Why every diver should take a regulator course!

[ScubaJCBS]

Ok I will give you a shout next trip down and see if your available thank you

 

[scubafanatic]

I understand them just fine. They are anything but simple. The parts cost more too.

Agreed, Poseidon regs are the answer to a question nobody was asking. Kinda like the rotary engine, there's a reason no other manufacturer on Earth pursued rotary engines, and even Mazda abandoned them back about 2012 when the RX-8 finally ceased production.

Poseidon is VERY 'Rube Goldberg'! Most reg shops don't have the 1st clue how to service them or set them up to operate properly.

 

[The Chairman]

Poseidon is VERY 'Rube Goldberg'!

That's the perfect description. Thanks!

 

[tbone1004]

Agreed, Poseidon regs are the answer to a question nobody was asking. Kinda like the rotary engine, there's a reason no other manufacturer on Earth pursued rotary engines, and even Mazda abandoned them back about 2012 when the RX-8 finally ceased production.

Poseidon is VERY 'Rube Goldberg'! Most reg shops don't have the 1st clue how to service them or set them up to operate properly.

how is it rube goldberg? The first stages are the most simple design out there, and the second stages are actually less complicated with LESS moving parts than anything else. Shops inability to rebuild or operate is irrelevant, but the design is in fact incredibly simple

 

[Marie13]

I’m not a tinkerer. I’ll pay someone to service my gear.

 

[Bob DBF]

I’m not a tinkerer. I’ll pay someone to service my gear.

Each to their own.

Dive and let dive.

Bob

 

[scubafanatic]

how is it rube goldberg? The first stages are the most simple design out there, and the second stages are actually less complicated with LESS moving parts than anything else. Shops inability to rebuild or operate is irrelevant, but the design is in fact incredibly simple

The 2nd stages are weird (but cool looking). When I'm doing a $$$ spendy, very remote, live aboard trip it's gonna be the Apeks....Atomic...Aqualung, or Scubapro reg set that's going in my dive bag though, 'conventional' technology, no Swedish weirdness.

 

[tbone1004]

The 2nd stages are weird (but cool looking). When I'm doing a $$$ spendy, very remote, live aboard trip it's gonna be the Apeks....Atomic...Aqualung, or Scubapro reg set that's going in my dive bag though, 'conventional' technology, no Swedish weirdness.

Cyklon is a normal downstream design fwiw. The other two are "weird", but the cyklon is the same valve design as many current Aqualung and Scubapro second stages *any of the unbalanced ones*

 

[Blue Quaker]

Poseidon reg servicing is not rocket science! The Xstream Mk III has less parts than the old Sherwood Blizzard and I find it easier to service and set up than a Blizzard. The "myth" continues...

 

[The Chairman]

The "myth" continues...

What myth? I used to own Poseidons and have rebulit them. At one point we had a serious issue with getting parts... hey, just like a Saab. We all like different things, and I got rid of them because I didn't like them.