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Scubapro makes a regulator specifically for ice diving (and some other
companies too). The standard models work fine as long as they're kept
*dry* so they don't freeze between dives, but they are prone to
trouble unless you take freezing conditions into consideration. If I
were doing more than a little REALLY cold water diving, I'd get the
polar-built model.
Personally, I've never quite gotten the urge to slice holes in a
frozen lake and jump in. We don't have many frozen lakes in LA.
Merle
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Subject: Re: Second Stage Comparisons
Author: ericm@ru*.ne* at SMTP
Date: 12/9/96 2:22 PM
Randy Sullivan wrote:
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> Do not use any model of Scubapro or Dacor in cold water. The failure rate
> (ie free flow) is high in the cold waters of Lake Superior.
Sorry, I don't buy that.
I've been using Scubapro regs in The Great Lakes for six years. They've
experienced everything from ice diving in February, to The Florida Keys
in June. I've had two free flows: One on a new reg that had not been
set properly, and one after taking the reg out of my mouth, intake up,
at depth.
I don't know about Dacor, but Scubapro definitely makes quality regs.
Eric
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