Regulators

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Breathing from a free flowing regulator

3 years 10 months ago By Main Minion

What to do:

Hold the regulator second stage loosely in your mouth, allowing excess air to escape. If possible, angle your head slightly to avoid bubbles in front of your eyes.

Hollis Rebreathers now have CE approval

4 years 11 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

The Utah, USA based manufacturer confirmed on social media that both the front mounted counterlung and back mounted counterlung variants passed all tests in accordance with EN 14143:2013.

Aqualung recalls select regulators

7 years 2 weeks ago By Main Minion

The Titan LX ACD Yoke Regulators

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The Core ACD Yoke Regulators

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The Legend ACD or the Legend LX ACD Yoke Regulators

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For these regulators, a component of the ACD yoke system may not have been properly tightened to the recommended torque specification during manufacture.

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Remedy:

Mares Loop Regulator

7 years 3 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Are we looking at a smart innovation that will prevail? Will this regulator design provoke a rash of 'me too' products from other manufacturers – a trait that Mares is also guilty of – or is this a 'wacky fad' that will fall by the wayside?

MiniDive

7 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Hart primarily designed his system to help sailors and boat owners who found themselves in an emergency situation where they needed to repair their boat in a remote location. For instance, to free a fouled prop.

AP Switch Regulator

7 years 11 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

When it is all going pear-shaped underwater, you really want the thing you are going to stick into your mouth able to deliver the much needed gas you require without hassle.

Aqua Lung recalls select Powerline inflators

8 years 2 weeks ago By Main Minion

If you have purchased an Aqua Lung BCD/Apeks Black Ice since January 1, 2015, it will need to be inspected to determine if it meets the specific criteria and requires updating.

Deep 6 Gear New Regulator

8 years 11 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Most people will not understand the original nautical meaning of; 'give a wide berth', 'cut and run', 'hand over fist', 'hard and fast', 'chock-a-block' and high and dry'.

Apeks Black Sapphire

9 years 11 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

According to the UK-based manufacturer, the stunning-looking metal cover, which is machined from aircraft grade anodised metal, improves performance in cold water.

Mares Fusion 52X

10 years 3 days ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Traditionally Mares regs have a bypass tube, and this is also the case with the Fusion. Read more

HOG Zenith

10 years 3 months ago By Main Minion

All good second stages use a venturi effect to assist in maintaining flow, but the venturi performance is less critical if the second stage is pneumatically balanced.

Oceanic Omega 3 FDXi

10 years 6 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Oceanic has recently launched their ambidextrous, side venting Omega 3 FDXi Demand Valve (DV).

Hollis

10 years 11 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

The first stage on this regulator has been stripped down to reduce size and weight without compromising performance. We have been advised that the gas delivery is superior.