Personally, I teach and dive for my own leisure, so not only do I rely on my gear, so do my students and buddies, and therefore I get mine serviced every 6 – 12 months at the least. Get your regulator serviced at least two times a year if you can afford it.

Are you in the 100 + range? If so way to go! You should be proud to call yourself a dive-a-holic or dive addict. If you are what the SCUBA industry labels as an “active diver” you do 50 – 100 dives a year, and in this case you should service your regulator annually and definitely do not wait two years.ģ. Service your Regulator Annually if you do 1 – 50 dives a year which is typical of a vacation diverĢ.

I would strongly (emphasis on the strong) advice that you use the following to determine when you take your regulator to your local dive shop. Some brands say that you need to service your regulator every two years. Taking your regulator in for annual service is not as expensive as you may think, 100 – 200 dollars a year and cheaper with some equipment manufacturers covering the parts for you. So which one is more important to you? And why would you want to cut corners in this case. Just like the oil in your car, only good for 3 – 4 months, you wouldn’t think twice about changing the oil in your summer sports car. So it’s not a matter of “Oh but I only dove with it 4 times so I can service it in another year”, it’s a time issue. After a year the integrity of the o-rings start to diminish and the lubricants start to wear down and become stale. Why? Because your regulator is built of many moving parts, especially o-rings which are made of either Rubber and on most or all newer regulators it will be EPDM (Oxygen Compatible to 40%). Your regulator should be serviced annually (with some brands 2 years, and we will talk about this shortly) no matter if you have 1 dive or 100 dives. This is your life support system! It is of the same importance as the systems on a space shuttle, it is delivering oxygen rich air to your lungs to control your body’s functions, and we all know what happens without it.īy far this is the MOST important piece of equipment that you own, as reasoned in the above paragraph so we must take care of it accordingly. Let’s start this topic off with the first thing that should always be imprinted into your mind, not only when you take your regulator in for service, but when you pack it away under your dive gear, store it for an extended period of time or wonder if your regulator is overdue for service. I am going to keep this novel worthy topic to an acceptable amount of reading so if I haven’t covered something on your mind please feel free to comment and I will do my best to reply to each and every one! I will also be doing another feature in the near future about purchasing dive gear.

Servicing your gear and why it is important? I am going to speak about topics such as: Regulator Service, Tank Service and Gas Fills, BCD Service, Self Maintenance and Manufacturer Warranties. Now that I have successfully bored you OR captured you with the short story of my position in the diving industry, I would like to get into the deep and dirty of this feature. So to say the least, I have paid my dues and done my fair share of training to get myself in a position to hopefully shed light on some myths and maybe give the readers a little more information they may have been lacking (I am in no way looking for an ego boost but appreciate any “ohs” or “awes”). As well as Whites dry suits service technician. I am a Scubapro, Hollis, Oceanic, Aries, Zeagle and Tusa service technician. I have extensive experience in everything from visual inspections, compressor maintenance, dry suit repair, regulator servicing and more. My main area of expertise is in the servicing and sales of SCUBA gear. So here we go… My Name is Dillon, I am a cold-water trained PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, and have been diving for a little over 5 years, most importantly I have worked in the Dive Industry for just over two years now at local dive shop in Canada.

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