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#45
 Enviornmentally Sealed Regulator
Frogman371 - 2/14/2011 12:24 PM
Category: Equipment
Replies: 4


I am in the market for a new enviornmentally sealed regulator. We are currently using the Atomic Aquatics and are looking at the Sherwood Blizzards and the Scuba Pro MK17. Any suggestions or opinions would be greatly appreciated.


BTW-The Atomics have been great. However, there aren’t many dealers in my area that can work on them.


Thanks!
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RAWalker - 2/14/2011 8:44 PM


Sherwood Blizzard has been a workhorse reg of the dive industry for year but from a performance standpoint there are better regs available. In the Sherwood line the Maximus and SR1.


I Started diving using the Sherwood Oasis which is the warm water version of the Blizzard. I’ve since moved on and now use Oceanic Delta IV FDX10 regs. The FDX10 is an environmentally sealed reg and as such is rated very highly for cold water environments. Beside the Delta the FDX10 first stage is also found on Oceanics top of the line EOS reg.


There are many other brands that offer regs with environmentally sealed first stages but I’ll appeal to you to only consider those from manufacturers who’s pricing structure is MAP and eliminate those with a MARP structure from your choices.
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slippin2darknezz - 2/14/2011 9:55 PM
There is always the Hollis line of regulators...give them a look at www.hollisgear.com...
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RAWalker - 2/14/2011 11:50 PM


From slippin2darknezz: There is always the Hollis line of regulators...give them a look at www.hollisgear.com...



Hollis, Aeris and Oceanic are all parts of the same parent company. So Yes, they are all good choices of manufacturer with some quality regs in there lines.


Sherwood, Genesis and Akona are another set of related companies.


All the above use MAP pricing agreements with their retailers.
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LatitudeAdjustment - 2/15/2011 7:46 AM
Why not just a sealed 1st. stage with your old Atomic 2nd.?