foglesre
Contributor
Am I the only one who's new HOG second stages were tuned from the factory to freeflow?
I purchased a pair of these back in November. I mated them with my trusty SP Mk25 (I like the fifth port and I don't want DIN if I'm rec diving), which has an IP of 130 psig. Right out of the box, both freeflowed. Very disappointing.
A couple of other nitpicks--I find the assembly ring for the face plate excessively tight, like there's not quite enough clearance on the threads. It was much easier to assemble and disassemble my old Oceanic Alpha 7s (I miss those regs...). Also, the purge button stuck open on my on one occasion. I'm not sure if a piece of sand got stuck in space around the purge button or what, but hopefully that doesn't happen often.
Everyone seems pretty happy with their second stages so I'm assuming they are not all free flowing out of the box, but for me it was two for two. Good thing they're offering training, but from my experience they ought to include a repair manual in the box...
Bob
I purchased a pair of these back in November. I mated them with my trusty SP Mk25 (I like the fifth port and I don't want DIN if I'm rec diving), which has an IP of 130 psig. Right out of the box, both freeflowed. Very disappointing.
A couple of other nitpicks--I find the assembly ring for the face plate excessively tight, like there's not quite enough clearance on the threads. It was much easier to assemble and disassemble my old Oceanic Alpha 7s (I miss those regs...). Also, the purge button stuck open on my on one occasion. I'm not sure if a piece of sand got stuck in space around the purge button or what, but hopefully that doesn't happen often.
Everyone seems pretty happy with their second stages so I'm assuming they are not all free flowing out of the box, but for me it was two for two. Good thing they're offering training, but from my experience they ought to include a repair manual in the box...
Bob