#51828
Greg - 4/16/2014 11:22 AM
Usually alternate regs aren’t made as nice as primary regs, cheaper parts. Primary regs usually have more features (balanced, adjustment knobs, venturi switch, etc.).

That being said...I rented gear one time, and the alternate reg breathed much better than the primary reg...so I used that during the dive. I made sure to tell my dive buddy what I was doing using hand signals. I pointed to my primary and signaled "something is wrong", then I pointed to my alternate and signaled "ok". The primary still worked, it just took more inhalation effort to breath.