gene02
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I have datamax, and there is a slot in the back that fits a quarter to unscrew I had to take a pair of pliers to the quarter for leverage to open it up to change the batteries Saturday.
Life span of dive computer/ regulator?
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I talked to the guy that maintains Vortex springs and he said that he still uses a regulator that he had for over 30 yrs.
Not my idea of a good time, playing roulette with a regulator. Its Apeks or nothin'
All my regs are over 25 years old and some of them are 40 years old, all work very well. The last reg to fail me was a 2 month old reg, that free flowed in 37 degree water. The regs I use have proven their dependabilty to me over the years. How many years have yours? Also I still have my Navy dive tables from 1969, I never even had to change the batteries.
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halocline
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I talked to the guy that maintains Vortex springs and he said that he still uses a regulator that he had for over 30 yrs.
Not my idea of a good time, playing roulette with a regulator. Its Apeks or nothin'
What makes you think that using old regulators is like playing roulette? If anything, older regulators with low parts counts and proven designs are "safer" than their newer cousins. Further, thinking that reg failure is playing with your life is a pretty big misconception. Don't you have a buddy and/or alternate air source? How about direct access to the surface? These are very basic foundations of OW diving.
Of course the dive gear industry loves perceptions like yours. "Buy a new reg, isn't your life worth it?"
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