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At 09:17 AM 3/13/96 EST, you wrote: > > >At TEK, the Scubapro rep told me that the industry wants all nitrox contained >in, and breathed through nitrox dedicated, incompatible-with-air components. >I >We should see the writing on the wall. They want our money. Whatever made you think differently?Scubapro is famous for this.They make a fine product,but their policies are totally retail-oriented.I sold & maintained scubapro regs for years,but i gave them up when i left the business & could no longer obtain parts.For awhile,I bit the bullet & paid to have the regs serviced,even tho I was qualified to do the service myself.I gave that up when I saw one of the shop's techs attack my reg with a vise & a 15" crescent wrench. The biggest reason for an air-incompatible system from their standpoint is one of liability.It's the same reason why hp & lp ports on regs are now different sizes (they didnt used to be).A shop in California sold someone an LP inflator hose,& the idiot screwed it into an HP port,where it promptly blew up in his face.Both they & the manufacturer got sued,and lo & behold,we now have different sized ports so the individual has to intentionally bypass the incompatibility. To a certain extent,it's been that way for years with commercial gas mixtures;gases suitable for human consumption have a different fitting than inert gases (like CO2 vs. O2 ).Personally,I think a dedicated nitrox reg is a good idea;I'm just not sure I want the industry forcing it on me. John Dunk
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