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4. Announced a revolutionary new DIN ring retaining mechanism and sold it as an upgrade with a new color option.

Well..the replacement part is a new design...and I was looking at getting different color o-rings(actually looking at various types of O-rings to re-examine durability and while doing so said to myself "it would be fun and maybe even useful to start using different colours..like Scubapro did years ago, it was awesome as a repair tec)

As a non-safety critical issue, I personally have NO issues with Deep6 continuing to sell the regs for the reasons as stated by cerich. Remember, this is not a life threatening issue at all, everyone carries spares of these o-rings anyway as part of the save-a-dive kit (they are the same size as the yoke o-rings right? those fall out religiously)
DIN face O-rings are moist commonly 112 and some are 111, yoke are 014. As an aside, my new DIN face part will work with 111 and 112

I suspect that Deep6 is on the right path to become the Shearwater of dive gear.

Shearwater simply rocks. If I get to half as good I would be very happy. As an aside, as a fellow Canadian...I'm pretty proud of Shearwater
 
You eat nachos AND PET YOUR DOGS AT THE SAME TIME?

Gross.

Actually I said "heat" but damn straight I eat some nachos and pet my dog and share nachos with him, mostly while drunk on a Friday in the middle of swapping a DIN post on a regulator. Then my dog tests the reg for me in the pool, he is a Frenchie and being so has direct lineage to the famous Jack Crouton, scuba pioneer.
 
@cerich i did say "sold as an upgrade " not sent for free to everyone who ever bought one as well as instructions instead of requiring them to go to a service centre and pay a phe-"nominal" labour fee.
 
I would have done EXACTLY the same thing. The difference is, I don't know if I would have the testicular fortitude to be as open and transparent about it here.

If you know the D6 team, then you know testicular fortitude isn't something we're lacking. More importantly, we have nothing to hide. Those who know us know that we'll do the right thing and those that don't will hopefully get to know and trust us by our actions. Whether it's a big win or an embarrassing f***-up, we own it.

The Deep Six brand is built on community and that's what we're counting on for our continued growth. The best thing we could ask for is to have someone recommend our gear because of its quality and performance, and recommend the company because of how we operate. We see ourselves as the most pro-diver company in the industry and we will not lose focus on that.
 
Well..the replacement part is a new design...and I was looking at getting different color o-rings(actually looking at various types of O-rings to re-examine durability and while doing so said to myself "it would be fun and maybe even useful to start using different colours..like Scubapro did years ago, it was awesome as a repair tec)

I'm new to diving, but as a repair tech in another industry which commonly uses size 004-020 o-rings (and the occasional 112), please really consider -- and test -- if you do want colored o-rings. In our industry, one of the first things I do when repairing something from a make that uses the colors, is to replace the colored ones with regular uncolored ones of the same material and hardness. Don't get me wrong, it's awesome to be able to say to someone "replace the green o-ring that lies between the two red ones in the middle of the bolt assembly" instead of "replace the bolt sail o-ring that lies in the center, between the bumpers in the middle of the bolt assembly (see diagram)".

Over time, we've found the colors to wear down prematurely, hide nicks that would otherwise have been found and overall be worse for the customer, even amongst the DIYers it's supposed to help.

I'm not sure if it's something funny with the way OEMs dye the multi-colored ones as opposed to the "regular" ones, or something else we haven't thought to account for, but we can't seem to figure out why it keeps happening.

In any case, thanks for the awesome products!
 
I'm new to diving, but as a repair tech in another industry which commonly uses size 004-020 o-rings (and the occasional 112), please really consider -- and test -- if you do want colored o-rings. In our industry, one of the first things I do when repairing something from a make that uses the colors, is to replace the colored ones with regular uncolored ones of the same material and hardness. Don't get me wrong, it's awesome to be able to say to someone "replace the green o-ring that lies between the two red ones in the middle of the bolt assembly" instead of "replace the bolt sail o-ring that lies in the center, between the bumpers in the middle of the bolt assembly (see diagram)".

Over time, we've found the colors to wear down prematurely, hide nicks that would otherwise have been found and overall be worse for the customer, even amongst the DIYers it's supposed to help.

I'm not sure if it's something funny with the way OEMs dye the multi-colored ones as opposed to the "regular" ones, or something else we haven't thought to account for, but we can't seem to figure out why it keeps happening.

In any case, thanks for the awesome products!
Thanks for the insight, very much appreciated. The first goal in my looking was durability..the color thought stuck second.. :)
 
brown black and white orings currently seem to work fine as well as did the old scubapro stuff.

The black is standard color for buna-n orings, and white for teflon I believe. Funny you mention brown, as one of the companies that used to have red orings that were notorious for shredding has now made that size brown, and it's supposed to help.

No experience with the old ScubaPro stuff.

Thanks for the insight, very much appreciated. The first goal in my looking was durability..the color thought stuck second.. :)

Makes sense. If you're able to source some quality o-rings with good QC, that may go a long way as well.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/swift/

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