their industrial engineer.

 

[rhwestfall]

Designer was obviously a Pixar fan....

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[Couv]

Looking for older Halcyon Halo faceplate to replace the uglier new design

 

[Angelo Farina]

Where is the machining factory?

In Casarza Ligure, near Sestri Levante. 40 km from Genoa.
I was trained there for servicing SP regs in 1978...

 

[tridacna]

Other than its ugliness, nope, good to go.

Are internal parts between H and SP equivalents interchangeable? If they’re the same, this should be true.

 

[rhwestfall]

and in a year or two, they can bring back the "old" face plate with the "Vintage" name attached (and raise the price more)...

 

[buddhasummer]

Are internal parts between H and SP equivalents interchangeable? If they’re the same, this should be true.

Yes, pre ugly version. They apparently changed the main diaphragm to a "better" one. Another member retrofitted the original Halo face plate to his ugly one and reported no issue. I think the original Halo copy of the G250V was ever so slightly better by doing away with the proprietary splined jam nut. In short all parts interchangeable on all variants.

 

[buddhasummer]

and in a year or two, they can bring back the "old" face plate with the "Vintage" name attached (and raise the price more)...

I'll not bet against you.