Some divers may prefer to breathe from a $1099.00 reg, instead of sucking from a cheap reg.
Do tactical second stages support life more effectively than shiny chrome or plastic? If they do, is this because tactical regulators protect the user from enemy divers or because tactical regulators have specially designed super strong parts designed to continue operating when metrosexual civilian regulators, even those that (except for color) appear to be identical, will have failed?