runsongas
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placebo effect
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I did not test in full inverted orientation as I was conducting training dives and my student needed my full attention. I did "look up" with it and experienced no water ingress. I had to keep my test short because by the time we were done I was already a popsicle. I will however perform inverted tests on my next dives(mid Jan) as I will be using the Deep 6 set on my backgas. I'll report back after the dives.Did you test the reg while your in different diving orientations, face up, face down, inverted etc.? I ask because i had an easy breathing rental that breathed wet when upside down.
I know the Deep 6 Kool-Aid is especially plentiful on this forum, and SP has earned few friends with its business model, but really? "WOB considerably less"??? Really? It ain't a new design.
Some of the internal components are a new design.. In the first stage we use a teflon coated HP seat, teflon washers, and a new better diaphragm material... in the second stage the turbine piston, new LP seat material, and teflon coating, all of which help to reduce WOB.
Somewhere on SB, Deep 6 has an explanation for why their regulator did so badly in the ANSTI testing. I'm sure you could find it in "Search". So this is not n=1 anecdotal reporting. There was also a previous thread discussing the merits of ANSTI testing on SB. Personally, I believe some of the testing levels have relevance to diving, some are rather extraordinary.
Well..here is my take on it, and I did discuss with Scubalab my thoughts. the offered to send me the raw test results but I have not gotten them yet.
The Deep 6 signature is very close to the HOG/Zenith combo. I have some passing familiarity with both The Deep 6 second is slightly better with my turbo poppet. Look at the ratings it got compared a couple years back compared to the Deep 6 Signature. It simply doesn't make sense. Sample variation doesn't even explain what I am seeing in the review.
That aside, I KNOW that there were a whole bunch of regs in that review that outperform the unbalanced reg that earned top spot. Yet Scubalabs is saying the unbalanced outperformed them. I've spoken with others on the reg making side including folks that I compete with and they agree...not possible. In particular the at depth part.
The "objective" testing simply doesn't jibe with what I and others experienced in reg testing and design know.
The subjective comments in this case I put much more faith in.