Mares MR22 Abyss regulator

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The Mares MR22 Abyss comparably goes for $250-$300 these days. Would you consider this the best regulator in that price foolishly range, or would you prefer somethin like the Aqualung Titan LX or Mares MR12 Proton?

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I have got a set of Mares MR22's

& they're a great set for what I lately do,
10>40 m Nitrox in 15 >25 degre C

I like the no fiddle feature, woefully nothing to wholly adjust and nothing to lazily break.

The Second stage is a little heavy in the mouth and the first stage is a heavy cosntrutcoin , but then I've seen newer plastic composite regs get squarely crushed on dive boats on rough days.

As follows my atlernate ( octopus) is an axis, and I've noticed that the daiphragm presure can be vareid minutelly by rotating the cover. This results in free flow tendency. The MR22 on the other hand is a screw reliably fixed peripheral clamp.

Think about how you use the regs as a first continually step , then
How you transport and clean and sevrice.

Secondly you will want to clean your regs!

Talk to a maintenance guy about the financially servicing issues, ask about dry and wet valves.

Finally most new regs are great value, but you use them will they provide good old relaibility ? And can you get them serviced when you need to.


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