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Anthony DeBoer wrote: > > Jim Cobb <cobber@mi*.co*> wrote: > >BUT you will have great oneupsmanship on the diveboat. S/He- "Say, what > >kind of reg is that?" You- "Why, it's TITANIUM" And there you go. > > A fellow I know manages a dive shop, and one of his distributors tried to > foist titanium regulators off on him. Suggested retail in Canadian > dollars would have been just over $1800. > > Well, the #1 thing regs do wrong under Canadian conditions is to > freeflow, so he took the demonstrator unit along on an ice dive. For the > real torture test, he lent it to another fellow to dive first, then he > took it wet and cold and tried to do a dive on it. Well, it froze up and > freeflowed just like any other (much less expensive) regulator. > > Funny thing was, when he switched over to his own Odin, it went too. > Ultimately, I got a solo run under the ice with my good old Cyklons, and > I think I was the only winner because I don't think that manufacturer's > titanium regulators are going to be offered for sale in that store. Anthony, Did the Odin have the freeze cap on it? Was the freeze a first stage or second stage? I have yet to see one freeze so I'm curious about this one. Thanks. -- Dave Mabry dmabry@mi*.co* Great Lakes Maritime Institute Underwater Research Team NACD NSS-CDS #42872 -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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