Mixing Equipment...

[spicedparrot]

Okay...I'm really puzzeled and need some help from the techies on here...I'm getting mixed messages depending on what day fo the week I go into my LDS...

1. I'd like to get a Scuba Pro Mk16/s555.
2. I really like what I see in the Oceanic Swivel Octo.
3. I'm selling my old set up to my buddy but want to keep my Dacor analog guages...

So...

Can I do this??? I'm thinking I can but need some confirmation.

Thanks for your time...
-spicedparrot:confused:

[awap]

But be ready to take your rig to 2 different shops for annual servicing. And maybe a third shop if the gauge acts up. If you really think the mixed brand rigs is worth it, then have at it. Only a few brands use IPs that are not compatible with values in the 130 to 140 psi range. I believe Oceanic and SP are quite compatible. A recent thread under regs addressed IP spec for various mfgrs.

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23311&highlight=intermediate

[MikeFerrara]

I have mixed and matched but I don't see any reason to buy a set up that way on purpose.

For a shop there may be some issues. If a shop takes one part from this manufacturer and another part from that manufacturer and assembles a system not designed or specified by either one does the shop then become a manufacturer? I don't really know the answer but I have heard the question bounced around.

[Nessie]

According to European law the shop becomes manufacturer. Thatīs the reason why over here nearly no shop would sell you a setup like that, although many combinations work properly (but I do not know anything about the mentioned one).

[roturner]

spicedparrot once bubbled...
Okay...I'm really puzzeled and need some help from the techies on here...I'm getting mixed messages depending on what day fo the week I go into my LDS...

1. I'd like to get a Scuba Pro Mk16/s555.
2. I really like what I see in the Oceanic Swivel Octo.
3. I'm selling my old set up to my buddy but want to keep my Dacor analog guages...

So...

Can I do this??? I'm thinking I can but need some confirmation.

Thanks for your time...
-spicedparrot:confused:

Yes. This combination will work.

You might need to get the octo adjusted to suit the IP of the scubapro 1st but your LDS can probably do that for you.

R..

[scubaredneck]

I have mixed gear on ocassion. The biggest problem I have seen is that sometimes the fitting the hose doesn't always match up with the surface of the 1st stage. This can sometimes result in the O-ring not being trapped properly and lead to leaks or outright O-ring failure.

Of course, there are also different sizes of HP and LP ports so adaptors may be needed on ocassion.

Were it me, I would just find the best set up I could where everything is the same or at least from the same company. That way, you know there will be no compatobility issues.

:)

[SA Boy]

I upgraded my kit last year.

Absolutely everyone I spoke to said don't worry too much about the gauges but I really should keep my 1st stage and 2nd stage and Octopus with the same manufacturer.

I also have some old Dacor gauges from the mid-80s, which I was prepared to change. All my LDS's said why change them if they aren't broken.

I put the money I saved on new gauges towards a new AI computer this year - so I suppose I replaced my gaugues indirectly.

My R0.02 (South African, which with the exchange rate is about Ģ0.00125 or $0.00195)