Of the commercial diving deepsea diver helmets you have used, which was your favorite and what are compairing it to?
What is your favorite hat?
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The Superlite. As it's the only helmet compatible with the Ultrajewel 601 Helium Reclaim unit for saturation diving. It's a proven workhorse. Perhaps it's because I've used one for such a long time and despite using many others, it's my preference. To me it's like the smell of old leather; something that I have confidence in. 
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Here's my favorite hat
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27 for sure. Haven't dove a 47 yet though. I hear the rex reg is superb. If it breathes as well as everyone says I may change my mind.
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Looks like the Kirby Morgan is running away with it. with the new full-face options that have come out in recent years it might be fun to do a survery on those to see if the Aga/Interspiro is still most popular.
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In the PSD forum they will be.
In this forum they probably will not.
In any other forum they are probably the most well known.
In this forum they probably will not.
In any other forum they are probably the most well known.
I love my KM37.
As for the other hats... I worked on all of the KM Helmets, including the band mask. I was trained at Dive Lab to service all of them. We also put the 47 with the Rex on the ANSTI machine and the performance of that reg was pretty astounding. Most of my dives are shallow, so we chose the 37 for our work. My boss got the KM37-SS which has the pods, so essentially, its any helmet, as you can change the regulator more easily than otherwise by just changing the pod.
The KMDSI FFMs are nice as well. I like the M48 but I also like the OTS Guardian. Its comfy, and easy to use with wireless comms when you need comms and have to swim around.
The boss also has a Swindel AH-2000 which I'm not interested in diving, since I can't clear without using a nose block.
As for the other hats... I worked on all of the KM Helmets, including the band mask. I was trained at Dive Lab to service all of them. We also put the 47 with the Rex on the ANSTI machine and the performance of that reg was pretty astounding. Most of my dives are shallow, so we chose the 37 for our work. My boss got the KM37-SS which has the pods, so essentially, its any helmet, as you can change the regulator more easily than otherwise by just changing the pod.
The KMDSI FFMs are nice as well. I like the M48 but I also like the OTS Guardian. Its comfy, and easy to use with wireless comms when you need comms and have to swim around.
The boss also has a Swindel AH-2000 which I'm not interested in diving, since I can't clear without using a nose block.
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With the Swindel we use to tape something soft on the inside lip of the hat where it screws to the yoke and you would press you nose down on it, or your upper lip. Yep, a bit getto.
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That's a hard question. I have great affection of the Aquadyne DM-5, it was the first piece of commercial gear that I used and I still love the Darth Vader look. When it comes to a full hat, the SL-17 was love at first sight and the 27 just cemented the relationship. I have to admit that the one dive I made in a PIEL EP-300 was big fun, I loved the opening visor.
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