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On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Robert Wolov wrote: > >And my own opinion here, I can understanding getting sucked into buying > >one, but actually keeping it after using it underwater? Insanity. What a > >shitty second stage. High cracking resistance, wet as hell, and freeflows > >about 10 times faster than any other reg I've seen. > > > >Can't wait for the responses... ;) OK, here's one. The Micra is a great-breathing second stage (first stage is clunky and weird). I never would have bought one, but I ended up "inheriting" one, so I've dived it a fair amount. That Micra has outlived (and most definitely outbreathes) two ScubaPro D400's and two G500's, plus a few other, lesser, regs. Laugh all you want, but when I went over 500fsw last month, I took a Micra, a D400, and a G500 as the two primary and bailout regs. All were attached to ScubaPro MK20 first stages (an awesome first stage). Just because I was curious, I spent a few minutes sucking trimix off the Micra at about 450fsw, and that thing definitely breathed better than the (brand new) D400 I took to the bottom. And D400's are *finicky* (having blown through several, two of which have never managed to get properly repaired). I have not found this to be the case with the Micra - it is reliable as hell. The worst breathing of the three was the G500, despite all the cool marketing graphs that ScubaPro publishes. Who would expect this from US Divers? Certainly not ME...but I am pleasantly surprised. This was certainly not a scientific evaluation, or statistically relevant, but I would encourage other regular deep divers to give the Micra a break, or better, give it a try. You might be surprised. The downside is that due to the small size, it definitely vents more gas in you face than bigger regs. Regards, -Will > > Kevin, > > All this time I thought you forgave me for passing you my Odin during that > three-man, lights-out; air sharing exit drill at Manatee! ... > > Some people just hold a grudge!... Sheesh! ;-) > > > Robb W > ==================================== > CDR Robert B. Wolov, MC, (FS), USNR > Orthopedic Pathology / Aerospace Medicine > Dept. of Orthopedic Pathology > Armed Forces Institute of Pathology > Washington, DC 20306-6000 > > wolov@hi*.co* (preferred) > wolov@em*.af*.os*.mi* > -- > 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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