sharpenu
Contributor
I brought my regulator in for service three weeks ago and it cost me $110. It is a ten year old Mares MR22 Abyss and I have done 4 dives since service. The dives were all between 80 and 100 feet. There were no problems, until my octopus died on the last dive. I bought a used Scubapro R095 from my LDS. When I got it home and put it on my reg, it would free flow. I brought it in so the LDS could look at it.
The tech replaced the seats. It still did it. Then he noticed that the diaphragm has two holes in it. He didn't have one, and offered to upgrade to a new Octo for free, since they had sold me the broken one. That one free flowed as well. Then they noticed that my primary wasn't flowing correctly. They want me to call tomorrow to see what the problem is.
I am concerned that my LDS has falling standards. Just last week, my son and his girlfriend had to bring their regulators back to the same LDS because they had gotten their annuals done there, and the first time they dove with them, they both free flowed, causing the dive to be scrubbed. I also brought my girlfriend's 15 year old reg in there a month ago, and they told me that they could not repair it, so I bought her a new one.
I am thinking that I may have to find another LDS to do my service from now on. I understand that regs break, but in the past two months, they have failed to properly repair each and every one of the four regulators that I have brought in there.
This shop is telling me that they will sell me a Scubapro at a deep discount, because they feel bad about wrecking the service. The offer is for a Mk17/C300 with a R195 Octo for $515. Another area shop has on sale the Aqualung Legend with octo for $550. If it turns out that I buy a new reg, I am not sure which is the better deal.
Anyway, just venting.
The tech replaced the seats. It still did it. Then he noticed that the diaphragm has two holes in it. He didn't have one, and offered to upgrade to a new Octo for free, since they had sold me the broken one. That one free flowed as well. Then they noticed that my primary wasn't flowing correctly. They want me to call tomorrow to see what the problem is.
I am concerned that my LDS has falling standards. Just last week, my son and his girlfriend had to bring their regulators back to the same LDS because they had gotten their annuals done there, and the first time they dove with them, they both free flowed, causing the dive to be scrubbed. I also brought my girlfriend's 15 year old reg in there a month ago, and they told me that they could not repair it, so I bought her a new one.
I am thinking that I may have to find another LDS to do my service from now on. I understand that regs break, but in the past two months, they have failed to properly repair each and every one of the four regulators that I have brought in there.
This shop is telling me that they will sell me a Scubapro at a deep discount, because they feel bad about wrecking the service. The offer is for a Mk17/C300 with a R195 Octo for $515. Another area shop has on sale the Aqualung Legend with octo for $550. If it turns out that I buy a new reg, I am not sure which is the better deal.
Anyway, just venting.