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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 06:37:35 +0100 (MET)
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
From: divetek@we*.ch* (Roberto Bagnasco)
Subject: Cold water performance ARE YOU CRAZY?
ARE WE CRAZY OR WHAT????

>Water Temperature was a balmy 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius)
>+ or - and both of my buddies brand new Scuba Pro Regulators free flowed.
>One was a Mk 10 first Stage with a Polar second stage, the other was a Mk 20
>first Stage with a G500 second stage, both first stages have the TIS thermal
>insulation system. The Polar had about 20 hours on it, the G500 about 10
>hours. The G500 free flowed 30 seconds into the dive, the Polar free flowed
>5 minutes into the dive.

OK, WE UNDERSTAND, THEY FREE FLOW!!

>    I was using Poseidon Odin's, a tried and tested reliable cold water reg
>(however I find the second stage blows ice chunks into your lungs sometimes
>and that the antifreeze kits are the shittiest design ever) and they did not
>free flow (actually I have never had them free flow knock on wood)

OK, WE UNDERSTAND, THEY DO NOT FREE FLOW!!

>    In the interest of being truly Hogarthian I am about to purchase two
>Scuba Pro Mk 20 first stages with either two G250 or two D400 second stages.


AND YOU ARE BUYING THE ONE THAT FREE FLOWS???????

I DO NOT WANT TO DISCUSS ANY DIVE STYLE OR REGULATOR PERFORMANCE, BUT THIS
IS TOO MUCH!!

YOU ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO USE YOUR BRAIN?

I think a very Hogarthian rules applys here:

DO NOT DIVE WITH STOKES!

Byby

Roberto


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