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Okay Matthias, So your friends use deco80 and Poseidon's. Fine, now get with the program or at least spare us your crap. I am sick of hearing how things are done according to you in Germany by the "top cave divers, etc.". The disadvantages are explained and you do not seem to understand any of it. I am quite sure that the real aces in Germany are on track with DIR methods, as this is the only way they could be true aces in the first place...<G> Take care, THOMAS > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthias Voss [mailto:mat.voss@t-*.de*] > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 9:57 AM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Cc: Tech Diver > Subject: Re: Poseidon regulators > > > Cyklon 16 years now > Spares needed : One diaprhagm , one pushrod assy.,second stage > one diaphragm , to O rings, first stage. > Odin 3 yrs, no spares till now, gotta know how to adjust it. > overall failures ( ca. 900 dives with these) :none. > > German Navy prefers the cyklon to the odin, because of its better valve > seat, they use it in a amagnetic titanium version now. > > The Odin has 4 times the delivery capacity than the Apex tx 50/ 100. The > latter , though,offers less initial intake resistance, and is a good > choice as well. > I do not like what scubapro says in their repair manual , like the "D > 400 is not yet at its full potential". > > So they mean to say , it is not fully thought through yet ? > > > Simon Murray schrieb: > > > > 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 > > Hmm, its a showerhead, after all , not a garden tool.(g) > Matthias > -- > 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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