Do you have a tech reg and a rec reg setup?

[Dirt Pineapple]

I just converted my Mk25 Evo's to DIN and for a twinset hose layout. That has me wondering, should I use a separate regulator for recreational diving or just reconfigure one of my Mk25s whenever I do a recreational dive? I already have a Mk2 Evo + r195 that I could use for recreational diving that I got for a great price but I'm not sure, I might use that for a deco reg or sell it. I do probably 3x as many rec dives than tech dives a year. Thoughts?

 

[Bald Wookie]

If you are happy reconfiguring your regs each time you go out, then go with that option.
I have a separate first stage with hoses for my recreational setup and I just quickly take off the 2nd stages and throw them onto the hoses. Takes 2 minutes.

I would hold onto the Mk2/R195 as a deco reg for later if thats the way you are going, or even as a bailout reg to take with you for recreational dives.

Its more of a budget/time question rather than a safety one, and that largely depends on you

 

[Rilelen]

I have separate regs; swapping multiple times a week would get old real fast.

 

[inquis]

My two rec 1st stages are yoke (and thus mostly dedicated), the rest are DIN. That said, I'm used to swapping hoses between doubles/sidemount/CCR configurations, and I'll often steal the rec second stages for deco or stage bottles. I definitely swap transmitters between rec/tech as needed. ETA: most of my diving is technical, so the rec gear gets assembled for family holiday trips.

 

[BoltSnap]

I have separate regs for tech and rec diving and SM. I don't mix them. Each has its purpose and I don't want to risk forgetting changing back to other configuration when I am away from my dive locker. It is too much of a pain to keep changing between different configurations.

Tech. equipment is on the left side of the locker and rec is on the right side.

 

[SpeedyJ]

I'm not an instructor, so I've found that I don't dive single tank all that much, making it pretty much a non-issue. If I need to move a couple hoses before I go on a recreational trip in some warm water location it's no big deal. And in some ways, I prefer taking the recently used reg over the one that's been sitting in the closet for a year.

 

[Bigbella]

I have never drawn any distinctions between “tech” and “rec” regulators, and have used all of mine, interchangeably, for every purpose, from the ice to the tropics, without fail . . .

 

[davecampbell]

swapping everything around is a PITA, so we have separate sets for everything. Between the wife and I, we have 2 doubles regsets, 2 single tank regsets, and a spare single tank setup we take travelling with us.

 

[Scared Silly]

We have tech, rec, and travel regs. Can't have too many.

 

[Lorenzoid]

I have a separate tub in which I store my single-tank BP/W, yoke regs, wetsuit, fins--everything for my tropical rec diving trips. The cave diving stuff is strewn everywhere else.