Mailing List Archive

Mailing List: techdiver

Message Display

George,

    What IP do you get your ScubaPros set at, again? I remember it's
somewhere on the low end.

Thanks,

Rich L

----- Original Message -----
From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*>
To: Hungry Hill <hungryh@nc*.ne*>
Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: Poseidon 2nd stages?


> First of all you guys need to lose the mentality that a rgulator must be
> run at jet engine starting pressures - this is bullshit. Run the IP at
> 120 and nothing will freeze. Secondly , a G250 is more of a deco reg,
> and if used as a primary must be detuned at the orrifice at any water
> temp.
>
> Regs need to be able to be taken apart underwater to clear the mushroom
> valve. This is not possible with a Poseiden. They must be
> interchangeable on all hoses and bottles - not a chance with a Poseiden.
> They must be downstream valves, not upstream - a ridiculous problem with
> the Odin. They must not fill full of water when scootering or in a
> current - a big problem with a Poseiden due to the shower head with the
> bullshit holes all around it. They must not stay full of water when you
> pass them off in an emergency - the Poseiden is s death sentence if not
> properly purged WHILE passing and breathing until sealed at the lips.
>
> Basicly, you have to me a complete idiot or dive shop victim to buy
> something that reaquires special hoses and fittings, a total moron to
> buy a reg with an upstream valve and opv built into the hose or reg
> (unless it is an argon reg, and then you got screwed if you bought a
> Posieden because the seats are crap), and a card-carrying stroke to buy
> any reg that requires 180 psi IP to operate like the cheap version of
> the Poseiden.
>
> Ask the Swedish Brothers what they use - they live in Sweden, they dive
> cold water, and they do not use Poseiden. Gee, I wonder why? Diving
> above the Artic Cirle, but then I guess that does not count.
>
> Ignorance is the enemy of us all, and it is the life blood of the dive
> industry.
>
> Hungry Hill wrote:
> >
> > Would someone please recite the DIR gospel on Poseidon 2nd stages for
me. I
> > can't quite see the problem with them and have had very good experience
> > over the last three years with mine.
> >
> > I do a lot of winter time Great Lakes diving and they are virtually
freeze
> > proof, while I have not heard the same about G250s (no personal
experience
> > there though). How do the Poseidons fall short of DIR?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bruce Bowers
> > film/video composer, multi-instrumentalist
> > Akimbo Music Prod/Hungry Hill Records
> >
> > --
> > 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'.

--
Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'.
Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.

Navigate by Author: [Previous] [Next] [Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject: [Previous] [Next] [Subject Search Index]

[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]

[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]