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The schematic drawing differs from the picture of the reg then. If there's a swivel on the MK10, I missed it in the Scuba Pro catalog - I can't readily lay my hands on an actual regulator as the nearest dealer is an hour away... After reviewing the Scuba Pro home page, I realize the regulator I was looking at was obviously the MK2 - my mistake. Still, this area looks to be a weak point... Is it? Since so many subscribers to this list argue low pressure, I guess my next question is why the overkill by using the MK20? George mentioned that with the MK20, there are no catastrophic failures with the piston. Is this the case with the MK10? How high, then are the low pressure cylinders filled where this is happening? With the MK20 don't you also get the 300 bar din adaptor - standard? As I understand, there is a difference in thread lengths between 200 bar and 300 bar Din adaptors. Am I right to assume that manifolds also have this difference? I obviously don't own this set up yet... Thanks for all the responses. Dennis Block Dennis.Block@ps*.Bo*.co* >---------- >From: Gerry Smith[SMTP:gerry_smith@qm*.ca*.ed*] >Sent: Friday, May 09, 1997 3:10 PM >To: Block, Dennis L >Subject: Re: which reg. > > RE>>which reg. 5/9/97 > >Dennis, > >I had a chance last month to have a long talk with the designer of the MK10 >and >G250. He has left Scubapro, and has designed and is independently marketing >an >all-titanium reg called the "Atomic". I saw this new reg. It looks just >like >the MK10/20, it's incredibly light, supposedly very low maintenance, but a >mite >pricy for my taste (list price for 1st & 2nd stage titanium - $1300.) > >He says that the MK20 was designed to handle higher pressure than the MK10, >but >that the MK10 is fine in the 3500 psi range. (I`ve had a number of MK10's >which >I used up to 3700 psi without a problem.) Incidently it appears in your post >that you think the LP swivel is a weak point in the MK20 but not the MK10. >Both >regs have swivel LP turrets, and from a cursory inspection they look the >same. >Is there a difference I've missed? I do a lot of wrecks, and my regs take a >bit >of abuse. I've had no problem with the MK10's but that's just anecdotal. > >Saving my sheckels for a titanium reg... > >Gerry Smith > >-------------------------------------- >Date: 5/9/97 11:57 >To: Gerry Smith >From: Block, Dennis L > I've been looking at the MK10+ & the MK20 first stages for a while. I >like the simplicity of the MK10. The MK20 looks like it has a weak >point in that the LP ports are mounted on a swiveling turret. Either >first stage I get, I'll match it with the G250 2nd. > What insight can you provide about these first stages? > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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