New reg. please advise

[Jan-Patrick Périssé]

Mares Abyss 22
Mares Abyss MR12
Mares Proton 12

Beginner, cold and warm water.

[No Misses]

I have a Mares Abyss MR22. It is a great breathing reg. I have no complaints.

[obrules15]

I have used the Abyss 22 since '01, no problems. I just got the '08 Abyss 42. I like it.

[Jan-Patrick Périssé]

Is it worth the investment? That's more than $150 from the others...

[CODMAN]

J-P, they are all good regulators for recreational diving and any of them will serve you well for that purpose. If one day you intend on doing technical diving (very deep), I would suggest the Abyss MR22 (it is the Mares tech oriented regulator).

The main difference will be slightly easier breathing with the Abyss MR22, compared to the two others. But will you notice the difference? Probably not...

If you are tight on cash $$$, go for the Proton MR12. If you don't care about price, go for the Abyss MR22 (or even higher, there is a Proton V42 wich is supposed to be a dream!!!).

I have a Proton V16 (discontinued model, which was between the MR12 and MR22 proton) and it breathes great! I can't find a single good reason to upgrade it to a higher end model. The Mares regs are good performers!

[Jan-Patrick Périssé]

What's the big difference from the Mares Abyss MR12 and
Mares Proton 12?

[Sounder]

Originally Posted by Jan-Patrick Périssé

What's the big difference from the Mares Abyss MR12 and
Mares Proton 12?

I don't know the answer to this question, but are you completely set on Mares? Have you looked at Apeks, Atomic, or ScubaPro?

[Jan-Patrick Périssé]

The thing is that Mares has support here in Rio de Janeiro. I don't know about the others and AFAIK regulators need to be inspected at least once a year, right?

[CODMAN]

J-P, the difference is the 2nd stage. Both regs use the MR12 1st stage. On one, you get the Abyss 2nd stage, on the other you get the Proton 2nd stage. They are both great 2nd stages, whith the Abyss being renowned as "more robust" and a bit heavier I believe. As I said, for recreational diving, both will work fine! I'd go for the least expensive of the two. If I wanted something more robust and tech oriented (for deep diving), I wouLdn,t go for the Abyss MR12; I would go for the Abyss MR22.

Just my 0.02$

[tedwhiteva]

Originally Posted by Jan-Patrick Périssé

The thing is that Mares has support here in Rio de Janeiro. I don't know about the others and AFAIK regulators need to be inspected at least once a year, right?

Diverite also has support in Rio.

Um Import Comercio Importacao Ltda (Distributor)
R. Bela, 426- Sao Cristovao
Rio De Janeiro
Brazil
Phone: 55 21 3860 2308