BettyRubble
Contributor
Ok, so 53 dives in and my obsession turns to first stage regulators. (You techies can stop rolling your eyes cuz it took me so long to get to first stages! )
I have an aqualung titan lx. Is doing the job. No complaints.
However, I am now looking at an AI (air integrated) dive computer which means if I want to continue to have my SPG as a back up, I need 2 HP connections. Granted, I can use the dive computer without the transmitter attached and continue with my current SPG setup, but why have an AI if you can't use it. I could also use the computer as intended without an SPG but the paranoid part of me is screaming REDUNDANCY - not that I don't trust computers, but well, I don't trust computers.
Also, I'm currently setup as a yoke/o-ring but would like to consider a DIN setup. The whole bursting o-ring thing worries me more then it should. Figure if I'm looking at a new setup, I might as well address the DIN thing.
So, I need advice on first stages. As usual, I'm cheap so please don't suggest a $1K setup. It isn't even an option for me. Probably max out around $500-$600.
I dive various environments (55 degrees to tropics) and travel to dive, in case that matters.
Any and all advice welcome! And please tell me if there is something I'm forgetting to consider in the evaluation. Cuz I don't know what I don't know.
Thanks!
I have an aqualung titan lx. Is doing the job. No complaints.
However, I am now looking at an AI (air integrated) dive computer which means if I want to continue to have my SPG as a back up, I need 2 HP connections. Granted, I can use the dive computer without the transmitter attached and continue with my current SPG setup, but why have an AI if you can't use it. I could also use the computer as intended without an SPG but the paranoid part of me is screaming REDUNDANCY - not that I don't trust computers, but well, I don't trust computers.
Also, I'm currently setup as a yoke/o-ring but would like to consider a DIN setup. The whole bursting o-ring thing worries me more then it should. Figure if I'm looking at a new setup, I might as well address the DIN thing.
So, I need advice on first stages. As usual, I'm cheap so please don't suggest a $1K setup. It isn't even an option for me. Probably max out around $500-$600.
I dive various environments (55 degrees to tropics) and travel to dive, in case that matters.
Any and all advice welcome! And please tell me if there is something I'm forgetting to consider in the evaluation. Cuz I don't know what I don't know.
Thanks!