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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <b>Be afraid be very very afraid of the OMS DECO O2 reg.</b> <br>I was dumb enough to buy a few (at the same time). The 1st. stage is okay but the 2nd stage is a piece of crap. <br>On or about the 2nd time they popped apart during the dive they became argon dry suit regs. and fill up the beach toy regs.... <p>I just turned on the gas stuck it in my mouth cleared and had a total reg separation. I watched the front bezel, diaphragm and O ring sink into the gloom. <br>Turns out, the large plastic locking ring clamp only needs a quarter of a inch turn to unlock and fuck up a good deco. Even a small hit or scrape will unlock it. After that i dug out the old trusty Scuba Pro metal 2nd stages. I will replace them this season with Apex or Scuba Pro regs. I prefer the suicide lever to detune the reg until i want to use it. <p>I was very glad that i had replaced all my valves to DIN that very week I was able to switch deco regs easy. I know it sounds like common sense now but sometimes its takes a situations like this to trigger an entire re-evaluation of your gear. There is no place for cheap or poorly designed gear in this kind of diving. <p>PS, Some OMS gear is build well. I happen to be a fan of my OMS dual bladder wing with several mods. I have replaced the standard bungees with a special light weight break away rubber tubing, shortened the hoses etc. I dive both wet and dry sometimes in the same week so i prefer the back up bladder. I understand the concern about the bungees but i cannot see any reason not to dive big open water with out the back up of a 2nd bladder. I once seen a post with reference to diving with single bladder to be considered DIR. And the backup was to dive with lighter tanks or inflate your Wet suit for backup. Just dive dual and move on. <br> <br>I am wide open to constructive comments after all they are the only ones worth posting. <p>Shut up and Dive In <br>Bryon Bertrim <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <p>"Gatto, Richard RG SCC" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE> I have seen a variety of regs, 1st and 2nd, being used for the O2 <br>bottle. Are there any strong opinions (that's asking for trouble in this <br>forum) on recommended make and models. As critical O2 is for deco dives, I <br>have seen some rather cheap setups on the O2 when the rest of the gear is <br>top of the line. I understand that performance would not be much of an issue <br>at 20ft but I would think reliability would be. <p>Thanks, <br> Rick <p>rggatto@sh*.co* <p> "The game consists of figuring out what the game is..." <p>-- <br>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. <br>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.</blockquote> </html> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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