O2 Deco Reg

[tflaris]

What are you guys using for an O2 reg set on your O2 deco bottles.

Thanks

Tony


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[Sludge]

Mark 20/Clear G-250. (As if there's anything else?)

[Mark Vlahos]

I have recently switched to a HOG D1 Cold. As a matter of fact I am switching to these for everything. They are inexpensive, not too bad to service, and service kits are both inexpensive and readily available. I don't need the cold part in a cave, but I am standardizing all of my regs. The regs come from the factory clean so you can use them on O2 right away, if you trust the Chinese laborer who put them together, or you can clean them yourself with the right tools and some time.

I took the class at Dive Right In so I am not even breaking the rules when I service them for myself. Without a friendly connection to a shop it is difficult, but NOT impossible, to get the training for other brands.

Mark Vlahos

[huxley]

i use two setups, cant really tell you why and when i use either one, just have them laying around:
set one is a cheap unbalanced piston regulator similar to an OMS workhorse. good thing about this is it always works and i would not hesitate to take that thing apart on the parking lot or even under water. second one is a zeagle membrane reg, i believe a copy of an apeks which breaths easily. My thinking is I don't ask for much on my O2 reg as long as it works, for my normal regs and backups I go with top of the line membrane regs that never failed on me.
Probably depends on how long of a deco you are planning so it might be worth it to use a top of the line reg as well. I'm a firm believer of the Apeks atx 100 or 50/40, they are top regs and easily serviceable due to a very good design. Just my two cents.

[tflaris]

Mark 20/Clear G-250. (As if there's anything else?)

Mine bit the dust (no OMS Dealers around to service it). I had no doubt about your choice.


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[Superlyte27]

the cheapest thing Oceanic makes.... been working for more than a decade, don't seen any reason to change.

[Kerry C.]

Sherwood Brute and a Scubapro Mk2 with an old Sherwood octy.

[FW]

A Cyklon 300, since I have about a dozen of them. I save my Xstreams for my primary regs. You don't need much performance on an O2 reg, just needs to be O2 clean.

[Sludge]

You don't need much performance on an O2 reg

I couldn't disagree more. Why would you want to spend an hour breathing a high-performance regulator, then spend 30 minutes on a piece of garbage?

I hate deco enough now - I can't imagine compounding it by having to breathe off an unbalanced regulator.


Disclaimer: Some people don't care about, or can't tell, the difference between a good regulator and a bad one. An analogy I've used before is sound systems. To some, there is no difference between a $10,000 high fidelity system and a clock radio. Likewise, some can't tell the difference between a G-250 and a Brut. If you fall into this category, consider yourself lucky - you just saved several hundred dollars.

[giles45shop]

Mine is a SP Mk 2+ & R190 with the SP oxygen service kit. Simple and works well.

John