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This stupidity wil not be psoted on Quest. I do not mind telling you that this is one of the dumbest things I have ever read. You have to be retarded. Read this again in case you really though it made any sense when you wrote it. Bryon Bertrim wrote: > > Be afraid be very very afraid of the OMS DECO O2 reg. > 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. > 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.... > > 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. > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > I am wide open to constructive comments after all they are the only > ones worth posting. > > Shut up and Dive In > Bryon Bertrim > > > > > > > > > "Gatto, Richard RG SCC" wrote: > > I have seen a variety of regs, 1st and 2nd, being > used for the O2 > bottle. Are there any strong opinions (that's asking for > trouble in this > forum) on recommended make and models. As critical O2 is for > deco dives, I > have seen some rather cheap setups on the O2 when the rest > of the gear is > top of the line. I understand that performance would not be > much of an issue > at 20ft but I would think reliability would be. > > Thanks, > Rick > > rggatto@sh*.co* > > "The game consists of figuring out what the game > is..." > > -- > 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'.
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