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For what it is worth, I have consigned the last of my Poseidon's to the junk gear box. Both Cyklons and Jetstreams never gave me anything but trouble and expensive service bills. The final straw came on a recent cave expedition where I was using a showerhead on my 50% deco bottle. The reg started to breathe *very* wet and I couldnt open it up and check the diaphragm (you need a screw driver to do this) or unscrew the 2nd stage and swap it with one of my other regs (custom hose fittings). I spent the middle section of the deco coughing and trying to angle my head to keep the water out my mouth. Needless everything is now Apeks & Scubapro. I would be surprised if 5% of the guys who actually do proper dives use Poseidons. Cheers, Simon South Africa ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> To: Aldo P. Solari [APS] <aldo.solari@ho*.se*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:54 PM Subject: Re: Poseidon regulators > The only person I know who uses Poseidon showerheads had one freeflow on a > deep dive and caused him to have to use another divers long hose (a > ScubaPro). > > No, Scubapro mk20 and G250 appears to be the reg of choice among everybody I > know except the fellow above. > > Nobody uses a FFM that I know of. Rather difficult to change to your deco > mix without using a deadly gas switch block. And the C02 buildup is > problematic with FFMs at depth. > > Jim > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ > > > From: "Aldo P. Solari [APS]" <aldo.solari@ho*.se*> > > Organization: Fiskeribiologisk forskning > > Reply-To: "Aldo P. Solari [APS]" <aldo.solari@ho*.se*> > > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:11:55 +0100 > > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > > Subject: Poseidon regulators > > > > I read somewhere in the net that "over 90% of techdivers in the > > USA use poseidon regulators". As I grew up in Gothenburg and got > > to talk a few time to some of the guys behind Poseidon equipment, > > I would like to know whether the above statement is/may be true. > > > > Also, I would like to know what you think about the Cyklon and > > newer Odin regulators. > > > > Self I use two Swedish AGA Divator 3 (one on a fullface mask, the > > other as a normal second stage). Great stuff but difficult to get > > spare parts in Canary Islands (where I am now). > > > > Cheers, > > > > aldo > > > > aldo.solari@ho*.se* > > www.ccbb.ulpgc.es/fish-ecology/solaris > > ___ > > > > > > -- > > 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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