Which regulator for me?

[ToPpS]

I dive mostly in southeast asia, recreation diving. I dont plan on doing any ice diving any time soon. Brrr!

Choose your regulator based on available service, cost, and mainly personal preference. There are no really bad regs in today’s market and the vast majority will do a good job in warm shallow water. Any of the mid range regs from any of the major brands will do very nicely for many years. Many of the lesser known brands are quite good as well but service and parts can be a problem.

I think what everyone is trying to steer you towards is that: A regulator is not selected on the divers potential air consumption. That boils down to the individual diver and conditions, not the regulator.

You should choose a regulator based on your personal comfort, the diving conditions and finally any brand preference you may have/what looks good to you.

Most people will tell you that most regulators are discerningly fairly equal in their performance from one another. There are certain brands and models that people absolutely swear by and are arguably "better" than others.

For warm water conditions "almost all" regulators are good enough. Components aren't prone to icing etc.

Therefore you should rather concentrate on your own personal comfort! Buy a reg that looks good to you, fits your price range, is easily serviceable in your area, is comfortable in your mouth and compatible with your BCD and tanks (A-clamp vs Din).

Of course if further down the line, as your diving habits change..... your gear my have to be upgraded.

 

[Slonda828]

If you look in the regulator forum, you will see threads like this:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/regulators/313176-information-overload-analysis-paralysis.html
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/regulators/311587-regulator-buy-around-400-a.html
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/regulators/311961-regulator-advice-needed.html
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/regulators/312552-all-purpose-regulator.html
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/regulators/312746-help-me-decide-mk19-vs-xtx200.html

These types of threads are the ones in which you want to look. Virtually all of your questions have been answered in these threads. It would be a good idea to read through them, begin to formulate your own opinion, conduct independent research in a dive shop or online, then ask your pertinent questions to the people here. Many of us have an entire garage full of regulators, have serviced hundreds of regulators old and new, and would love to answer your questions. They have to be detailed though, because many of us get asked "what regulator should I buy" about fifteen times a week. We are happy to help you though just throw us a bone. Besides, do you really want to spend 400-1000 dollars based solely upon what some guy said to you on the internet?

 

[QBit]

Amazing, I can not thank you enough! Everyone has been really helpful!
I will keep reading up!