Yes, the Mk 2 can be converted to DIN. The universal DIN kit works with everything except the Mk 5. You can get them from your dealer and I also see them on L-P and on E-bay on a regular basis.
Convert Yoke to DIN
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Eric Sedletzky
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Yes, but AFAIK the person (people) who set up this forum maybe didn't really know that much about the finer points of vintage diving timelines. I don't think they're personally into vintage diving. They just set it up so everybody could have their little corner on SB.
That may be but scubaboard does not decide for the vintage community what "vintage era" is or it's definition. The persons who set this forum up neither asked nor cared nor know a dang thing about vintage or vintage era or double hose regulators, sorry.
The vintage community, long ago, decided by consensus what we meant by "vintage" and the two main vintage equipment diver forums are at Vintage Scuba Supply - Antique Diving Gear Two Hose Regulators and Vintage Double Hose, not scubieboard
Oh, and in that forum "description" above, did you see anything about a 1989 Scuba Pro regulators and DIN conversion?
PadI poodle jacket divers, DIN junk, DIR and scuba wankers have their own areas to discuss Spare Air and Hog looping and weight integration and that godawful DIN foolishness.
N
I know and support the definition of the vintage diver community. I posted what was on the forum discription for informational purposes. From the discription we should expect people to post about pre 80 diving and equipment - like it or not. In addition, I was trying to make the point that if the original poster had read the discription he would have known a question on a 1989 regulator was not appropriate in the vintage forum.
That may be but scubaboard does not decide for the vintage community what "vintage era" is or it's definition. The persons who set this forum up neither asked nor cared nor know a dang thing about vintage or vintage era or double hose regulators, sorry.
The vintage community, long ago, decided by consensus what we meant by "vintage" and the two main vintage equipment diver forums are at Vintage Scuba Supply - Antique Diving Gear Two Hose Regulators and Vintage Double Hose, not scubieboard
Oh, and in that forum "description" above, did you see anything about a 1989 Scuba Pro regulators and DIN conversion?
PadI poodle jacket divers, DIN junk, DIR and scuba wankers have their own areas to discuss Spare Air and Hog looping and weight integration and that godawful DIN foolishness.
N
I don't know...the MK 200 is "classic" in many respects, so the description leaves a lot of room for indivdual interpretation.
Personally, while I own 7 or 8 double hose regs, some of my favorite "vintage" regs are single hose designs from the early to mid 60's. And just to make it confusing, I have two PRAMs that i would not consider to be vintage at all, even if their cans and reg bodies were made in the 1950's.
An overly narrow definition of "vintage" is a bit elitist, and this thread reflects that in being anything but freindly to the OP. Nothing like scaring him off and giving the impression vintage divers are a bunch of jerks. Nicely done guys.
My comments were not designed to be harsh or elitist. However, there has to be some guidelines or there would be no reason to have separate forums within ScubaBoard. The posted description of the forum is very broad by most vintage divers definition. Personally, I am OK with the inclusion of classic single hoses within the SubaBoard definition. In addition to several Double Hoses, I have a Scuba Pro Mk6 and a Voit MR12. I consider these to be vintage and within the scope of this forum. Some may not agree based on the "accepted" vintage diving cut off. However by the SB definition they are in.
However, the original posters question was well outside the bounds of this forum as he was directed to the regulator section in a very nice way.
Once again, it was not my intent to insult or drive anyone away.
However, the original posters question was well outside the bounds of this forum as he was directed to the regulator section in a very nice way.
Once again, it was not my intent to insult or drive anyone away.
It is kinda like this DA, if you were to jump into the DIR forum and ask about Spare Air, what do you think might happen?
Elitist, whatever you think. There is a huge board here to discuss non vintage era and non vintage equipment diving.
Why would anyone think a 1989 regulator with a DIN conversion is vintage and aside from that, the OP is not interested in vintage or learning anything about vintage, he wants a DIN conversion for a nearly new regulator, there are better places to find that info.
That said, I wish for a place to discuss "classic" equipment like the R109 and Tekna T2100 and Voit MR12 IIs that are not vintage and yet largely unknown in the standard forums.
Maybe add a single hose and classic subforum for all the cool equipment up through the 80s, could even discuss DIN conversion there.
N
Elitist, whatever you think. There is a huge board here to discuss non vintage era and non vintage equipment diving.
Why would anyone think a 1989 regulator with a DIN conversion is vintage and aside from that, the OP is not interested in vintage or learning anything about vintage, he wants a DIN conversion for a nearly new regulator, there are better places to find that info.
That said, I wish for a place to discuss "classic" equipment like the R109 and Tekna T2100 and Voit MR12 IIs that are not vintage and yet largely unknown in the standard forums.
Maybe add a single hose and classic subforum for all the cool equipment up through the 80s, could even discuss DIN conversion there.
N
That's exactly the point - if we respond like this we start coming off exactly like the DIR forum, and the DIR faithful who blast people rather than answer the question in a manner that might provoke thought and insight, scare away legions of people who might otherwise take a legitimate interest in DIR.
It does not have to work that way just because a forum has a target audience. Check out the sidemount forum today. A guy there (obviously lost) asked for suggestions on reaching his valves. That is a non problem in sidemount and it was quickly established that he had a backmount valve issue. Rather than redirect him to a more appropriate forum, people are just answering his question.
I suppose if the vintage forum gets over run with people posting, we'd have to address the *problem*, but as it is now, that is a problem we are a long way from having.
+1 on the sub forum idea.
captain
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I posted what I considered a bit of humor "with lost ball in tall grass" comment, no disrespect intended.
It was apparent that the OP had no understanding of what we consider vintage as opposed to just a 21 year old regulator. To most divers on scubaboard a 5 year old regulator is old and they might consider it vintage.
It was apparent that the OP had no understanding of what we consider vintage as opposed to just a 21 year old regulator. To most divers on scubaboard a 5 year old regulator is old and they might consider it vintage.
Eric Sedletzky
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I hang out here on the vintage forum simply because I don't really belong anywhere else on SB.
I dive vintage when the conditions and the mood hit's me, otherwise I'm a minimalist using modern gear but using old techniques.
So in that respect, since I'm not a hard core vintage oficionado (yet) but dive stripped to the bone there really isn't anywherer alse for me to hang out. I think vintage divers are about the closest cousins I have as far as style of diving.
Where else would I go? The DIR - Hogarthian - or their version of "minimalist", I don't think so.
Maybe there also needs to be a sub forum here for people like me who don't fit into any clear cut category, that is if vintage needs to remain strictly vintage in all aspects. Modern gear minimalists are very far and few between. But there would need to be a definition and a clear understanding of what a real minimalist is. Doubles, drysuit, long hose, can light, back up light, scooter, "team" members, and so on are not "minimalist". Maybe in the tech world but not in my world.
I dive vintage when the conditions and the mood hit's me, otherwise I'm a minimalist using modern gear but using old techniques.
So in that respect, since I'm not a hard core vintage oficionado (yet) but dive stripped to the bone there really isn't anywherer alse for me to hang out. I think vintage divers are about the closest cousins I have as far as style of diving.
Where else would I go? The DIR - Hogarthian - or their version of "minimalist"
, I don't think so.Maybe there also needs to be a sub forum here for people like me who don't fit into any clear cut category, that is if vintage needs to remain strictly vintage in all aspects. Modern gear minimalists are very far and few between. But there would need to be a definition and a clear understanding of what a real minimalist is. Doubles, drysuit, long hose, can light, back up light, scooter, "team" members, and so on are not "minimalist". Maybe in the tech world but not in my world.
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