galodoido
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I'm looking into getting a new doubles regulator set. I'm currently between these Halcyon and Atomic regulators, so looking for some opinions on each one of them.
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Atomic M1 should have a sealed first stage
requiring packing with $50 of christo-lube is not what I call "sealing", especially given the risk if it isn't done properly with damaged pistons. My buddies at Air Tech complain about them all the time
This is gross and misleading exaggeration.
The Atomic regulators can go longer, much longer, than other brands between servicing and their actual cost of ownership over a several year period is much less than others. I know this first hand as I own several of their regulators, Scubapro regulators, Mares, Cressi, AL and others. I would buy Atomic again and again and never look back. Top performance, best reliability, least cost of ownership (they require less service than others) and a very solid company to stand behind them.
Poseidon and Deep6 both have lower cost of ownership and go just as long between service.
I have owned, sold, serviced and used Atomic regulators since circa 1997/98 and I have NEVER had ANY issues with packing or with pistons or anything with Atomic regulators. In fact, Atomic regulators are the least problematic regulators out of all brands out there. If I am to get stranded in a country with no service centers, I am as a matte of fact in Libya now, I'd rather have the most reliable and best performing regulator in the world, my Atomic regulators.Packing first stages is asinine, the largest regulator repair shop in the world agrees based on how irritating they are to deal with, that should say enough.
Irritating for techs isn’t really high up on my consideration list.Poseidon and Deep6 both have lower cost of ownership and go just as long between service. Packing first stages is asinine, the largest regulator repair shop in the world agrees based on how irritating they are to deal with, that should say enough.