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Randy, Well, I only have about 130 dives on them, they're pretty new, but maybe a third of those dives involve a sharp thermocline, from 72F surface temps to a 60F thermocline, to a 45F thermocline..... I do, in fact, have the best SP regs ever shipped! As an added bonus, the factory included an _extra_ O-ring in one of the first stages! A kind of spare, I guess.... The reg I used before was a Mares MR12 Voltrex, which was fine in cold water, (it _was_ sealed) but it required frequent adjustment to keep it from feeling like it was going to freeflow. I'm much happier with the SPs. Nanci At 12:53 PM 2/19/98 -0500, Randy Sullivan wrote: >Nancy > >I am glad that you are happy with your SP regs and I do hope they work in >the warm water as well as they perform in cold. <g> > >The experience with SP reg that I pull on is owning & running a charter >operation in W. Fish Bay for 3 years. I have seen many SP regs fail in the >summer time when the reg hits the thermaclien. This winter, here locally, >no one has been able to do ANY diving using a SP reg. You must have the >best SP regs that they ever shipped because I don't perceive them as >dependable regs based on what I have seen. > >BTW I have never even tried a SP reg. Guess what, based on the failure rate >that I have seen, I doubt I ever will. SP regs, do however, rate much >higher on my list of regs that I would use in a pinch than say dacor or >Sherwood. > >This IS after all just my $0.02 > >Randy Sullivan >Sault Ste. Marie, Ont >sulteck@ic*.ne* >-----Original Message----- >From: Nanci LeVake <nlevake@pi*.co*> >To: Randy Sullivan <sulteck@ic*.ne*>; techdiver@aquanaut.com ><techdiver@aquanaut.com> >Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998 9:44 AM >Subject: Re: Cold water performance of Scuba Pro Regs > > >> >>Well, I ice dive with my two Scuba Pro regs every weekend, and have _never_ >>had a problem with them. They aren't environmentally sealed or tuned any >>differently than how I like them for Florida springs. Besides that, I've >>also dived them in quarries, in ~40-45F water, down to ~130 or so, and >>never had a problem there, either! I _am_ a little bit worried about how >>they're going to work in 82F water in Cozumel, they've never been warm >>before.... <g> >> >>Nanci >> >> >> >> >>At 06:19 PM 2/18/98 -0500, Randy Sullivan wrote: >>>The problem with SP regs is that they are freeflowing out of the box, >>>period. If this is how SP ship regs where the they are going to be used >in >>>cold water, they SHOULDN'T leave the warehouse in the first place without >>>all the twiking done to the reg prier to shipping. Up here you can't buy >a >>>new car off the lot without a block heater. You shouldn't be able to buy >a >>>reg that isn't cold water ready out of the box. >>> >>>I have seen an Odin's perform at 500'+ @ 38*F water temp with no problem. >>>I own one. I have used my OLD conshelf in the winter @ -15*C surface >temp. >>>with water temp. @ 31*f (yes that is what my computer registered), >>>breathed the reg at the surface and used the same reg for an 8 hour shift >>>fixing a tug, no problem. I own one. >>> >>>The story of making a sows ear into silk purse is a good comparison to >make >>>when trying to use a SP regs. in cold water. I'M NOT saying they aren't >>>good regs. What I am saying is that they are not the best choice of reg >for >>>cold water. >>> >>>Randy Sullivan >>>Sault Ste. Marie, Ont >>>sulteck@ic*.ne* >>> >>>-- >>>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >>> >> > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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