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Quote Originally Posted by nomilk4u View Post
I want to upgrade.


The main reason for this is i am a sherwood fan plus the easier breathing at depths greater then 80+ feet and the under the arm routing because we do alot of wreck, cavern and coral swim thrus here. I already had an Mares angled swivel on my reg but that is at a 45 degree bend and still got in the way. Any feed back on this reg would be nice. If it is not worth it I will just get a Sherwood Brute or Oasis

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Why don't you upgrade to a Mares Abyss? I dove this reg for years and loved it's performance.
If you are looking to change, consider the Scubapro MK 25 with the S600. This is my current reg that I use for trimix stuff. It is also on my deco bottles. This is the set up I use when doing my cave diving.

If you are routing your primary reg under your arm, is it on a 7' hose? That is the only configuration that should be in use for the diving you are referring to. The "long hose" should run down the length of the tanks, come under the canister light on the right hip, across the the chest, loop over the head, and finally into your mouth. This is primary reg. The back-up reg. (which should be identical to primary) should be on a short hose (24" or 26") and bungeed around your neck.
I don't have a 7" Pri hose, i am also not a Tek Diver, not yet anyway. most, not if all wreck dives are between 40' to 140' deep with 140' being the sea floor and the cave entrance are 60' to 70' deep and they run from ocean salt to fresh water ponds inland. My 19cuf is my alt/back up/octo for wrecks/caves and that does have a bungee around my kneck. my normal octo is my Sherwood Gemini when reef diving and i still have a redundent SSI Spare Air.(just a teaser, the water temp stays a solid 84 degrees all year long hereunleyy you get in the fresh water, then it is 81..)
As for ScubaPro i do not have acces to get one out here, the only place that ships to Guam/APO-AP addresses without killing my wallet is scuba.com and they do not carry them. plus the maximus is the "ideal" model i'm looking for in hot and cold water since i will be going back to NJ(home) soon and will be diving there. I am curious if there is any known negitives on this gear and will it perform flawlessly in cold climates like is says.

Quote Originally Posted by Tigerbeach View Post
I loved the Sherwood Magnum for California beach dives; nice and simple, and easy to clean sand out of. Whatever Sherwood you like will be fine.

Congrats on becoming a Divemaster, and for your commitment
to the future of this sport.
thanks, took me almost three years to get around to it, but i wanted to be sure i know what the hell i'm doing under there. I am happy i did with all the "panic/stressor" drills we did.