Scubapro Mk19

[adm3745]

I found this the other day...

MK 19 S600 - SCUBAPRO-UWATEC

This looks incredible. I wish they would release this in the U.S.A. I don't know German but it looks like it has the 5 LP Ports which would clean up hose routing like the Mk25.

Any opinions on it?

 

[redacted]

360° drehbarer Schwenkkopf mit 5 ND-Abgänge

I think that is 360 degree swivel with 5 LP ports.

 

[deadly_risk]

No idea what it really says, but I can use bablefish:

MK19 1st stage

* Diaphragm controlled high speed stage balanced
* Isolated rule chamber (Dry Chamber)
* Patented one serrated heat exchanger
* 360° swivelling Schwenkkopf with 5 lp outlets
* Medium pressure from the outside adjustable
* Reciprocally appropriate hp outlets

 

[walke121]

looks like a modified MK17 to me..

 

[Hank658]

Different body on the HP end. The 17 won't accept the turret. Nice way to combine sealed diaphragm and the 25 style swivel though.

 

[maged_mmh]

It's been around for quite a while (at least when I bought it back in 2006)
it has similar performance to MK25, yet with a sealed chamber diaphragm design (I dive both & barely notice any difference)
here is where you can get it: http://www.deepstop.de/regulators-and-acc-c-79.html

 

[maged_mmh]

I reckon it's built upon an older MK18 rather than MK17

 

[DA Aquamaster]

The Mk 18 was a Mk 16 with a swivel cap. Similarly, the Mk 19 is a Mk 17 with a swivel cap.

And yes it is annoying as all hell that SP will sell them in Europe but not here. My best guess on that is that it would upset the marketing apple cart in the US regarding the Mk 25, which is billed in the US as Scubapro's "premier" first stage, when really the only potential advantage it offers over the Mk 17 is the swivel cap. As such, selling the Mk 19 in the US would further erode Mk 25 sales in the US and that is apparently an issue, in part because SP dealers make a bit more selling a Mk 25 than they do a Mk 17 and presumeably a Mk 19.

 

[uksub]

I've got mine attached to an A700 2nd stage......so we'll see how it copes over the winter.