O2 clean regs for deco pony

What would folks recommend?

Looking to use a deco pony (or larger in due course) and looking for
advice for regs over 40% oxygen

"Robin" <robin@lionyard.org.uk> wrote in message
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> What would folks recommend?
>
> Looking to use a deco pony (or larger in due course) and looking for
> advice for regs over 40% oxygen

Personally I use Apeks DS4 + ATX40s as deco regs but they're not the
cheapest you can buy but can be picked up for just £184 from here...

http://www.kentdiving.com/prod.asp?partno=ATX40/DS4

Other good choices are the Oceanic Alpha O2 Tech for £169 which gives a
fantastic breathe...

http://www.kentdiving.com/prod.asp?partno=AlphaO2

or - if you can still find one - the Calypso O2 which Kent Diving claim to
do for £118...

http://www.kentdiving.com/prod.asp?partno=S125160

The Calypso, unfortunately, is only available with an A-clamp connection...

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:49:35 +0100, "Bardo" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>
>"Robin" <robin@lionyard.org.uk> wrote in message
>news:89149ae2.0407010858.450947a1@posting.google. com...
>> What would folks recommend?
>>
>> Looking to use a deco pony (or larger in due course) and looking for
>> advice for regs over 40% oxygen
>
>Personally I use Apeks DS4 + ATX40s as deco regs but they're not the
>cheapest you can buy but can be picked up for just £184 from here...
>
>http://www.kentdiving.com/prod.asp?partno=ATX40/DS4
>
>Other good choices are the Oceanic Alpha O2 Tech for £169 which gives a
>fantastic breathe...
>
>http://www.kentdiving.com/prod.asp?partno=AlphaO2
>
>or - if you can still find one - the Calypso O2 which Kent Diving claim to
>do for £118...
>
>http://www.kentdiving.com/prod.asp?partno=S125160
>
>The Calypso, unfortunately, is only available with an A-clamp connection...
>
>
So the two Calypso's I have in the garage with DIN fittings are not
calypso's then.........

Pete S.

> >
> >The Calypso, unfortunately, is only available with an A-clamp
connection...
> >
> >
> So the two Calypso's I have in the garage with DIN fittings are not
> calypso's then.........
>
No, they're probably Calypsos

(Sorry, I can't resist - and I haven't even read "Eats, shoots, and
leaves>")

Hywel

> Other good choices are the Oceanic Alpha O2 Tech for £169 which gives a
> fantastic breathe...
>
> http://www.kentdiving.com/prod.asp?partno=AlphaO2

They any good in cold water? Doesn't use one of the sealed first stages,
which I always thought seemed odd, but which made me never even consider
them for the UK.

David

<Pete S.> wrote in message news:40e45410.11688390@news.clara.net...
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:49:35 +0100, "Bardo" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
> So the two Calypso's I have in the garage with DIN fittings are not
> calypso's then.........

Well if you can point out a supplier of the Calypso O2 with a DIN connection
then I'm sure there are more than a few people that would be very grateful,
mate!

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 21:47:48 +0100, "Bardo" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>
><Pete S.> wrote in message news:40e45410.11688390@news.clara.net...
>> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:49:35 +0100, "Bardo" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>> So the two Calypso's I have in the garage with DIN fittings are not
>> calypso's then.........
>
>Well if you can point out a supplier of the Calypso O2 with a DIN connection
>then I'm sure there are more than a few people that would be very grateful,
>mate!
>
>

Look harder, mate.

Pete S.

<Pete S.> wrote in message news:40e480ca.598218@news.clara.net...
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 21:47:48 +0100, "Bardo" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>
>><Pete S.> wrote in message news:40e45410.11688390@news.clara.net...
>>> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:49:35 +0100, "Bardo" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>> So the two Calypso's I have in the garage with DIN fittings are not
>>> calypso's then.........
>>
>>Well if you can point out a supplier of the Calypso O2 with a DIN
>>connection
>>then I'm sure there are more than a few people that would be very
>>grateful,
>>mate!
>>
>>
>
> Look harder, mate.

LOL! Cop out!!!!!

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 22:54:58 +0100, "Bardo" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>>>> So the two Calypso's I have in the garage with DIN fittings are not
>>>> calypso's then.........
>>>
>>>Well if you can point out a supplier of the Calypso O2 with a DIN
>>>connection
>>>then I'm sure there are more than a few people that would be very
>>>grateful,
>>>mate!
>>>
>> Look harder, mate.
>
>LOL! Cop out!!!!!
>
Well, Mate, the supplier is not unfamiliar to you, Mate. It's just
that I don't want, unlike others, to advertise for them.

So no cop out at all, really, Mate.

Oh, and I think that "Mate" is the most patronising, insincere word I
ever came across, Mate.

As in a supplier of O2 Calypso DIN regs that used to say " Alright
Mate, How are you Mate? Everything ok Mate, Hmmmm, Well, Yes,
Hmm.......?" He didn't mean it, he was a twat. Not a mate at all.
Mate.

Pete S.

Buy a well looked after second-hand Apeks TX40 and have it serviced (all
Apeks regs should be properly cleaned with a Citric acid or inorganic
degreaser in a ultrasonic bath and then re-lubricated with an O2 compatible
lubricant like Crystalube as standard).

There is also no difference between the O2 and non-O2 service kits, as Apeks
and most other brands stopped using Viton seals a few years ago.

I'd pay about £100 for a s/h TX40 (without console or additional second
stage 'octopus'), or about £50 more with all the extra bits.

Having a spare second stage is always worthwhile and you will need a SPG
anyway (the little Suunto plastic one is ideal for a stage reg).

TonyH.

"Robin" <robin@lionyard.org.uk> wrote in message
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> What would folks recommend?
>
> Looking to use a deco pony (or larger in due course) and looking for
> advice for regs over 40% oxygen