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John writes: > Does anyone have experience with Poseidon Cyklon 300 regs? I am primarily > concerned with reliability, free-flow tendency, and maintenance cost. > > I have been offered an older model oxygen-clean Cyklon 300 reg. for US $175. I > would like to use it for a stage bottle when diving mix (I already have a clean > Scubapro for the other stage). I now own and dive with two Poseidon Odins, and > am very happy with their performance and reliability - but they are also under > Poseidon's free parts warranty, so I don't worry much about maintenance > costs. I have been using a Cyklon 300 reg on stage bottles for about 3 months now with no problems - it is on loan, I must get round to giving it back :-). I've used it on both shore and boat dives. However, my opinion may change after the Winter if I hang on (groan) to it. Other divers in the club have been using them for a while and I've seen a few free flow problems. Last Winter at least one became unusable when the 1st stage froze after a free flow. The temp was around 3oC (37oF) at the time. The servicing is expensive but I don't know how expensive. The guy who loaned it to me is a commercial diver, has a copy of the service manual and gets the service kits through his business. I can't comment on the price in the US but the price isn't too bad in Uk terms. I would definitely consider it. As you said, the position of the purge button and the fact that there is no right-way-up are ideal for stage bottles. Alan
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