NOAA Switches to Oceanic Regs

[ScubaToys Larry]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced its new
regulator pick. In the June issue of Undercurrent, we wrote about NOAA's
new rules and regulations for government divers in response to the death
of two Coast Guard divers in Alaska last summer. One major change was
giving the boot to all regulators Coast Guard divers had previously used
for cold-water diving. After testing of multiple regulators, NOAA found
Oceanic's Delta IV to be the most reliable.

"It consistently came up first for meeting all our criteria, and it
won't freeze up in cold water," says Lieutenant Eric Johnson of the NOAA
Diving Program. The Delta IV is an environmentally sealed diaphragm
regulator and its first stage has Oceanic's Dry Valve Technology,
designed to stop moisture and contaminants from entering and to prevent
corrosion of internal components. NOAA bought 350 of the regulators and
now requires its 500 divers to use that model when diving in water
temperatures of 50 degrees or less. Johnson says the Navy's experimental
dive unit is using them, too. The Delta IV is also commercially
available for sport divers; Oceanic's suggested price is $510.

[thecheeseman]

Wow! Cool! Anybody have reviews on this reg? Looks pretty awesome!
What about NOAA diving? What do they do?

Josh

[cummings66]

I've seen the regs at one of the dive shops I frequent, and to be honest I like the looks of them. I've never used them and that's more important than looks.

I know the Navy has an extensive test program, I assume NOAA does as well or maybe they piggyback on the Navy results?

[ScubaToys Larry]

Oh... by the way... This is a link to the reg:

Oceanic Delta IV FDX-10 Regulator, Regulators, Oceanic, Oceanic Delta IV FDX-10 Regulator

[NitroWill]

Originally Posted by ScubaToys Larry

Oh... by the way... This is a link to the reg:

Oceanic Delta IV FDX-10 Regulator, Regulators, Oceanic, Oceanic Delta IV FDX-10 Regulator

That's the same one? The article you posted says retail is $510 - that one on your store says $539 - on the product description it says best reg under $500 - what am I missing?

[texdiveguy]

I persl. use the regs. first stage as my primary for both rec/tech diving and the second stage is now my necklaced alt. for all dives I conduct. I did change out the first stage to DIN.

[ScubaToys Larry]

Originally Posted by NitroWill

That's the same one? The article you posted says retail is $510 - that one on your store says $539 - on the product description it says best reg under $500 - what am I missing?

Must be NOAA has a lot of forum gift certificates...

And they've had some recent price changes.... but shout at us and we'll hook you up!

[NitroWill]

Well, Oceanic's site lists the MSRP for $509.95..

[texdiveguy]

Originally Posted by NitroWill

Well, Oceanic's site lists the MSRP for $509.95..

SOLD!! LOL

[ScubaToys Larry]

Originally Posted by NitroWill

Well, Oceanic's site lists the MSRP for $509.95..

Now... they show 569 Oceanic Worldwide - Delta 4 Scuba Diving Regulator