@Umuntu , that sounds very different of "every reg you buy has to be brought back for tuning".
A good LDS should set up your regs and test IP and breathing as part of the sale.
You shouldn't just be handed a box.
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@Umuntu , that sounds very different of "every reg you buy has to be brought back for tuning".
A good LDS should set up your regs and test IP and breathing as part of the sale.
You shouldn't just be handed a box.
A good LDS should set up your regs and test IP and breathing as part of the sale.
You shouldn't just be handed a box.
Would that be a metric or an imperial "smidgen"?...then screw it back in just a 'smidgen'...
@2airishuman says that they should be adjusted if over +1.25 to breathe really well. That may be what works for him because he admits he likes his regulators tuned right on the edge...others do not like them on the edge.
What I do see are some folks that believe in "the old way" of doing things. These are the people that adjust an Aqualung Legend IP to 135 psi because "The factory always ship these with the IP too low..." (Factory specification is 116 - 130...a lower range than many other 1st stage regulators). They are also the ones that think a Magnehelic is a waste of time and believe they can "feel" the correct torque settings making a torque wrench a waste of time.
I would love to have a Magnehelic rather than my sink-o-helic.
I also bought my regs from local shops that sold them to me for the lowest price. Despite that, I've had different experiences on what the shop does at point of sale. On the first two regs, they just handed them to me and thanked me. Didn't know any better at the time. On my most recent reg purchase, they bench tested my new reg to make sure it was set properly prior to completing the sale.I bought my regs from the local shop that offered them for the lowest price (by far). At the price I paid, I have no problem with it if they don't do any more than check to make sure you can actually breathe off them. As long as they will handle it if I do have an issue with them (which they have always done, even if it turned out to just be "user error").
I have a similar experience when I overexert. Are you sure you didn't?
I have an XTX100, usually open it all the way, really easy breathing.