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Hiya CaptnDale, Good one about the flare wars on the Wisconsin shipwreck! Wanna tell us about it? As for the Dacor Extremes, I change the second stages to their older model, and have never had a free-flow, under the ice, on a wreck, below 160ffw, or whatever. As for Mike Zee and Scubapro regulators, he prefers you not use them on his boat because they are notorious for cold-induced free-flows, and my experience agrees with this. Regarding Sherwood regs, the Blizzard is also a very good cold-water reg. And all regulators can free-flow, so it really seems to be a matter of personal preference and experience. Later Dale, and don't shoot any flares at me if I tie up to the Wisconsin one of these days, OK? MJB --- CaptnDale@ao*.co* wrote: > In a message dated 7/26/00 12:24:21 PM Central Daylight Time, > mjblackmd@ya*.co* writes: > > << Sherwood Maximus or Brute regulators work well in icy cold water. > I prefer the Dacor Extreme. Scubapro regs (all of them) are more > prone to free-flow in icy cold, so much so that Mike Zee in Whitefish > Point won't even let you on his boat with one. >> > > I would agree that Sherwood regulators are not prone to freeze up. The Dacor > > Extreem, on the other hand, is one of the worst designs I have ever seen for > cold water. It is designed to automatically INCREASE INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE > WITH DEPTH. That causes a slight freeflow and often results in a freeze up. > > As for what Mike Zee allows - I dove with him on his boat last year and used > my usual rig which includes two Scubapro MK14's for my primaries and Scubapro > > MK2's for my stages. BTW, I have never been able to make my Scubapro MK14's > freeflow or ice up, nor have I ever seen anyone else freeze one of these > regulators. > > Good diving, > Dale __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.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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