Hello,
I'm relitavly new to tec diving and just finished trimix65 and looking to buy 2 sets of deco regulators for tec diving.
My original plan was to buy tecline TEC2 R2 set, didnt care much about it being balanced as much as that it has a swivle and it is cheaper than halcyon in addtion to the fact that it is the same as my recreational set. (so i can do the maintenance for all of them together). my tec twinset rig is halcyon H-75P with halo.
My question is. is tecline TEC2 R2 a good reliable regulators for deco, or should i go with halcyon ? the price difference is 300$ (TEC2, R2 vs. H-75P, Aura) i am looking to save some money as my tec diving shopping list is endless and i would like to save any possible saving without comprimising quality, specially on my life support gear.
The reason why i started questioning my original plan was an incident i had with my recreational regulator, where i had a leak from the DIN connector last week between dives. i changed o-rings and did a leak check and it was from the reg DIN, it was my second dive after it was fully serviced "annual service" from the dealer when i took it back i was informed it "could" be because the 1st stage was twisted while pressurized. the "could" part got me a bit worried about relaibility to be honset, i've been diving since 2004, never had such a problem, not that its not a valid reason, and it "could" happen to any 1st stage, just that i couldnt stop thinking if this happens during deco, i will have to jump to plan 2 or 3 in a real scenario which i "could've lol" avoid by selecting the right reg.
appriciate your feedback's
I'm relitavly new to tec diving and just finished trimix65 and looking to buy 2 sets of deco regulators for tec diving.
My original plan was to buy tecline TEC2 R2 set, didnt care much about it being balanced as much as that it has a swivle and it is cheaper than halcyon in addtion to the fact that it is the same as my recreational set. (so i can do the maintenance for all of them together). my tec twinset rig is halcyon H-75P with halo.
My question is. is tecline TEC2 R2 a good reliable regulators for deco, or should i go with halcyon ? the price difference is 300$ (TEC2, R2 vs. H-75P, Aura) i am looking to save some money as my tec diving shopping list is endless and i would like to save any possible saving without comprimising quality, specially on my life support gear.
The reason why i started questioning my original plan was an incident i had with my recreational regulator, where i had a leak from the DIN connector last week between dives. i changed o-rings and did a leak check and it was from the reg DIN, it was my second dive after it was fully serviced "annual service" from the dealer when i took it back i was informed it "could" be because the 1st stage was twisted while pressurized. the "could" part got me a bit worried about relaibility to be honset, i've been diving since 2004, never had such a problem, not that its not a valid reason, and it "could" happen to any 1st stage, just that i couldnt stop thinking if this happens during deco, i will have to jump to plan 2 or 3 in a real scenario which i "could've lol" avoid by selecting the right reg.
appriciate your feedback's