#5471
DiveBuddyChgo - 11/22/2014 6:35 AM
Salt water corrosion is a killer for your regs. But if you rinse them out after a week of diving on vacation they should be fine. If the inlet 1st stage filter is dis colored then have it serviced. I only see a corrosion problem if they let the regs sit for 9 months until their next dive.s Brass doesn’t corrode. The parts get discontinued. You can get a reg. repair kit by searching the internet. Dive shops will sell them to you by internet.
My choice is to get 200 dives on a set of regs then buy a nice used set from a private party. Most new divers give up the sport even before 50 dives. I service my own and friends regs to a T for free. I was also auth’d/ serviced over 360 regs in the past 12 months.
ScubaPro’s always went well for me to service/retune. Its all about how the regs are tuned to your own likings. The comfort of breathing comes from mainly the 2nd stage. I would suggest getting a 2nd stage with a balanced flow threw piston.
Cold water diving below 40 degrees at 80ft should get as much metal in the 2nd stage as possible and have the 2nd stage tuned harder to breath.
Warm water divers above 50 degrees can usually get away with the cheapest regs on the market. Its all about how the regs are tuned after re assembly. Get the cheap ones and throw away before servicing.
Manufactures offer servicing each stage for $75 labor plus parts because they really don’t want to do the servicing anyways. But the service offering looks good for marketing.